Jungeun Lee : Nuue 2011
Jungue Lee - Nuue 2011 : Textiles Jungeun Lee is the London based designer and textile engineer. Graduating from Tama Art University in Tokyo in 2008, Lee moved on for her MA in mixed arts and textiles at the Royal College of Art. Lee's latest project is titled Nuue-- or 'Cocoon' in her native Korean. With a strong showroom debut at this past London Fashion week, the young designer is already pioneering experimental approaches to garment-making.
In the Nuue project Lee strings fibers into complex and elegant webs. Ultimately shaping garments from the constructed fabric, the designer's technique begins by wrapping synthetic fiber around a wooden mannequin. Heat and pressure is next applied to sculpt unique silhouettes out of the moldable textile. Although still in development, Lee's novel textile carries impressive possibilities for fashion.
The Nuue project's garments appropriately brings to mind the likeness of a cocoon. Creating an attractive web of interconnections, the synthetic strings are skillfully formableー offering an almost endless range of pattern-work. This transformative quality is fundamental to the textile's development as a functioning fabric.
Lee's Nuue garments are borne from a greater design project with fellow designer Shota Aoyagi of Japan. Together the two make up Studio Koya. With products ranging from fashion to interior, Studio Koya creations will be exciting to watch as the company continues to grow. If the initial Nuue project is any indication, Lee & Aoyagi are poised to help reinvent the fabric of contemporary design.