Ofir Vissel

Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art

I am a fashion design student at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art in Israel. My work explores the relationship between trauma, memory, and the body through personal narratives and material experimentation. Drawing on my experience as a reservist commander in a search-and-rescue unit, I investigate themes of hypervigilance, responsibility, and emotional endurance. Through deconstruction, textile manipulation, drawing, embroidery, knitting, and print, I create garments that function as emotional landscapes, balancing softness and protection, vulnerability and strength. My work transforms everyday garments into carriers of memory, using fashion as a space for testimony, healing, and personal expression.

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A Thought That Remains Awake

Category: Apparel

Competitions: Fashion Competition 2026

A Thought That Remains Awake explores memory, hypervigilance, and emotional endurance through natural materials and hand-crafted techniques. The collection transforms personal experiences into garments that function as emotional landscapes. Working with cotton, wool, denim, drawing, embroidery, and knitting, the garments investigate what remains within the body after traumatic experiences. Hand-drawn illustrations, embroidered texts, and distorted silhouettes create a dialogue between protection and vulnerability, comfort and unease. Through natural materials and manual processes, the work emphasizes emotional durability, material honesty, and the ability of clothing to carry memory, responsibility, and invisible experience.

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A Thought That Remains Awake

Category: Apparel

Competitions: Fashion Competition 2026

The Monster of the Night explores trauma, memory, and hypervigilance through hand knitting, textile manipulation, and personal storytelling. Inspired by my experience as a reservist commander, the project translates emotional experiences into wearable forms. The knitted garment incorporates texts taken from my illustrated book, while the oversized jacket features printed drawings derived from the same visual narrative. Steel wires inserted into the jacket distort its silhouette, creating a tension between protection and collapse. Working exclusively with wool, cotton, and natural materials, the project investigates the relationship between body, memory, and clothing. Monochromatic tones, exposed edges, and hand-crafted techniques transform garments into emotional landscapes that balance vulnerability, protection, and resilience.

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