Yi’s Redress Design Award collection, ‘Faded Paper’, transforms Chinese paper-cutting from a symbol of patriarchal control into a statement of strength. Her collection reinvents folk motifs through 3D suspended jacquard knitwear and zero-waste paper cutting, offering a tribute to past and present. Yi uses recyclable and deadstock yarns, dyed using water-free technology. Her ‘paper-cut’ knit designs are created through integrated computer programming, then hand-cut to achieve a three-dimensional paper-cut visual effect, generating no waste during the cutting process.