Changwon National University Apparel Studies × Electronic Engineering Exhibition 'Together Again This Year'

Professors Park Hyewon and Park Honggyu, Collaborative Textile Design

Professor Hongkyu Park (left) from the Department of Electronic Engineering and Professor Hyewon Park from the Department of Clothing and Textiles at Changwon National University are introducing a collaborative textile design work. [Image source=Changwon National University]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Professor Park Hyewon of the Department of Clothing and Professor Park Honggyu of the Department of Electronic Engineering at Changwon National University held an art exhibition together again this year following last year.

According to the university on the 21st, they have been presenting collaborative textile designs since last year.

Following ‘Liquid Crystal Art Composition Ⅰ’ and ‘Liquid Crystal Art Composition Ⅱ,’ they announced ‘Liquid Crystal Composition Ⅲ’ this year.

The two professors’ works have been invited to nationwide exhibitions and international shows, and from the 9th to the 23rd, they are featured as invited works at the 25th Korea Fashion Form Association Exhibition held at the Busan Fashion Biz Center.

This exhibition piece is based on the motif found by Professor Park Honggyu, who discovered color images observed through a polarizing microscope during experiments researching uneven liquid crystal alignment, and Professor Park Hyewon arranged the pattern size and direction to digitally print it as a textile design.

Following the fashion color trend of the 2023 S/S season, ‘Happy Colors,’ high-brightness yellow and blue were repeatedly expressed.

Professor Park Hyewon and Professor Park Honggyu, affiliated with the BK21 New Senior Smart Life Talent Development Project Group and the BK21 Regional Innovation Growth Leading Smart Industrial Complex Leading Workforce Education and Research Group respectively, collaborated to supervise Capstone Design during last summer vacation and exhibited the results on campus in September.

A university official said, “Their attempt at convergence research and education between engineering and design has attracted great interest from industry and academia,” adding, “Currently, this technology is pending patent application.”

The two professors said, “At first, we found it fun out of curiosity, but as we continued to collaborate, we realized that the unique sensibility of liquid crystal images can be utilized not only in fabric design but also in various fashion graphic elements,” and added, “We are also considering starting a convergence research lab.”

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