Recycled Climbing Rope Bag
Often climbing ropes end up in landfills after they are too worn to be considered safe. With this in mind, a bag using the durable rope sheathing as fabric provides an interesting opportunity for a sustainable and unique product
Problem
Ropes need to have maximum strength in order to protect the climbers using them. To protect against falling off of mountains, ropes must be retired after a certain amount of use. These heavy duty ropes are a great source of material that are not recycled as much as they could be.
Mood Board
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Ideation
Prototyping I
Low fidelity prototyping was done with a light stretchy fabric. This bag gave some good insight into the bag's form and improvement points in the attachment of the shoulder strap.
Revision
Fabric Creation & Drawings
Core separated from the sheathing of climbing rope.
Pile of rope sheaths ready to be sewn
Close up sewing ropes together
Rope textile ready to be used in production
