Dont Trust James
by Trung-Tin Pham
Synonym
(2022)This collection, titled SYNONYM, is a fictional world Trung-Tin created stemming from fake IDs. In a handed down ID, the photo shows someone who looks similar, and due to microaggressions and racism, the fake is accepted. Growing up as an Asian American there are many times where he has experienced the casual grouping of Asian boys as one archetype. SYNONYM is his satire response to it all, casting 12 similar looking models all presenting as "Trung-Tin."
He was inspired by the imagery of space and the past interpretations of the future.
His collection follows this and was designed to use the top of the line technology. Trung-Tin focused on two main softwares to achieve this goal, Shima Seiki and Zund. He programmed on the Apex and knit on two main Shima machines, the SSR and SVR. For all his wovens and cut and sew knits, he patterned digitally and used the Zund to cut his yardage fabrics. This made it possible to avoid hand cutting his entire collection, working faster and more efficiently.
Synonym defined by Trung-Tin is when a word can mean another (word).
Interchangeable at times but sometimes too individual to be replaced.
Interchangeable at times but sometimes too individual to be replaced.