Conceptual Transformable Design

"Aeroplane Dress", photograph Christopher Moore,
from http://www.husseinchalayan.com/#/past_collections.1999.1999_a_w_echoform.0/

Table that transformed into skirt, photograph Christopher Moore,
from http://www.husseinchalayan.com/#/past_collections.2000.2000_a_w_after_words.22/

Hussein Chalayan is an amazing designer there can be no disputing that. His transformable designs though are what I have concentrated on most for another "chapter" of my dissertation. Chalayan is a particularly interesting for the conceptual nature of his work. He thinks of an idea and is able to create it through collaboration with a number of people from various designs disciplines and other backgrounds such as mechanical engineering. Collaboration I feel is one of the most important lessons that can be learned from the work of Chalayan. I think that with more collaboration more transformable design would be created. Chalayan has produced numerous projects that are transformable. Most notably is his "Aeroplane Dress" and "Remote Control Dress" both using similar concepts around the idea of flight and his After Words collection in 2000/2001 which dealt with displacement. The After Words collection had products such as tables transform into skirts and chairs into suitcases to allow them to be carried away easily.