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100% BANANA

MEDIUM PAPER Accessory design “New material research ” Supervisor: Sobón Magdalena Foto: Gábor Szabó Lódz 2019

Slow fashion may be considered a revolt or action against the fast fashion movement. Developing an accessory or garment with a cultural or emotional connection is also the purpose of it, utilizing materials that are already made, and reuse it, using natural resources and sustainable design. In consideration of this philosophy, I created the 100% BANANA bag collection which is based on material innovation. During a four month period by experiencing different ways of working with banana fibre I was searching for the result, which offers me the ready to use material. The organic banana fibre is produced from the „PSEUDO STEM ‚’, the most optional part of the trunk for reuse. In most of the cases, this part is burned after one year, because banana trees produce fruit only once a year, leaving abundant waste or by-product. Recycling the fibre from this by-product into new compositions, helps to prevent the forests becoming polluted by waste, and also creates a natural material for creative use. The developed material is strong, waterproof and natural.

From the ready and operational banana material, I designed a tree piece bag collection. The collection is not only focusing on the usage of this new composition, but for a functional form, which enhances the quality of the collection. I am convinced that there is a big opportunity about any kind of new and sustainable materials. On one hand it gives us a new sustainable medium, on the other hand as a natural material contributes to human and ecological health.

Banana fibre properties Highly strong fiber, mixes well with other fibers to form composites, lightweight, biodegradable, rapidly renewable, water-resistant, flame-resistant.

With the improvements in extraction and turning the fiber into a pulp, handmade paper stands out as one of the biggest opportunities for banana fiber. The thickness of the paper can be adjusted to achieve different texture, and to make it suitable for a finished product.

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FASHION ACCESSORY DESIGN “The reinterpretation of a sport sock ” Supervisor: Judit Bráda, Réka Vágó Instructors: Éva Czalek,Tibor Grőber, István Szilágyi Foto: Noel Lászlók Budapest 2019

After the research period, I decided to include the knitted structure in the design process of the shoe and bag collection, and I followed this principle until the end of the creative process. The first material and technological experiments were followed by formal experiments. For the research related to the forms, I analyzed works of fine art, touching on different media. They were inspired by the ceramic and plexiglass sculptures of contemporary Danish designer Marete Rasmussen, ceramic sculptures by Japanese artists Chiyoko Tanaka and Yasuhisa Kohyama, and sculptures by a contemporary Japanese artist, Mariko Isozaki.

During the design process of the experimental object collection, I researched the method of determining the space with the physical material, which is a soft-bonded knitted structure. The different position where the given shape understands its position. In the form experiments I searched, simplified and recorded the dynamic details. Focusing the negative space, concave and convex deflections, precise turns, and material congestion delimited by the bound tape. The soft but accurate curves, the sudden change of direction of the material, the discovery of exaggerated waviness, the movements and gestures recorded for the moment, brought me to the sport. Sport-related dynamics, tension, and energy appear in color choices, generating a new relationship system with elegant, streamlined shapes. The sock twisted around itself and moved, turning from the inside of the shoe to the outside. The knitted fabric that is organically attached to the open shoe runs up to the foot, twists as a strap, and secures the foot. The protruding straps contribute to the overall shape.

KNITWEAR DESIGN

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DRAWING AND PAINTING

“Inner landscape” Supervisor: Pál Józsa artist Foto: Noel Lászlók Budapest 2019

A preliminary study of the final knitted structure experiments is a 12 piece watercolor painting series. In addition to the visualization of Montenegrin summer memories, the planes represent the composition of didactic, repetitive, often infantile-roughened fixed structure sets of forms. These decomposing, dissolving forms formed the basis for the finished knitted sheets. The finished pieces function as a series, as the dissolution of the bonded system connects them chronologically and places the sheets next to each other. The running of the eyes appears on larger and larger surfaces. The compositions of plane works transplanted into the material gradually move from the closed structures to the girl, loose surfaces. These soft yarn parts make the fabric turn around, move in space. The third piece of the series, which also consists of the softest surfaces, turns and twists in space, transforming from sheet to cylinder, taking on the properties of bodies of rotation. The round textile piece, which acts as an experimental textile sculpture,based on a strict-system, but dissolving it at the same time, so the work is based on opposites, where organic forms meet with space .