hhapn
hhapn
hhapn
hhapn addresses textile waste by collecting clothes that seemed to be at the end of their life and transforming them into premium, handcrafted tote bags. Each bag is made from donated fabrics - entirely unique, carrying new purpose and old memories.
hhapn addresses textile waste by collecting clothes that seemed to be at the end of their life and transforming them into premium, handcrafted tote bags. Each bag is made from donated fabrics - entirely unique, carrying new purpose and old memories.
hhapn addresses textile waste by collecting clothes that seemed to be at the end of their life and transforming them into premium, handcrafted tote bags. Each bag is made from donated fabrics - entirely unique, carrying new purpose and old memories.
Contributions
Contributions
Contributions
Project Co-founder
Project Management
Brand Strategy & Storytelling
Design Strategy
Textile Fabrication
Project Co-founder
Project Management
Brand Strategy & Storytelling
Design Strategy
Textile Fabrication
Project Co-founder
Project Management
Brand Strategy & Storytelling
Design Strategy
Textile Fabrication
Context
Context
Context
Self-Initiated Sustainability Project
Self-Initiated Sustainability Project
Self-Initiated Sustainability Project
Independent Project
2 Members
Independent Project
2 Members
Independent Project
2 Members
Student life &
Textile Waste
Student life & Textile Waste
Student life &
Textile Waste
University students often live in temporary housing: collecting essentials like clothes, bedding, and curtains along the way. But when it’s time to move out, most belongings can’t fit in a suitcase.
Furniture and electronics are easy to sell or donate.
Textiles? Not so much.
They're personal, worn, hard to resell, and often end up in the trash.
In Sweden, each person throws away about 9kgs of textile per year, much of it still usable. On campuses, this waste peaks during move-out season, when personal fabrics quietly become landfill.
University students often live in temporary housing - collecting essentials like clothes, bedding, and curtains along the way. But when it’s time to move out, most belongings can’t fit in a suitcase.
Furniture and electronics are easy to sell or donate.
Textiles? Not so much.
They're personal, worn, hard to resell, and often end up in the trash.
In Sweden, each person throws away about 9kgs of textile per year, much of it still usable. On campuses, this waste peaks during move-out season, when personal fabrics quietly become landfill.
University students often live in temporary housing — collecting essentials like clothes, bedding, and curtains along the way. But when it’s time to move out, most belongings can’t fit in a suitcase.
Furniture and electronics are easy to sell or donate.
Textiles? Not so much.
They're personal, worn, hard to resell, and often end up in the trash.
In Sweden, each person throws away about 9kgs of textile per year, much of it still usable. On campuses, this waste peaks during move-out season, when personal fabrics quietly become landfill.
The Opportunity
The Opportunity
The Opportunity
To collect unwanted textiles and rework them into something functional, personal & lasting.
hhapn explores how small-scale, craft-based design can intercept textile waste at this transitional moment; especially within student communities and give it new life.
The goal is not only to create something useful, but to reframe it as a form of personal expression. When people feel connected to what they carry, they’re more likely to keep it, use it, and value it.
To collect unwanted textiles and rework them into something functional, personal & lasting.
hhapn explores how small-scale, craft-based design can intercept textile waste at this transitional moment; especially within student communities and give it new life.
The goal is not only to create something useful, but to reframe it as a form of personal expression. When people feel connected to what they carry, they’re more likely to keep it, use it, and value it.
To collect unwanted textiles and rework them into something functional, personal & lasting.
hhapn explores how small-scale, craft-based design can intercept textile waste at this transitional moment; especially within student communities and give it new life.
The goal is not only to create something useful, but to reframe it as a form of personal expression. When people feel connected to what they carry, they’re more likely to keep it, use it, and value it.
Why Tote Bags?
Why Tote Bags?
Why Tote Bags?
After a few brainstorming sessions and informal user interviews, we chose to focus on tote bags.
Totes are incredibly versatile - equally at home in professional and casual settings. They’re not just carriers of things; they’re wearable objects. Quiet accessories.
Big enough to be expressive, small enough to be convenient.
Each bag becomes more than just a functional item - it becomes a soft, portable expression of identity.
After a few brainstorming sessions and informal user interviews, we chose to focus on tote bags.
Totes are incredibly versatile - equally at home in professional and casual settings. They’re not just carriers of things; they’re wearable objects. Quiet accessories.
Big enough to be expressive, small enough to be convenient.
Each bag becomes more than just a functional item - it becomes a soft, portable expression of identity.
After a few brainstorming sessions and informal user interviews, we chose to focus on tote bags.
Totes are incredibly versatile - equally at home in professional and casual settings. They’re not just carriers of things; they’re wearable objects. Quiet accessories.
Big enough to be expressive, small enough to be convenient.
Each bag becomes more than just a functional item - it becomes a soft, portable expression of identity.
Process
Process
Process
In Scandinavia, tote bags aren’t just a fashion statement, they're a cultural equalizer, dissolving brand hierarchies and integrating students and internationals into a more inclusive, sustainable society.
With every tote telling a unique story, hhapn accelerates this circular movement, turning a simple fabric into a force for unity, identity, and social transformation.
In Scandinavia, tote bags aren’t just a fashion statement, they're a cultural equalizer, dissolving brand hierarchies and integrating students and internationals into a more inclusive, sustainable society.
With every tote telling a unique story, hhapn accelerates this circular movement, turning a simple fabric into a force for unity, identity, and social transformation.
In Scandinavia, tote bags aren’t just a fashion statement, they're a cultural equalizer, dissolving brand hierarchies and integrating students and internationals into a more inclusive, sustainable society.
With every tote telling a unique story, hhapn accelerates this circular movement, turning a simple fabric into a force for unity, identity, and social transformation.
The making of each bag began with washing and cleaning the donated fabrics. From there, we carefully selected which materials to combine - considering not only color and pattern, but also the parts of the fabric that felt most interesting or meaningful.
Texture, thickness, and durability played a key role in deciding how each fabric could be used, and how it might influence the final form.
The making of each bag began with washing and cleaning the donated fabrics. From there, we carefully selected which materials to combine - considering not only color and pattern, but also the parts of the fabric that felt most interesting or meaningful.
Texture, thickness, and durability played a key role in deciding how each fabric could be used, and how it might influence the final form.
The making of each bag began with washing and cleaning the donated fabrics. From there, we carefully selected which materials to combine - considering not only color and pattern, but also the parts of the fabric that felt most interesting or meaningful.
Texture, thickness, and durability played a key role in deciding how each fabric could be used, and how it might influence the final form.
Much of the process happened slowly, in the workshop - sketching patterns directly onto the fabric, cutting and pressing pieces, unpicking old stitches, and testing combinations. We spent time aligning fabric elements, adjusting proportions, and refining details before stitching everything together.
Each step was hands-on and responsive, guided by both material character and design intuition.
Much of the process happened slowly, in the workshop - sketching patterns directly onto the fabric, cutting and pressing pieces, unpicking old stitches, and testing combinations. We spent time aligning fabric elements, adjusting proportions, and refining details before stitching everything together.
Each step was hands-on and responsive, guided by both material character and design intuition.
Much of the process happened slowly, in the workshop - sketching patterns directly onto the fabric, cutting and pressing pieces, unpicking old stitches, and testing combinations. We spent time aligning fabric elements, adjusting proportions, and refining details before stitching everything together.
Each step was hands-on and responsive, guided by both material character and design intuition.
