Ethical and Sustainable Fashion DST63904

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Week 1

Task 01




Mr. Daniel briefed us on the MIB for our first assignment, creating textile with sustainability. We were required to propose a topic and develop a sustainable textile design that would later be create into a laptop bag. We also had to prepare a proposal topic, I decided to focus on rubber because it felt meaningful and its connected to sustainability. He also introduced our final assignment, which is the IKEA Frakta Bag innovation, encouraging us to creatively reinvent it.

Week 2

This week I continued working on my proposal slides. I readjust my research on rubber waste, research on what kind of textile manipulation that im going for, and plan how to developed it into a laptop bag. My main thing to do is to make the concept clearer and it aligns with sustainable goals.

Week 3

I started sketching out my design process for the laptop bag and researching materials that will fit for the laptop bag. This includes studying on rubber inner tubes, different yarns, and manipulation techniques. This week involved a lot of researching.

Week 4


Mr. Daniel briefed us further on the design processes for the final assignment IKEA Frakta Bag. At the same time, I made several adjustments to my laptop bag design based on feedback. I readjust how the weaving and crochet would be combined and finalised it.

Week 5
This week, I began cutting all the materials the tire rubber strips, knitted top, and cottons. I also worked on the base construction. It was extremely time consuming because I kept unpicking the lining and zipper, more than 10 times, but I wanted the structure to be neat and strong enough to hold the manipulation.

Week 6

I focused on the surface manipulation, creating the ribbon lace inspired texture using woven rubber strips. Attaching everything together was another frustration, and I found myself unpicking parts multiple times again. Despite the struggle, I managed to complete it, and seeing the final piece made all the effort worth it.