Innovative Slippers Made from Vacuum Dust Showcase Sustainable Material Use
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Alyn Griffiths
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
Rahat Rai, a graduate from Ravensbourne University, has innovatively created slippers using compressed dust from vacuum cleaners, forming a felt-like fabric. The project, Done & Dusted, highlights sustainability through material innovation.
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· 2 pulledRahat Rai has created a pair of slippers made using dust collected from a vacuum cleaner that was compressed to form a felt-like fabric.
The Done & Dusted project was completed by Rai during his final year of studies at Ravensbourne University in London, where he decided to focus on sustainability through the lens of material innovation.
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