The growing attention toward a more ethical fashion system, whether imposed by authorities or driven by consumer demand, has led to the exploration of new design methods aimed at limiting the environmental impact of a complex and articulated system such as fashion. The focus is placed on the ready to wear production model, which, positioned midway between high-impact industrial production and low-impact artisanal manufacturing, represents the sector with the greatest potential for improvement. This dissertation aims to assess Zero Waste Fashion Design, an approach that reduces or eliminates fabric waste during the cutting stage, as an industrially scalable and integrable design method within the ready to wear industry. The study includes an initial literature review and mapping of case studies and best practices, revealing that the Zero Waste approach is consistently accompanied by innovative patternmaking techniques known as Creative Pattern Cutting. Since the project’s objective is to interface with industrial producibility, a taxonomy of Zero Waste methods and Creative Pattern Cutting techniques is developed, based on their ability to allow size grading and facilitate industrial manufacturing. The experimental research focuses on a design approach named Prot0Based, in which the garment’s aesthetic originates and takes shape from the Zero Waste patternmaking process. The new method is tested through the hacking of a basic shirt pattern, adopting a Zero Waste approach, the Squared Cut, and applying the related Creative Pattern Cutting technique, Basic Blocks. This experimentation leads to the development of a new size system based on a size range logic, which reduces the number of model evolutions required. The results show that Zero Waste design does not interact solely with the garment’s patternmaking but also involves its aesthetic and construction techniques, requiring collaboration among three distinct professional figures: the designer, the product manager, and the pattern maker. The conclusions highlight the need for a slowdown in production and for the standardization of basic garments through a Zero Waste perspective, to enable the integration of this new logic within the industrial processes of ready to wear fashion.
La crescente attenzione verso una moda più etica, sia imposta dall’autorità, sia ricercata dai consumatori, ha portato alla ricerca di nuovi metodi di progettazione per limitare l’impatto ambientale di un sistema articolato e complesso come quello della moda. L’attenzione viene posta sul modello produttivo del ready to wear, collocandosi a metà strada tra una produzione industriale ad altissimo impatto e una produzione totalmente artigianale con impatto minimo, risulta essere il settore con il miglior margine di miglioramento. L’elaborato si propone di valutare lo Zero Waste Fashion Design, approccio che riduce od elimina gli scarti in fase di taglio, come un metodo progettuale industrializzabile ed integrabile nell’industria del ready to wear. Lo studio comprende una prima fase di literature review e mappatura di casi studio e buone pratiche, in cui emerge come l’approccio Zero Waste sia sempre affiancato da nuove tecniche di modellistica che prendono il nome di Creative Pattern Cutting. Poiché lo scopo del progetto è quello di interfacciarsi con la producibilità industriale, viene creata una tassonomia di metodi Zero Waste e tecniche di Creative Pattern Cutting, basata sulla possibilità di creare uno sviluppo taglie e la facilità di una manifattura industriale. La ricerca sperimentale si concentra su un approccio al metodo progettuale denominato Prot0Based, in cui l’estetica del capo nasce e si struttura a partire dalla modellistica Zero Waste. Il nuovo metodo è messo alla prova attraverso l’hackeraggio del cartamodello di una camicia base, adottando un approccio Zero Waste, lo Squared Cut e applicando la relativa tecnica di Creative Pattern Cutting, il Basic Blocks. Tale sperimentazione porta allo sviluppo di un nuovo sistema di taglie fondato su una logica di range di taglia che riduce il numero di evoluzioni del modello. I risultati evidenziano come la progettazione Zero Waste, non si interfacci solo con la modellistica del capo ma coinvolge anche estetica e tecnicismi di lavorazione, richiedendo la collaborazione di tre figure professionali distinte designer, uomo prodotto e modellista. Le conclusioni sottolineano la necessità di un rallentamento della produzione e una codifica dei capi base in chiave Zero Waste affinché ci sia la possibilità di integrare la nuova logica nei processi industriali del ready to wear.
Prot0Based: metodologie progettuali Zero Waste per l'industria del ready to wear : guida teorico-pratica per designers
Bussiglieri, Flavia
2024/2025
Abstract
The growing attention toward a more ethical fashion system, whether imposed by authorities or driven by consumer demand, has led to the exploration of new design methods aimed at limiting the environmental impact of a complex and articulated system such as fashion. The focus is placed on the ready to wear production model, which, positioned midway between high-impact industrial production and low-impact artisanal manufacturing, represents the sector with the greatest potential for improvement. This dissertation aims to assess Zero Waste Fashion Design, an approach that reduces or eliminates fabric waste during the cutting stage, as an industrially scalable and integrable design method within the ready to wear industry. The study includes an initial literature review and mapping of case studies and best practices, revealing that the Zero Waste approach is consistently accompanied by innovative patternmaking techniques known as Creative Pattern Cutting. Since the project’s objective is to interface with industrial producibility, a taxonomy of Zero Waste methods and Creative Pattern Cutting techniques is developed, based on their ability to allow size grading and facilitate industrial manufacturing. The experimental research focuses on a design approach named Prot0Based, in which the garment’s aesthetic originates and takes shape from the Zero Waste patternmaking process. The new method is tested through the hacking of a basic shirt pattern, adopting a Zero Waste approach, the Squared Cut, and applying the related Creative Pattern Cutting technique, Basic Blocks. This experimentation leads to the development of a new size system based on a size range logic, which reduces the number of model evolutions required. The results show that Zero Waste design does not interact solely with the garment’s patternmaking but also involves its aesthetic and construction techniques, requiring collaboration among three distinct professional figures: the designer, the product manager, and the pattern maker. The conclusions highlight the need for a slowdown in production and for the standardization of basic garments through a Zero Waste perspective, to enable the integration of this new logic within the industrial processes of ready to wear fashion.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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