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Perfect in Its Imperfection

Chenxi Quan

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Chenxi Quan is a textile designer exploring the contrast between geometric order and irregular traces. Inspired by the philosophy of wabi-sabi, her work embraces imperfection as a visual language. Through experimental techniques such as natural dyeing and plant-based heat transfer, she integrates sustainable values into her design practice.

Chenxi Quan is a textile designer exploring the contrast between geometric order and irregular tr...

College London College of Fashion

Course BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Print

Graduation year 2025

This project draws from the wabi-sabi philosophy to explore imperfection as a form of quiet beauty. Inspired by stained architecture, broken geometry, and withered plants, the work uses organic techniques like plant transfer and hand-dyeing to trace the shift from control to chance.

Unfolding in four phases, the collection reveals how structure erodes, nature intervenes, and time leaves behind its own delicate marks.

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This project draws from the wabi-sabi philosophy to explore imperfection as a form of quiet beauty. Inspired by stained architecture, broken geometry, and withered plants, the work uses organic techniques like plant transfer and hand-dyeing to trace the shift from control to c...

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