We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Jingwen Zhang about their original and creative Transforming Footwear design work. Jingwen Zhang is an award-winning fashion designer, that makes our world a better place with their original transforming footwear works.
Jingwen Zhang ("JZ") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Comfort Transforming Footwear. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
JZ : The inspiration for the collection is focusing on people's mental loneliness. With the developing of the economic, people are busy with their work. Though they are working every day, their spiritual world might be lonely. Especially for those people who are working for their future and having their dream fulfilled, or a foreigner hoping to be accompanied and comforted.
JZ : The Comfort is designed to appeal people's mind and take more care of themselves in the physical, mental health. The collection pieces are mainly made of fabric and cotton as soft as our pillow and comfortable makes people feeling relax and being accompanied.
JZ : I am planning to try to see if this product would be possible to publish and produced by the factory and then release in the market.
JZ : It takes about one month.
JZ : The original concept of the series originated from the concern of loneliness in the metropolitan people. The designer studied specific groups who relocated to big cities to work and sometimes felt lonesome without friends and family.
JZ : There are some companies currently in touch with me about it.
JZ : How to remind and urge people to pay attention to mental health is one of the essential factors in the design for the author to consider. Hope through the work I recommend people to pay attention to mental health and comfort these brave dream-makers through their jobs. The author is trying to remind people the importance of psychological health.
JZ : Different types of pillows, such as pillows for pregnant ladies.
JZ : I combined it with the fashion ideas for accessories design and also for the functionality concept in industrial design.
JZ : By exploring this particular group of people, I designed a series of cozy works trying to give them comfort and accompany feeling while using.
JZ : I used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for design and made the patterns by myself.
JZ : All products in this collections are all transforming products
JZ : I did all design, pattern making and producing by myself.
JZ : The transforming methods are the essential part of this design.
JZ : Yes, the design influenced a lot by the particular group of people after researching.
JZ : How to hand fill all those cotton and make it transforming are the challenges during my design process.
JZ : I wish my design would be recognized by the public and market. And I also hope more people would be influenced by my design and paying more attention to appealing people for their design.
JZ : I learned a lot in the field of fabric treatment and fashion pattern making as an accessory designer.
JZ : That’s it. Thanks all for watching!
