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Brooklyn Bridge & Rainbow/2018

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As a designer, I value the beauty in daily life, Brooklyn Bridge & Rainbow is inspired by the scene of a rainbow over Brooklyn Bridge, which I couldn’t capture with a camera but try to reimagine it with color, patterns, and materials.

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Design Process

To capture the colors of the scene, I write down a sentence that depicts what I saw. Then, I made a 6 by 6 grid and each grid contains a color represents for the image shown by the sentence.
The Sentence :
​"Outside is raining, the rainbow in the air seems to be embedded in the Brooklyn bridge.
​ Light red, yellow, blue, green, and purple floating in the gray mist."


6 y 6 Color Grid chosen for the textile.
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​After determining the colors, I manipulate the color grids to create different versions of texture.
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Manipulation 1: Breeze


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Manipulation 2: Drizzle
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Manipulation 3: Haze

Final Pattern Design
For the pattern design, the repeated triangles recalled the suspender cables of the Brooklyn bridge. ​
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Final Prototype 
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Chiffon is ideal for invented the light, the soft, and cloudy feeling. 

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