Young talent, design and industry: a new collaboration between Elisava and Girbau LAB

This term, Girbau LAB and ELISAVA have launched a new collaboration through a product design project that connects emerging talent, university education and industry. Jara Beso, David José and Jana Torredeflot, students of the degrees in Industrial Design Engineering and Design, have worked with professionals from Girbau and Girbau LAB to design a solution applicable within the professional textile treatment sector.

The aim is to respond to a specific market need: the optimal treatment of special and delicate garments. In this context, Wet Cleaning has been a central focus: a professional cleaning solution with advanced washing and finishing programs, especially designed for garments that must be handled with great care, capable of complementing the existing offering of professional laundries with higher value-added services.

The first phase of the project, focused on ideation and concept definition, has been developed in an industrial environment, integrating criteria of technical feasibility, professional use and environmental impact. This approach has enabled students to apply their knowledge to a real-world case, while also learning from and exchanging ideas with industry professionals to better understand the current challenges faced by professional laundries and to offer a solution suitable for the future and continuity of the sector.

This collaboration is part of Girbau LAB’s collaborative innovation projects, where academic knowledge and industrial experience come together to generate new ideas and bring them to life.

In 2026, the project will continue with the validation, development, industrialization and communication phases.