TUMI
Pratt's Center for Sustainable Design Studies (CSDS) partnered with TUMI to conduct an assessment of the environmental impact of thier Alpha and Continental collections.
Four Pratt students from the ComD, Industrial Design, and Environmental Systems Management disassembled the bags and studied how each component contributed to impacts on water use, resource and energy use, ecological and human health and climate change throughout the entire life-cycle of the bags.
Based on the findings, CSDS was able to make actionable recommendations to the sourcing of materials, manufacturing processes and design that would reduce their environmental footprint.
TUMI is already exploring how to integrate these suggestions into the production of their products.
luggage breakdown
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assess Georgia distribution and repair center...
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I was solely responsible for life cycle analysis using the software Quantis
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results and findings:
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my own research focused on zinc, the tiny amount of zinc used for zippers accounted for a large amount of the environmental impacts of the bags.
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material and manufacturing recommendations
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