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# Project Description Rust Memory Jiayu Xu Summary Final work I am a textile designer working across material research and critical design. My research focuses on the changes and influences that digital technology and social media have brought to people and society. My interdisciplinary background enables me to build a wider viewpoint to visualise my findings and thinkings in my daily life through textile design. I am a textile designer working across material research and critical design. My research focuses... College Chelsea College of Arts Course MA Textile Design Graduation year 2025 Digital memory increasingly replaces traditional forms of memorising, yet leaves behind not only virtual archives but also tangible ecological scars. My research visualises the hidden ecological cost of technological development by combining discarded digital components representing digital technologies with natural fibres symbolising the environment. Like fossils, digital memory carries individual and collective memories, serving as a bridge between the past and future. The concept informs a series of imagined ‘future fossils’ where biological traces are overwritten by technological debris. These textile landscapes confront the illusion of digital immateriality and expose how the material remains of digital culture quietly reshape our ecological reality. Final work View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Research and process View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project Digital memory increasingly replaces traditional forms of memorising, yet leaves behind not only virtual archives but also tangible ecological scars. My research visualises the hidden ecological cost of technological development by combining discarded digital components repres... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Histories Materiality Nature & Environment Digital Dye Ecology Embroidery Environment Materials Memory Nature Technology Textiles Waste
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