Thi Dung’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘BEYOND ILLUSION’, is inspired by illusions and by the Romantic painting ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’ by Caspar David Friedrich. The collection is created from a range of natural and local waste materials including pineapple silk made from agricultural waste, damaged yarn from a home textile factory, and cut-and-sew linen waste from a tailor shop. Hand-stitched details from the Japanese sakiori technique, traditional natural indigo dye, and modern cuts are combined to create practical, timeless, and adjustable designs, including a vest that can be transformed into a handbag.