UTILIZATION OF GENIUNIE LEATHER WASTE USING MODULAR INTERLOCKING TECHNIQUES FOR FASHION PRODUCTS

• Main Author: Syifa Agita Putri, Ananda
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/76289
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Rapid technological developments from time to time cause various changes. This relates to changes in fashion and fashion trends that keep popping up in a relatively short time. The high level of human consumption, the production process is fast paced and has a big impact on the waste generated into the environment, Leather is one of Indonesia's superior products, one of them is leather shoe waste as a branch of fashion accessories. Fashion industry players have an important role in providing solutions to the impact of consumerism in fashion product materials. An alternative approach to sustainable fashion practices is the upcycling process. Recycling allows the life cycle of a material to beautify and reduce the negative impact on the environment with leather waste materials. In recent years, there have been various developments and researches on modular textile design as a reaction to environmental problems. Modularity is considered a “goal of good design” because it allows each product part to have independent functions that can be disassembled. The modular textile designs currently being made have a variety of physical aspects, namely variations in shape, size, material, module arrangement structure and also the type of interlock connection. Modular interlocking is a locking technique that combines modules so that they can be easily interchanged or fastened to produce a larger structure and become a solid unit. The modular interlocking technique has the potential to be a unique technique to be explored and applied to fashion products, one of which is a bag. The research methodology used in this study is descriptive qualitative, by conducting module exploration, interviews, usability testing, and questionnaires. This experiment was carried out by responding to the modular interlocking technique by utilizing leather waste with a certain thickness, followed by comparing the types of locks that were the easiest to install by presenting several participants to find out the time savings in the design process and obtained an analysis of the shape of fashion products in the form of slingbags and clutches that could meet the value - environmental, economic, innovation and aesthetic values by using modular inerlocking from leftover shoe leather waste.