Asian Social Science; Vol. 15, No. 10; 2019 ISSN 1911-2017 E-ISSN 1911-2025 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education 36 Lamp Design from Wasted Fabric in Garment Industry Jong Boonpracha 1 & Somsakul Jerasilp 1 1 Faculty of Industrial Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand Correspondence: Jong Boonpracha, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand. Tel: 6-685-834-4659. E-mail: jong.bo@ssru.ac.th Received: July 7, 2019 Accepted: July 21, 2019 Online Published: September 29, 2019 doi:10.5539/ass.v15n10p36 URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/ass.v15n10p36 Abstract Garment Industry is one of the industries that have dumped a large amount of wasted fabric at least 30-40 kg / month. Wasted fabrics are caused by the process of sewing, hydraulic pumping, and flaws on fabric. Those wastes were not being used for any further utilization. The current work investigated the use of Upcycling, a process to converse waste material to become a new product with higher quality and environmentally friendly value, as a conceptual model in the design process and examined its value for Upcycling product design by looking at a case study project. The concept from the Upcycling framework study was chosen for the investigation in order to evaluate a case study: a wasted fabric lamp. The findings suggest that Upcycling was helpful for improving and developing a wasted fabric lamp throughout the design process: including idea development, decision making, and implementation. Based on the evaluation of 3 design experts, it was found that a wasted fabric lamp is appropriate for using new materials or raw materials that do not cause problems for the environment. Keywords: lamp design, wasted fabric, garment industry 1. Introduction At present, the manufacturing sector in various industries needs a lot of resources and materials to produce products to meet the increasing demand. Garment and Textiles productions are among the industries that contribute most negatively to environmental and social aspects of sustainability (Madsen, Hartlin, Perumalpillai, Selby, & Aumônier, 2015). The manufacturers have to accelerate the creation of new products to meet the needs of the growing consumer all the time. Therefore, it is not surprising that the waste from the manufacturing sector will occur continuously and became a problem that still could not find a concrete solution. The problem of waste materials from the manufacturing sector still has no clear solution. Resolving problems is just a debate that has not yet been finalized partly because the manufacturers themselves overlook the importance of efficient waste management. To reduce negative environmental impacts in waste materials from the manufacturing sector, there has been increased focus on the Upcycle. The design and production process have focused on the process of reuse materials to make the quality higher than the original. Surveying various manufacturing sectors for waste disposal from Smile resource exchange (2015) found that Upcycle was becoming very popular among those manufactories. 82 percent impress this concept because it is seen as a cost reduction in terms of production and garbage disposal and also increase efficiency promote corporate image that is responsible for the environment. Two out of three of these manufactories trended to develop the management of works from their own wastes. The current work presents a case study involving the creation of a product from waste fabric. A procedure for improving the current of the application of Upcycle in the design process would require creating design outcomes, a research method carried out bringing waste fabric designed to be a new product with higher quality. The case study showed how designer develop a model based on Upcycle concept. 2. Upcycle for Product Design from Waste Materials Upcycle is the process of converting waste materials or products that cannot be used according to the previous function to be a useful new product with added value or more beautiful. Upcycle is designed to resist the shopping culture but encourage consumers to rethink using new things in the most worthwhile remaining instead of buying new consumer products for the benefit of the overall environment.