Profile: ESTHER MUWANGA – Real Leather Design Competitions

ESTHER MUWANGA

Self Employed

MYRIAM COUTURE LIMITED

I am a graduate architect, self made fashion designer and pursuing industrial product design; drawn to the creative arts and craft ranging from space design, industrial product and fashion design. Through these I enjoy innovation and problem solving. I have grown to express and develop design ideas /concepts through experimental modeling or simply working the materials i have at hand. I naturally gravitate towards geometric designs and often allow my creative processes to tap and or blend non conventional design concepts across varying creative fields say; architecture, music or fine arts to offer design clues, guide project methodology, concept development of the tasks that i handle. This, for me as a creative is liberating, setting and testing my own design parameters to create beautiful work and most importantly for me, the journey of creation which is usually far from mundane. i get to explore my own kind of unique possibilities without restriction of how things have always been done. I have gone on to open a craft business creating leather, back cloth, canvas and sisal accessories. I learn daily about the craft from those who have been at it for a while before me...but always leave room for Myriam brand to create its own voice within my means and presented constraints or opportunities.

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The Learner's Companion: Tales of strides in trends!

Category: Accessories

Competitions: Africa

The product is a backpack used to carry scholastic materials and a child's intimate /personal belongings to school. the school bag is 27CM X 12.5CM X 40CM, able to fit up to counter books in the main storage compartment, with pockets that can hold geometry set, calculator, writing material and a 9cm diameter water bottle. it can be bought with multiple front flaps that can be interchanged through out the product use over the years to break monotony for the young user. This innovation stems from the desire to replace the short-lived polymer-based schoolbags that saturate the African markets (especially Uganda) with a richer durable leather school bag option. A customizable leather school bag designed to provide a durable and fashionable option for the school going child through out their school going days. The product showcases innate material properties through a deconstruct-able product design demonstrating unmatched sturdiness, resilience and beauty. the school bag is designed to allow user participation in product building as it comes in assemble-able parts that offers a choice for the student (learner) to determine their outlook at a given time whilst creating sentimental attachment for the owner.