Design processes and textile waste from the fashion industry in Caruaru: a partneship report with the Pernambuco Environmental Institute

This article reports the experience of the Low Complexity Product Design discipline, taught in the design course at UFPE – Campus do Agreste, in collaboration with the Pernambuco Environmental Institute (IMOA). IMOA aims to support families in situations of social vulnerability, promoting community development and sustainable awareness. The main challenge was to create products from textile waste donated by the Caruaru fashion industry, aiming to generate income and promote social, economic and environmental sustainability. As a result, proposals were developed that cover several product categories, encouraging reflection on the interaction between academia and society through extension activities carried out in the classroom.