3. Circular Open Source Fashion

Research & Ideation

Circular Open Source Fashion is an innovative approach to the fashion industry that combines the principles of circular economy with the collaborative spirit of open source. This concept aims to create a sustainable and inclusive fashion ecosystem by promoting the reuse, recycling, and upcycling of materials, while also encouraging transparency and shared knowledge.

In a circular fashion model, products are designed with their entire lifecycle in mind, ensuring that they can be easily disassembled and repurposed at the end of their use. This reduces waste and minimizes the environmental impact of fashion production. Open source fashion takes this a step further by making design patterns, techniques, and materials openly accessible to everyone. This democratizes fashion design, allowing anyone to contribute to and benefit from sustainable practices.

weekly assignment

• Include some inspiration: research on artists or projects that work with modules and zero waste systems
• Document, Design and prototype with paper and scissors modular configurations and interlocking connections
• Document, Design and prototype digitally your modular configurations and interlocking connections in 2D
• Document the process of testing and laser cutting your designs, including the machine settings, material type and thickness
• Laser cut the modules. Create a modular or seamless garment, showing that the connection is * well-designed and holds the pull/stretch. Document the assembly process and tests
• Upload the fabrication PDF file at oscircularfashion.com, in 1:1 scale accompanied by 1-5 pictures (preferably in white background)
• Submit some of the modules to the analog or digital material library of the lab. (Recommended size 20cm x 20cm) (extra credit)

Favorite

• Jessica Stanley - TextileLab Amsterdam

• Laura Sánchez Montás - Basque Biodesign Center

• Maite Sosa Menthol - Fab Lab Montevideo

• Maite Sosa Menthol - Fab Lab Montevideo

My fav alumni's pages as references

References & Inspiration

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* Two images side-by-side

* Iris Van Harpen

* Laura Sanchez Menthol and Chanell's Camelia

* Chanell's Camelia

* @lilyalcaraz_leaberlier

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@lilyalcaraz_leaberlier

Lili Alcaraz & Bea Berlier

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Tools

• TinyPNG
• 2D/3D modelling Solidworks
• 2D modelling Inkscape

Process and workflow

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inspired on @lilyalcaraz_leaberlier work, scale armour

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four leaf Camelia's inspirated

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Three leaf Camelia / Iris

Step 1, CAD Design

I made 4 modules ¹ the first inspired by @lilyalcaraz_leaberlier work, I tried the model of a scale armour design I made in Solidworks

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@lilyalcaraz_leaberlier

The second try was to make a module, and I wanted to add a bead in the midle of the design to add tridimensionality to the design.

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Bead design to be fitted inside the design

The third

Finally the fourth model is having as inspiration the latest model I made a design that could be fitted together

Step 2 Laser cutting

The laser cut nesting ² was created using..

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Instead of paper, I used the class left overs from our textile school at IDIT

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Laser cutting

Step 3 Assemble

The first failure

Another assemble with waste materials

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Final assembly with waste material

With this last design I experimented with a design I wanted to be my final proyect for this assignment

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Assembled material for assignment project

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Assignment's final project

Started by buying leftovers from leather shoes small shops

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Leftovers for the armor scale design

This model ¹ was obtained by..

The laser cut nesting ² was created using..

footnote fabrication files

Fabrication files are a necessary element for evaluation. You can add the fabrication files at the bottom of the page and simply link them as a footnote. This was your work stays organised and files will be all together at the bottom of the page. Footnotes are created using [ ^ 1 ] (without spaces, and referenced as you see at the last chapter of this page) You can reference the fabrication files to multiple places on your page as you see for footnote nr. 2 also present in the Gallery.

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Assembly videos

learn how to add video of tutorials or time-lapse of the assembly, etc

From Vimeo

Sound Waves from George Gally (Radarboy) on Vimeo.

From Youtube

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Fabrication files

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1. File: Modules ↩↩

2. File: Laser cut sheets ↩↩