Coat of Many Colors

In addition to being an Industrial Design student I’m also a skydiving instructor. My project addresses an Israeli parachute manufacturer producing 2,000 parachutes annually, with 15% material waste (15,000 sqm of fabric). I propose a circular design model using a fabric shredding machine to repurpose waste, creating a new product line. Larger fabric pieces are sewn together into fabric for coat patterns, and smaller ones are shredded to become insulation. At the end of each product's lifecycle, they can be shredded and reused as filling, creating an endless cycle of innovation and renewal.