Department of Fashion Design “Encounter” received two awards, the New Talent Award and Entrepreneurship Award

Department of Fashion Design “Encounter” received two awards, the New Talent
Award and Entrepreneurship Award 111.11.7

[Kaohsiung News] The design “Encounter” by senior students Wang Jia Le, Chen Qian Xi,
Li Yuan Zhu, and Zhang Suo Ting of the Department of Fashion Design from Shu-Te
University received two awards, the New Talent Award and Entrepreneurship Award in the
3rd Kaohsiung Fashion Awards. This event was organized by the Youth Bureau, Kaohsiung
City Government. The team won two total prizes of 30,000NTD totaled 60,000NTD.
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On November 5 in Kaohsiung Port Depot (KW2), the Kaohsiung Fashion Awards final round
was held. There are more than 120 entries of design were chosen in the preliminary phase.
While there are ten outstanding entries of design were examined for the next final round. Five
main categories made up the prize criteria: theme (20%), innovation (25%), design (25%),
marketability (20%), and overall (10%).
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The four-member team of "Encounter" incorporates the feeling of Kaohsiung's cityscape into
its fashion design by using the city's varied architectural imagery. At the same time, the
structure and deconstruction of the architectural imagery are used to interpret the city's
diverse architectural faces by demonstrating how to present the city's varied architectural
imagery in a wide range of contours.
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According to student Wang, the design's features are based on the texture of the structure of
the clothing, using various materials such as gray tweed wool fabric to embody the simple
architectural beauty of the clear water mold to display the designed costume. The imitation
metal material expresses the steel structure of the building. The combination of color
brightness-darkness pattern cutting and other architectural features transforms the possible
composition of the garment. The various three-dimensional structure-cutting methods
highlight the undulating layers of the building surface. 
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The instructor Ms. Chang Ying-Ling said that the students created multifaceted designs by
combining Kaohsiung's architecture with its humanistic scenery and diverse outlook; they
then used professional aesthetics to highlight the city's beauty and make it more vital and
deserving of recognition. The competition appreciated the students' original thinking, and
they look forward to future industry-academic collaboration so that the team can showcase
Kaohsiung's beauty.
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Department Chair Mr. Hung-Jen Chen expressed the students from fashion design were
competing with other outstanding designers of all ages from all over the country. They are
not only to see the innovative design thinking of other talented designers from the
competition. Hopefully, students will be more motivated and enjoy this design path.