A Felt Belt – une Felt Design Project

I was planing a design related to covid, but couldn’t come out with one. Then a flash of an idea came upon me when I got a limited edition mask from Kingston x CSD. (picture ) Their design, color, and soft texture surprised me. Therefore, putting the top of its nonwoven fabric on wool is the initial concept for all.

However cause of this concept, I was trying to puzzle out what kind of design can be better. On a stressful night, I couldn’t fall asleep, suddenly around 1am this design came to my mind. I turn on the lamp and quickly drew the sketch. And this is how project design began.

In the design, continuing using the tiny tiny balls in the project as a specific design as well. Also using three different saturated pinks to emphasize the tiny balls behind. In this pink felt you can see a face there, and its hair(the curls parts). 

And why there is a face? Why used these colors and there are some hoops connections?

The whole pandemic is crazy and it destroys people’s life including children. They know nothing, but they have to wear masks since they are small and cannot go out to play in the park. We all know children need to play and run, they have too much energy. Most of us have been in the lockdown situation before or now still, so I used the hoops to describe that stay home, cannot go out to anywhere.
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The entire time till now it is not ended yet, we are still fighting. Therefore, I used red balls and cords making a sad face to emphasize what we have been through. However, we need to keep positive and be smart enough to gauge the real true news and situation. And the tassel for me is a calm and peaceful feeling. ⠀

I kept the print mask with three keywords: 2020, strength, together.
Wish we all are good and save. Hope this can end soon, and the justice will come.

Peace

前一陣子一直在想著製作一個跟新冠病毒有關的主題設計，然而一直想不出什麼好主意。而在偶然間，收到Kingston 和中衛出品的口罩，頓時被這顏色與觸感給震撼到，於是便萌生出想把口罩的設計結合到羊毛氈裡。

但若只是把整片放上去是沒有創新的想法，苦思的好幾日都無法想出不錯的概念設計，某天晚上依舊在困擾著以至於睡不著，就在床上翻來覆去，在凌晨一點多的時候突然出現了一個畫面，立刻開啟電燈把畫面畫下來，剩餘的明天在想。
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於是這也是整個設計的開始，在粉紅色的羊毛氈上你會發現有一個球與線組成的臉以及卷曲的頭髮，頭髮的後面藏著標誌性的小小球作為特色，並用三種不同的粉紅來突顯結構。
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然而，為什麼會有臉的設計？以及為什麼選擇這麼多種顏色的組合和這些環的用意？

這次的 #unefeltdesignproject 上做了很多的細節，為什麼選擇這些顏色配色，以及臉的設計概念故事是怎麼來？

全球籠罩在疫情的情況，摧毀不少人的人生，也改變多數人的生活狀態，也包括無知的孩童們。年幼的他們必須時時戴上口罩，無法正常出門玩樂，公園也不再像以往可以自由進出玩樂的場所。原本該是開心的童年，現在卻得長時間一直待在家。你、我或許都曾經歷過封城的階段減少出入，而環與環的設計即是反應被關在自家鐵窗內的狀態。

直至現在，疫情尚未結束，我們還是得持續對抗。紅色的眼睛和傷心的嘴，對應的你我現在的無奈狀態。然而我們還是得保持積極的態度以及聰明的腦袋審視所有的新聞以及政府。流蘇帶給我的是一種冷靜與和平的感受，希望你我都能保持平穩，而不被亂象給蒙蔽。

昨天有提到，設計裡最初的靈感是來自Kingston的限量口罩，特別剪下了口罩上的文字：2020, 力量(strengh)和協力(together)。願你我都能平安快樂，也希望正義能夠到來，疫情也能快快結束。