Design of Accessories Based on The Reuse of Industrial Textiles – A Case Study.

This research project, to be developed at CIAUD, aims to deepen the possible reuse of textile materials resulting from the production of carded fabrics from the textile industry. For the development of this project, an in-depth study was carried out of the identification of real problems identified in the company in question. The first problem was the production of carded fabrics, dyed in colour. The dyeing section presents serious difficulties in the homogeneity of dyed fabrics. Given the current difficulties of modernization of the company, where currently dyed fabrics are made through the use of specific equipment for this type of production and when producing dyes with a compound of different textile materials, they cause defects when mixed with certain acids, which causes constant staining problems in certain productions. The need to reuse these fabrics that have become textile waste arises, and through a design methodology in Accessory Design has proposed the development of fashion accessories in recycled textiles. The use of the design practice in the design area allows us to use fabrics produced in the industry with specific defects by creating a line of accessories with a distinctive and identifying character of a certain region that produces such specific fabrics in the carded area. Considering that the design aims to find solutions to the problems encountered, the following research question was formulated: Is it possible to use a dynamic between accessory design and the textile industry in order to develop a collection of hand bags using stained fabrics? In order to test the hypothesis, a methodology of mixed, non-interventionist and interventionist research (action research) was used to answer the starting problem.The experimental development to be developed will focus in an introductory phase of a project module.

team:

Ana Margarida Fernandes (PORTUGAL)
Fernando Moreira da Silva (PORTUGAL)

Partnerships

Empresa Têxtil – Cebolais de Cima