FIG. 1
The subject
Beetles make up roughly a quarter of all known animal species. Moths outnumber butterflies about nine to one.
INSECT STUDY
LONG SLEEVE TEE · CONCEPT COLLECTION
DESIGN 02 / 07
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FIELD NOTES
INSECT / INSECT FOREST
TRIPLE LEADDESIGN 02
- STUDY
- INSECT STUDY
- GARMENT
- LONG SLEEVE TEE
- COLLECTION
- CONCEPT
- DYE
- INSECT FOREST
- INK
- INSECT OLIVE
- FRONT
- BEETLE
- BACK
- MOTH
- CHEST
- Pb
WILDLIFE / CONSERVATION / APPAREL
FIG. 2
Why it matters
Insects pollinate, recycle and feed almost everything else. When insects decline, the rest of the food web feels it.
FIG. 3
The garment
Front: a beetle off-centre, with a second climbing in from the hem. Back: one moth, wings open, centred across the shoulders. Chest: the Pb element tile, wearer’s left, in the same insect olive ink.
