Young Designers '13

Diploma Project

Woven Fabrics for Soft Luggage

Keywords

Technical textiles
Woven textures
Travel luggage
Biomimicry

Student

Shweta More

mshweta1316@gmail.com

Guide

Sakthivel V

sakthivel@nid.edu

Sponsor

VIP Industries Ltd

Synopsis

An in-depth research on technical textiles was followed by extensive work on designing varied weaves and textures for the exterior fabrics of soft luggage.

Deriving inspiration from biomimicry, five fabrics with unique structure which proposed to lend lightness and dimensional stability to the luggage were designed, along with an anti-odour inner lining that effuses fragrance on friction. Aesthetically pleasing yet functionally purposeful, the final product was a luggage that spoke its own design language to the wide spectrum of end customers.