3. Circular Open Source Fashion¶

I. Research & Inspiration¶

Circular Fashion is my favorite and most inspiring week so far, in which I decided to work and experiment on multiple pieces. The Documentation of Maite Sosa Methol was really inspiring and directed my attention towards the work of Micaela Fregosi whom is an Uruguayan Textile Designer, designing laser-cut, no-stitch bags and purses made of leather and neoprene. In Addition, one of the other interesting works that I came across was Maria Kirk Mikkelsen's artistic reasearch called Tell it All with Leather and Stripes were she experiments the storytelling with materials instead of words through different leather and stripes arrangements, and without the use of stitches. Within this week's assignment I am willing to test the creation of multiple leather garments/bags through using means of joints of the same material.

II. General Test-Out¶

Prior to starting the design and the ideation of the products I wanted to produce within this week assignment, I decided to test the jointing systems and assembly of simple shapes like circles and squares which my Instructor Claudia suggested to start with and test on paper and felt prior to proceeding with other materials.

The test process went as follows:

Step 1: 2D Drawing¶

The PDF test files of the circles and squares were ready done by my Instructor Claudia to test along their interlocking system possibilities, however I will walk it through how they were drawn on Fusion 360:

Step 2: From Paper-Cut to Laser-Cut¶

Step 3: Testing the Interlocking Possibilities¶

III. Design and Ideation¶

1. Material Choice¶

I chose to work with leather as the main material and to experiment using felt. I preferred to source mostly second-hand and leftover leather pieces to incorporate sustainability and recycling into the project.