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Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site 22/23 Better Lives SDT

Wed, 10 May 2023 05:54:22 +0000

For my peer review, I chose my peer Zhang Xinyu’s blog, I carefully browsed her blog 2 and wrote my feelings and gave some personal opinions here. First of all, the whole work process presented in her blog 2 is […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site 22/23 Better Lives SDT

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:45:09 +0000

Through the study of this module Better Live, I have a clearer understanding and a strong awareness of fashion sustainability and social responsibility. The following course focuses more on our practical approach […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site 22/23 Better Lives SDT

Tue, 09 May 2023 14:59:04 +0000

In the two weeks of betterlive, I attended five lectures, and a lot of interesting and meaningful ideas and research processes were dissected and shown to us, which gave me a lot of inspiration. My deepest f […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site Intro to Embroidery

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:09:28 +0000

I used photoshop to make my paintings into different painting styles to show different visual effects. In the third one, I liquefied the pictures and made a symmetrical effect.

Inspired by the […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site Intro to Embroidery

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 22:49:00 +0000

Inspired by the exhibits in the Design Museum, there are many old telephones, typewriters,and film cameras.Painting style: Watercolor painting Size: A3

Inspired by the evenly arranged components on vintage […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 11:24:08 +0000

I went to see Alexander McQueen exhibition through my teacher’s recommendation, and the clothes were so beautiful. The whole exhibition not only shows the beautiful dress, but also shows the whole process […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 11:04:49 +0000

Today is the last it class, I learned how to use illustrator to draw three-dimensional images, similar to modeling, I tried to build a coffee cup and donuts, I found it very interesting. The teacher also taught […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:58:39 +0000

In this class, I learned a new software called sketch up, which is a modeling software. I think it is very interesting. You can build a building of any shape with a villain as the center, and you can even put […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 10:21:13 +0000

This is the last design class, before that I have extracted all the elements and made some collages, but at the end of the line up I don’t want to design all these shapes into clothes, I want to design something […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:57:59 +0000

In today’s class, the teacher said that he likes my fabric very much, I can continue to generate some ideas, and then I can put the finished fabric on the model to extract the final silhouette. I made two more […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:43:50 +0000

This week I started experimenting with designing new fabrics using elements I had already researched. First I cut the jeans and tore them by hand to create a shredded texture, then tore the pillow covers into […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 09:08:41 +0000

I selected some clothes from the charity shop as my research, and I plan to transform all my final products fabrics are remake from these old clothes, so that I can embody the concept of giving new meaning to […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 08:50:58 +0000

Today I discussed my ideas with my teacher, he thinks my concept is very interesting, but he thinks that my primary research is more about interviews and conversations, which prevents me from getting more […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 08:14:34 +0000

One week before the start of school, I sorted out all my research and chose some elements in the life of homeless people, such as plastic sheet , plastic bags, cans, etc., to make my collage. Homeless people […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:43:05 +0000

After returning to London, I continued my interviews on homeless life, I went to the market near my home and the tube station and park near Oxford Street, and I talked with more homeless people. Although many […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:21:37 +0000

After I identified my research subjects, I started my research on the way to travel. I initially wanted to use interviews to get a closer look at their lives, but I was worried that it would offend them, so I […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 04:52:08 +0000

In the first week of the vacation, I started to think about what kind of topic is more in line with the theme of this project-unlovable things, I discussed with the teacher before the vacation, and I plan to use […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 04:13:50 +0000

The theme of this project is unlovable things, and I decided to start my research from the phenomena and things around me.

