Aplicación de materiales alternativos para el diseño de bolsos que sean amigables con el medio ambiente

Abstract

In this integrating project, the development of a design proposal for handbags made with natural alternative materials under a sustainable fashion and ecological fashion approach will be presented. This proposal was proposed due to the environmental damage caused by the traditional materials with which bags are commonly made, which are: natural leather, synthetic leather and textile material. The process of obtaining these materials, the large amount of waste it generates and the decades it takes to decompose, is the problem that was studied to continue with the implementation of the project. Then, in response to this environmental damage that man is causing through these activities, the proposal was made to develop bag designs made with alternative natural materials such as wood, jute and natural stone, whose process of obtaining and transforming is, without doubt, less polluting to the environment. Under this brief explanation of the solution to the problem, it is important to explain that wood will be considered a sustainable material as long as it comes from waste, recycling or sustainable forests. With this project, the importance of the role of fashion designers in being able to contribute, through their work, in the care of the environment is made known. Designers should not think only in solving economically or only in setting trends, but in having the need, the responsibility and the commitment to find solutions, whether big or small, to the challenges that are part of the fashion industry today.