DUMP DESIGN: SIGNIFICANT LEATHER

SIGNIFICANT LEATHER is honest, rough and no frills, nothing more, nothing less. Everything and everyone has value and significance.

This project is now archived and was part of DDW23

This project is part of
Dump Design - Redefining Recycling Centre Waste

Despina Papachristoudi

SIGNIFICANT LEATHER shows two identical bags in the same material and color scheme. They have had the same function before that both were labeled as waste. A significant difference is who sat on it and what social position these bench sitters had. But is that seen by everyone?

DUMP DESIGN: SIGNIFICANT LEATHER

SIGNIFICANT LEATHER has a raw design in all simplicity. This design is about the origin of the materials, because the design is the same. SIGNIFICANT LEATHER is about origin, exclusion and seeing the value of products, materials and people. A bag is made from a leather sofa where famous people have sat, where adoration and placing on a pedestal are important. What is looked up to. The other bag is made from a leather sofa from a youth home. A place where young people without a safe home situation can retreat. Young people who are perceived as difficult by the society in which they find themselves. both are equal, have the same function, are made from the same raw material. But you can only guess the origin and nobody can see by eye how much you have to carry.