'Hair' Glasses by Studio Swine
on 20/7/11
British design duo Azusa Murakami & Alexander Groves from the creative design company Studio Swine have recently created a collection of sustainable fashion eyewear exploring the potential of all things, human hair. The Trend Boutique feel this new range can be seen as a more commercial & sustainable interpretation of our recent direction for developing products from human 'momentos' seen within our Autumn Winter 2012-13 'Fragility' trend report.
'Pink Lady' Glasses Made From Human Hair by Studio Swine
The idea behind this new collection is a really clever one, as Studio Swine explores how the booming market for hair extensions can be expanded beyond the beauty industry and make use of the high level of waste created once the extensions are removed to make a new product that is equally desirable. The UK beauty industry imports 15 million pounds worth of human hair per year and as the demand shows no signs of abating human hair has been reimagined as a viable and most importantly renewable material.
'Big Glasses' Glasses Made From Human Hair by Studio Swine
The glasses comprise of human hair that is combined with bioresin (a binding agent) and the frames are 100% biodegradable with no harmful substances being released during production. This range is the latest creation by Studio Swine who engage in projects that are both socially and ecologically driven but also tap into people’s desires, believing that desire is the most powerful catalyst for instigating change and action.
Studio Swine has previously worked on projects that investigate systems and processes and this research has culminated in a combination of small-scale architecture, a body of research in the form of books & films, as well as, wearable or useable objects and installations.
'Reading Glasses' Glasses Made From Human Hair by Studio Swine
