Royal College of Art graduate Baohan Jiang has investigated the contents of the wardrobe to encourage users to reconsider how they structure, and experience, time.
The shirt sleeve with an additional cuff attached to the forearm is designed to emphasise the action of linking arms
The wardrobe and its contents are just one element of Jiang's project, called The Moment. The designer uses these objects to explain her understanding of time as a series of physical experiences as opposed to linear time.
This alternative concept of time that Jiang refers to as "lived time" is a response to the "time crisis" in contemporary life ? the pressure of fast-paced lifestyles. One glove represents the action of yawning. The other glove represents the various ways people hold their arms when resting in transit
Describing herself as a "time coach", the graduate held a series of workshops where she used the wardrobe and its contents as props to help people understand the reality of "lived time".
She invited people to choose a garment, and then wear it out in a public space during peak travel hours.
Each garment represents a different bodily "moment" that occurs during the daily commute, encouraging the wearer to concentrate on their own physical presence rather than what is happening around them.
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