Redesigning
Khmer New Year
The Redesign Khmer New Year project utilises a Textile Design material development and Experience Design approach to create a new range of KNY decorations that would not pollute the environment. Annual festive seasons like Christmas and Khmer New Year revolve around the heavy use of decorations. The décors have an essential role in creating a festive space. They possess an irreplaceable cultural and emotional significance for communities. However, they are often made unsustainably. It ends up in landfills, become litter, or are incinerated – all of which are catastrophic for the environment. The wellbeing of future generations is most at risk from these consequences.
Despite the existence of eco-friendly decorations, they are unsuccessful with consumers due to their limited designs, high cost, and short supply. These attributes render the alternatives inaccessible for the low-income market, which compose a majority of Cambodia's population and globally. A sustainable lifestyle should not be a luxury. This project aims to prove Khmer New Year can still be celebrated without destroying the environmental wellbeing for the Cambodian youth, and that eco-friendly alternatives can be accessible.
DESIGN FRAMEWORK
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
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To provide KNY celebrants with a accessible sustainable decorations created within a circular life cycle, thereby redirecting plastic from entering the environment.
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To preserve the cultural and emotional experience of KNY. The design concepts aim to reduce concerns or shame associated with using new materials in a historical traditional.
DESIGN ECOLOGY
SAMPLES
SAMPLE 1
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
SAMPLE 1 Materiality
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
SAMPLE 2
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
SAMPLE 2 Materiality
SAMPLE 2 Process
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
SAMPLE 3
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
SAMPLE 3 Traditional Khmer Kbach Development
SAMPLE 3 Materiality
PROCESS
