The Walking Cyborg

A streetwear collection about artificial life being born — and, step by step, discovering its humanity.

Year: 2023
Reading: 05 min
Figures: 33

00Brief

The Walking Cyborg (WKCB) is the 2023 collection of Le Suivant, the streetwear label I co-founded with Justin Huang. It follows a cyborg from birth towards humanity across a tee, a polo, a bomber and shorts, turning circuit boards, RAM, GPU chips and motherboards into screen prints and rubberised tags.

Spec sheet05 entries

Role: Founder & Designer, with Justin Huang
Team: Justin Huang — Founder & Designer
Julie Huang, Lucy Lai, Paris Liang, Zhiyu Zhang — Editors & Marketing
Disciplines: Collection Design
Streetwear
Graphic Design
Brand Identity
Garment Production
Tools: Screen printing / Embroidery / Rubberised print / Faded jet print / 3D logo rendering
Links: The collection on lesvnt.comlesvnt.com(opens in a new tab)
Le Suivantlesvnt.com(opens in a new tab)

The Walking Cyborg is the second collection from Le Suivant. It begins with the first creation of artificial life — a baby cyborg — and follows it as it grows towards something human.

Four garments tell the story: a tee, a polo, a bomber and a pair of shorts. Along the way, circuit boards, RAM, GPU chips and motherboards turn into screen prints and rubberised tags.

Fig. 01Lookbook film, shot in a white concrete stairwell.

01Campaign

Visualizer

For the campaign, the Le Suivant logo was rendered in three finishes, each colour carrying its own mood.

Blue is often perceived as the colour of calmness and stability — Chrome ‘Round’ Outdoors.

Red is lively, dangerous and blazing — Liquid ‘Vivid’ Fire. The baby cyborg turns red when it’s angry.

Purple is often associated with luxury, power and ambition — Chrome ‘Round’ Mountains.

Fig. 02Blue — Chrome ‘Round’ Outdoors

Fig. 03Red — Liquid ‘Vivid’ Fire

Fig. 04Purple — Chrome ‘Round’ Mountains

Each step brought it closer to discovering its humanity.”

The Walking Cyborg, 2023

0201 — Tee

“Birth”

All journeys start by being born, gaining consciousness and… existing. This washed, oversized T-shirt is about the first creation of artificial life: the birth of a baby cyborg.

On the front, a screen-printed baby with circuit chips running from its eyes to its heart. Its looming, blurred appearance corresponds to its upcoming presence.

On the back, a rubberised computer RAM extends into a screen-printed motherboard glowing in cyan — the tranquillity before liveliness.

Fig. 05Front artwork

Fig. 07Rubberised RAM, screen-printed motherboard

Fig. 08RAM tag artwork

Grain-textured poster graphic: a red neon Le Suivant script over a blue cyborg baby head with a glowing eye and the words BIRTH CONTROL — Fig. 09–11An alternate direction from the Birth exploration: the “Birth Control” poster graphic and a red liquid-chrome logo tee.

Black T-shirt back mockup printed with the red-and-blue Birth Control cyborg baby graphic — Fig. 09–11An alternate direction from the Birth exploration: the “Birth Control” poster graphic and a red liquid-chrome logo tee.

0302 — Polo

“Butterfly Effect”

The term “artificial intelligence” dates back to 1956 — the year printed across this polo. The oversized cut is a tribute to the evolution of AI, and its light, blanched-almond brown feels retro and modern at once.

Polo shirts are usually uncomfortable, so I built this one on 100% mesh cotton — extremely breathable and comfortable, while keeping the oversized silhouette.

‘The Butterfly Effect’ is screen-printed on the back: our small explorations, driven by curiosity, growing from a single focal point into a global movement.

Technical flat of the blanched-almond oversized mesh polo with black collar, LS monogram and varsity 1956 numerals — Fig. 12–13Technical flats, front and back.

Technical flat of the polo back screen-printed with the Le Suivant script, a butterfly, a star and a cloud — Fig. 12–13Technical flats, front and back.

Model seated on a white block in the Butterfly Effect polo with 1956 numerals and black Le Suivant shorts — Fig. 14The Butterfly Effect polo in 100% mesh cotton.

Key numbers03

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1956

The term “artificial intelligence” dates back to 1956 — printed across the polo

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100%

Mesh cotton base, so a polo can actually be comfortable

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Logo renders in the Visualizer campaign

0403 — Bomber

“Chip Body”

Designed around three principles: maximum comfort, vivid texture and strong visual impact.

The body is hard denim; the sleeves are soft synthetic leather, so the arms move freely. The brand’s classic LS monogram is embroidered on the front to add visual depth.

A screen-printed GPU chip on the back ties it to the story — as if you are the walking cyborg humanity needs. A faded jet print enriches the texture, conveying strength above the rough denim.

Fig. 15Front

Fig. 16Back — the GPU chip

Fig. 17Embroidered LS monogram

Fig. 18Faded jet print

Macro photo of the black embroidered LS monogram and a snap button on the cyan denim of the produced bomber — Fig. 19On the produced bomber: the embroidered LS monogram and a snap button, up close on the cyan denim.

0504 — Shorts

“Cyborg Classic”

Available in cyan and black, the shorts are made from premium elastic cotton that keeps the visual texture of high-end streetwear with the practical function of sports shorts: flexible, breathable and durable.

The front stays minimal — only the collection’s name — while the back carries the motherboard motif that runs through the whole collection. Wear them, and you are one of The Walking Cyborgs.

Front and back technical flats of the cyan Cyborg Classic shorts: Le Suivant The Walking Cyborg script on the front, a motherboard graphic on the back — Fig. 20–23Cyan and black, from flat to finished.

Close-up of the cyan Cyborg Classic shorts back leg with the 2023 script and motherboard print — Fig. 20–23Cyan and black, from flat to finished.

0604 specs

Construction

01
“Birth” tee
Washed and oversized. Screen-printed baby cyborg on the front; rubberised RAM tag feeding a cyan screen-printed motherboard on the back.
02
“Butterfly Effect” polo
100% mesh cotton for breathability in an oversized cut. Varsity 1956 numerals and LS monogram on the front; The Butterfly Effect screen-printed on the back.
03
“Chip Body” bomber
Hard denim body, soft synthetic-leather sleeves for arm movement. Embroidered LS monogram, screen-printed GPU chip and a faded jet print.
04
“Cyborg Classic” shorts
Premium elastic cotton in cyan or black. Collection name on the front; the motherboard motif on the back.