Nuoqi Shen
Fashion Design BA Hons
RMIT University Melbourne
Specialisms: Apparel / Genderless / Menswear
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Nuoqi Shen
First Name: Nuoqi
Last Name: Shen
Specialisms: Apparel / Genderless / Menswear
Sectors: Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories / Fashion/Textiles/Accessories
My Location: Melbourne, Australia
University / College: RMIT University Melbourne
Course / Program Title: Fashion Design BA Hons
About
Nuoqi graduated from RMIT Bachelor of Fashion Design (Honors) in Nov 2022 with her new world-making collection "Mars Odyssey". Her Unique design aesthetic is characterized by avant-garde unisex styles. distinctive details, and sustainable approaches.
'Mars Odyssey' has won a third prize in iD International Emerging Awards 2023 and was showcased in Melbourne Fashion Week 2022. Her past collection 'by Independent' was selected as top 10 finalists in National Graduate Showcase at Melbourne Fashion Festival 2022.
Nuoqi is now continuing her MA Fashion study at Royal College of Art in London.
‘Mars Odyssey’ is a world-making future fashion collection that envisions a future lifestyle on Mars and proposes possibilities of more sustainable and technology-engaged fashion. New spacesuits, wearable oxygen gear, and life support devices provide alternatives for outdoor human activities on Mars, as well as opportunities for bold self-expression. These pneumatic design prototypes have the potential for temperature control and air storage, combining style and innovation. The design engages distinctive details, unisex gender-fluid styles and avant-garde expressions with blended design development and exploration between the digital and physical. The collection is inspired and developed through “Zero-waste pattern” experimentation in 3d program Clo3D and physical draping. The collection engages multiple sustainability innovation methods, including zero-waste design, upcycling, streamlined production in 3D programs and using biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) across the whole collection. The key techniques in this collection are: 1) Air-tight inflatable-making pneumatic designs (including sonic welding/heat welding + heat-bond quilting), 2) Zero-waste design (3D pattern making/designing complementary patterns +upcycling / remaking) 3) Digital Print and Transfer Print graphic design. The key materials are TPU plastics, high-density scuba and heat-reactive colour-changing materials.
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