Since I came to London, I have discovered a phenomenon. I always see a lot of homeless […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site unlovely project

Wed, 25 May 2022 03:54:57 +0000

When I started this course I thought that iisf course is a diversity course, it is not only involve fashion design, but also busniss and communication.At the end of the course, students would be assigned su […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:54:03 +0000

I think I have grown in this course. My language communication skills and the ability to get along with people have become stronger. For example, when I do customer research, I meet different people. By […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:47:48 +0000

In today’s visual lesson we tried how to use a line to outline a shape, we tried to talk about our hands and legs, I think this way can make what we draw more abstract, I think abstract things are more […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:35:00 +0000

In this class, the teacher gave us a detailed introduction to the details of each major in fashion media, to be honest, I will be more inclined to the design of the major, but I think the fashion media is also […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:26:10 +0000

In this lesson, we first emphasized that each of us should be clear about what major we want to choose, I personally prefer textile, and the teacher introduced the general direction and content of each major in […]

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Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:12:45 +0000

In today’s lesson, I learned about a new field – fashion forecasting, which is an area of fashion color, styling technology, fabric texture, etc. are all industries that predict future fashion trends, and these i […]

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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:22:35 +0000

I had a task this week about creating my color story, I picked a silhouette I liked and then cut out parts of it to make it a cutout figure and used that to go in my sketches Ben went to explore different colors […]

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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:01:18 +0000

Today I started my weaving, first I need to extract some colors from my research, choose some colors that I like or that I think are relevant to my research. I extract them with the software pantone, and then use […]

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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:36:58 +0000

The content of this class is very similar to the previous class, and it is also a 3D experiment, but I started to think about what kind of materials I need. From my research, I think I need cloth with red […]

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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:11:12 +0000

In this class, I started doing 3D experiments on mannequins. I used paper as a material, because I found the thick paper to be supportive and show some silhouettes. I extracted triangular structures from my […]

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Wed, 09 Feb 2022 02:47:03 +0000

I also completed two other tasks during the week, the first was to use my research to find some elements I liked to reinvent a trench coat. I thought it was interesting and I learned through the course The source […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 02:31:37 +0000

The task for this week is to integrate my research and develop it. First I sort my research and drawings. Then I notice some potential elements to make a digital collage. I chose the red triangle structure as my […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 01:17:31 +0000

This week’s course content is related to the research .We will develop based on the research in the Christmas holiday. First of all, we need to create a muse based on our own research. I created a mature woman […]

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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:37:18 +0000

Today we went to East London to do some shop research. I really like the process of going out to research because I can always see a lot of novelties. For example, after visiting the vintage market, I learned […]

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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:26:29 +0000

Today is the first day I ended the quarantine. I came to the VA Museum with my classmates to do some research. I rarely go out to do research, but I think this is a very good thing for my study, so that I can […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:08:58 +0000

Today I am still in self-isolation, and there is no way to participate in offline courses. I learned a new term-USP from the course and other ppt. I think this is a very new concept for me. I understand this […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:35:34 +0000

Today I am also in self-isolation and cannot participate in offline courses. By checking the specific content of the course, I understand that today’s course content is design a pattern for prada handbags. M […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:04:17 +0000

Since I was still in self-isolation, I couldn’t participate in the offline courses of the school, but I checked the details of the courses and listened to the descriptions of my classmates. Today’s course con […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:42:22 +0000

Today’s course is about how to analyze a product. First, we choose a product, and then try to analyze its sales location, audience, unique selling points, design, price and other factors, and then write a table t […]

Xuan Chen wrote a new post on the site toolbox

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 05:23:23 +0000

Today’s course is for us to choose a recent show, and then analyze any brand design style, details, silhouettes used, materials, and printing elements used by the author, and then write a text statement based o […]

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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 02:31:56 +0000

Today’s course is to teach us how to write a customer profile. This is actually a relatively new concept to me. We need to analyze the information obtained from interviews with customers. For example, where did t […]

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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 01:28:25 +0000

Today’s course is based on our museum research, using the elements of the research we are interested in, to make collages on the model pictures. Most of my research is some handmade decorations, many t […]

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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:47:24 +0000

Today’s course is based on the collages made in the previous lessons to draw my final illustration product. I tried to draw a few sketches, and then integrated my elements. I used watercolor to paint my final i […]

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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:59:37 +0000

Today’s course is about shooting my work. I photographed it according to my illustration. I think this is a very interesting process. I have also tried to set, photograph, and become a model in my previous p […]

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Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:29:18 +0000

Today’s course is about writing press. We need to have a complete statement of our store design, including the original design intention, audience, and unique selling points of the product.

I think this is a v […]