"Design is never one-dimensional. It can tell stories, convey values, and express emotion. Whether guided by emotion or logic, design serves as a bridge for communicating ideas. Through design, I’ve learned to speak with lines and express feelings through materials. Every creation is a process of personal rebirth. It’s through design that I question, challenge convention, and piece together a world that is diverse, free, and beyond definition."
Final Year Graduate Student
BO-CHIEN CHAO
Title
Marginal Gravity
Description
Fashion has always been an art form intertwined with gravity.
But what if an overwhelming magnetic force stripped gravity of its presence? Would it reverse or distort the very nature of clothing as we know it?
The magnetic field lines of the Earth's North and South Poles are symmetrical, continuous, and complete—qualities that shape the core visual elements of this collection: symmetry, continuity, and wholeness in silhouette.
The magnetic forces of the poles influence both gravity and the force of attraction on Earth; the two are inextricably linked. If an intense magnetic force were to distort gravity—or even erase it, creating a state of weightlessness—what kinds of deformations or irreversible phenomena would emerge?
This collection explores the interplay of twisted, unstable magnetic field lines, while still preserving a sense of symmetry and continuity—mirroring the tension between disruption and balance.
Awards
✱ 2nd Prize Winner
SCFD Avant-garde Graduate Show
✱ Best Design of the Year Award
2025 Young Pin Design Awards
