Using a morphological chart to develop fashion products from recycled knit waste

This article aims to investigate and experiment environmentally sustainable solutions using cotton knit waste and hand knitting to develop new fashion products. The know waste came from imperfect knit fabrics discarded by fabric industries and circular knit garments discarded by consumers. The tool...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Bertoluci, Cristiane Eloisa, Sanches, Regina Aparecida
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC)
Repositorio:ModaPalavra e-periódico
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai::article/15427
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/modapalavra/article/view/15427
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:morphological chart
recycled
fashion
moda
reciclado
matriz morfológica
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Sumario:This article aims to investigate and experiment environmentally sustainable solutions using cotton knit waste and hand knitting to develop new fashion products. The know waste came from imperfect knit fabrics discarded by fabric industries and circular knit garments discarded by consumers. The tool used as a creative mean of development was the morphological chart, which allowed approximately one hundred and fifty ideas of garments to be generated. Five ideas were identified as main product concept. A prototype of a vest was made to test the viability of the use of the morphological chart do develop a creative fashion product. The reproducibility of the methodology was successfully tested by handcraft artists that work with handknitting