Yinyin Lu

project title:
Rediscovering Gambirered Gauze--an eco-friendly collection to discourage excessive air conditioning use in Guangzhou City

A collection that encourage people go out of the air condition room breath fresh air and enjoying sun shine in summer as well as saving energy.

Sun silk is a collection that helps you against humidity sustainably in summer. It can provides you a cooler wearing experience than normal silk fabrics, there for helps you still feeling cool with a higher air condition temperature. The collection was made of a kind of special traditional Cantonese natural dye silk which has coolness reputation since the Ming dynasty. The fabric can provide you an extremely comfortable wearing experience and its special one-piece cutting enhance that function of the fabric.

According to some researches, domestic and business use of air conditioners is one of the main reasons that causes problem of power shortage. So many countries and organizations have begun to implement limitations of public air conditioning temperature. Although household air conditioning temperature has not been limited, we’d better restrain ourselves for energy saving, as we know resource of this planet is limited. A thermal resistant household wear can help to discourage excessive air conditioning use.Comments from wearers proved the sun silk collection helped them increased at least 1℃ compare to their usual sleeping temperature of air conditioning use at night.