BRAZANDAL
Jade VandenBrink
Natural Latex and Coconut Husk
2024
Jade VandenBrink is a designer from Calgary, AB, Canada. She came to NYC to pursue her love of sustainability through the AAS Fashion Design program at Parsons. She wanted to discover her true path at the Design Communication MFA at Pratt Institute. With a background and bachelors in Animal Bioscience she designs with animals and the environment in mind. Her skills have developed into sculpture from waste and motion design to inspire.
Jade VandenBrink
Natural Latex and Coconut Husk
2024
Jade VandenBrink is a designer from Calgary, AB, Canada. She came to NYC to pursue her love of sustainability through the AAS Fashion Design program at Parsons. She wanted to discover her true path at the Design Communication MFA at Pratt Institute. With a background and bachelors in Animal Bioscience she designs with animals and the environment in mind. Her skills have developed into sculpture from waste and motion design to inspire.
In a world where there is a plethora of shoes and waste we should be designing with the environment in mind always. I wanted to create a shoe that did not require a lot of resources to be created and could decompose in a short amount of time. With ‘design to decompose’ in mind and the inspiration from the Material Lab I created a sandal that can be made locally in Brazil or in your home. The materials I sourced both originate from Brazil making the reality of this shoe more achievable. The BRAZANDAL is also relatively heat resistant making it easier to walk on the hot ground. In hotter climates they prefer lightweight sandals, with these weighing less than a pound and having air flow, it will make for a comfortable shoe. These materials together will decompose in months instead of years. Making them last through a trend but not forever.
