You will never be me: Personalizing biofabricated handbags with user genetic material

Alevato, I; Lie, S

You will never be me: Personalizing biofabricated handbags with user genetic material

Alevato, I Lie, S

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Publisher:: Firenze University Press
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Fashion Highlight, (3), pp. 36-47

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Alevato, I
dc.contributor.author	Lie, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-2185
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-05T02:44:02Z
dc.date.available	2025-03-05T02:44:02Z
dc.identifier.citation	Fashion Highlight, (3), pp. 36-47
dc.identifier.issn	2975-0466
dc.identifier.issn	2975-0466
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/185511
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>Handbags symbolize women’s emancipation and can evoke powerful memories of people and events. However, they are primarily made of leather, which is not aligned with consumers’ growing environmental concerns. As the next generation of women’s handbags should reflect women’s values and advancements in material science (The Women’s Museum of California, 2017), exploring ways to personalize next-gen materials could lead to greater consumer acceptance. Guided by the hypothesis that a biofabricated handbag can be personalized with genetic material to symbolize its user’s environmental concerns and display advancements in material design, this study started with secondary research and then progressed to material testing and prototyping as the main method of inquiry for investigation. The result is a handbag composed of bacterial cellulose and human hair that represents a potential use of user genetic material to personalize biofabricated products that carry psychological significance. </jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Firenze University Press
dc.relation.ispartof	Fashion Highlight
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.36253/fh-2701
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	You will never be me: Personalizing biofabricated handbags with user genetic material
dc.type	Journal Article
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Design
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/New Faculty
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dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated	2025-03-05T02:44:01Z
pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Published online
utslib.citation.issue	3

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Handbags symbolize women’s emancipation and can evoke powerful memories of people and events. However, they are primarily made of leather, which is not aligned with consumers’ growing environmental concerns. As the next generation of women’s handbags should reflect women’s values and advancements in material science (The Women’s Museum of California, 2017), exploring ways to personalize next-gen materials could lead to greater consumer acceptance. Guided by the hypothesis that a biofabricated handbag can be personalized with genetic material to symbolize its user’s environmental concerns and display advancements in material design, this study started with secondary research and then progressed to material testing and prototyping as the main method of inquiry for investigation. The result is a handbag composed of bacterial cellulose and human hair that represents a potential use of user genetic material to personalize biofabricated products that carry psychological significance.

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