In late 2023, I had the opportunity to collaborate with Paraboot, one of the most renowned and historic French shoemaking companies.
The brand tasked my class at Strate École de Design with designing new products using only surplus leather from their manufacturing process. This project allowed us to explore sustainable design by repurposing leftover materials.
We visited their factory in Voirons near Grenoble at the bottom of the french Alps, where we learned about the brand’s heritage and the qualities of the materials. Paraboot provided us with leather offcuts, which we used to create our prototypes.