{"id":40559,"date":"2024-01-21T14:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T11:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=40559"},"modified":"2024-01-21T14:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T11:01:31","slug":"a-saudi-artist-transforms-leftover-dates-into-sustainable-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/latest\/a-saudi-artist-transforms-leftover-dates-into-sustainable-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"A Saudi Artist Transforms Leftover Dates Into Sustainable Fashion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lamees Alfadhel took the ordinary and made it into an extraordinary fashion statement, of producing vegan leather sheets from damaged and leftover dates. The machine itself: Qitmeer, was actually her graduation project, stemming from her curiosity and love for science.<\/p>\n

Lamees’ passion for sustainability through her beautiful culture lead her to create the unique fashion tool<\/h2>\n

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As reported by Arab News<\/a>, Lamees found inspiration in cultural designs that incorporate elements of Saudi Arabia, such as the iconic date palm trees. She also stated, \u00a0\u201cWhile I may not have realized it immediately after high school, I soon discovered that product design brings together a captivating mix of different disciplines, allowing me to combine my interests and create innovative solutions.”<\/p>\n

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The vegan leather-making machine, Qitmeer, grinds the dates, mixing them with additives, then pouring them into molds<\/h3>\n

This starts the first half of the drying process, before she prepares them for a finishing and coloring process!<\/p>\n

Lamees also won second place for her E-VIVE project at the Industry Hackathon in Saudi<\/h2>\n
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