RIYADH: Curiosity was her information, creatively unveiling the hidden wonders within the abnormal, and product designer Lamees Alfadhel designed Qitmeer, a machine that produces vegan leather-based sheets utilizing broken and wasted dates.
Qitmeer was the younger designer’s commencement undertaking. Fascinated by science, creativity, and the flexibility to form human interplay with the world, Alfadhel explored a number of educational paths earlier than discovering her ardour and goal in product design.
“While I could not have realized it instantly after highschool, I quickly found that product design brings collectively a charming combine of various disciplines, permitting me to mix my pursuits and create revolutionary options,” stated Alfadhel, a first-class honors product design Graduated from Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University.
Lamees Alfadhel labored on a number of tasks, her first undertaking was an interactive recreation with topic-based playing cards, designed to encourage teamwork and interesting conversations. (Supplied)Alfadhel’s curiosity in tradition, sustainability, and constructing a greener future by means of design sparked the younger designer to base her commencement analysis within the pure leather-based trade within the Kingdom.
“I discover inspiration in cultural designs that incorporate parts of my nation, corresponding to the enduring date palm timber,” she stated.
She discovered two predominant challenges dealing with the pure leather-based trade within the Kingdom: the chemical harm ensuing from the leather-based processes and the huge quantity of wasted dates.
I’m trying ahead to producing essentially the most distinctive leather-based sheets within the trade. Sustainability is a core worth guiding my work, devoted to constructing a greener future by means of design.
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“These challenges impressed me to design a machine that mixes an answer for each points,” stated Alfadhel.
The vegan leather-making machine Qitmeer works by grinding the dates, mixing them with components, then pouring them into molds to begin the primary half of the drying course of earlier than making ready them for the ending and coloring processes.
The vegan leather-based sheets then develop into prepared for the manufacturing and manufacturing operation, which incorporates the making of leather-based clothes and accessories.
Fibers are a necessary a part of the vegan artificial leather-making course of, and dates are the optimum selection for this trade, contemplating that they’ve a excessive fiber content material.
“I’m trying ahead to producing essentially the most distinctive leather-based sheets within the trade. Sustainability is a core worth guiding my work, devoted to constructing a greener future by means of design,” stated Alfadhel.
Qitmeer has been positively acquired by individuals. It encourages others to make use of parts and sources accessible within the Kingdom, defined Alfadhel.
Today, younger creatives, together with Alfadhel, have the chance to make their mark on the nationwide and world artwork and design scene, with the Kingdom’s cultural renaissance supporting and provoking a brand new technology, a key a part of Saudi Arabia’s visionary financial and social plan to construct a inventive economic system.
“The design neighborhood within the Kingdom has witnessed vital development and recognition in recent times,” stated Alfadhel.
“There are quite a few initiatives, organizations, and government-backed packages that actively promote and assist designers throughout numerous disciplines.”
Alfadhel has labored on a number of tasks and her first was an interactive recreation with topic-based playing cards, designed to encourage teamwork.
She added: “Among the tasks I’ve labored on, I take nice satisfaction in highlighting Qitmeer as my most important achievement up to now.”
Qitmeer was chosen and featured in Tanween’s “Graduation Exhibition” at Ithra final November. The exhibition highlights essentially the most excellent work by graduates of design and structure schools and universities within the Arab world.
Alfadhel largely makes use of Adobe Creative Cloud, Illustrator, and Photoshop for her designs. When sketching the preliminary concept, and 3D modeling, she makes use of the Fusion 360 platform.
“Fusion 360 is a elementary a part of my inventive course of, permitting me to carry concepts to life and refine them with consideration to element,” she stated.
“Lately I’ve realized that essentially the most used colour in my designs is inexperienced, however that relies on the aim of the product I design. Searching to know the which means of colours is a crucial step of my design course of.
The world has witnessed influential product designers who’ve set new requirements in place, leaving a mark behind, and Alfadhel’s ardour for design and unwavering dedication and willpower to contribute to the design trade mark her out as a attainable addition to the rising listing.
She is at present working as a graphic designer and a advertising specialist in Riyadh and aspires to collaborate with native skills to foster the expansion and growth of younger Saudi creatives within the Kingdom.