Product Design
Ines Peternel
Trimming Bangs

Project
The “Trimming Bangs” project is inspired by the frequent need to trim a fringe, which gradually becomes a personal ritual of care and hairstyle maintenance. Drawing on the experience of cutting one’s own hair at home, the project introduces two handmade metal tools designed to make shaping a fringe simpler, more precise and safer without professional assistance.
The first tool acts as a guide for a straight cut, while the second enables combing, thinning and shaping of the ends. Both are attached to the hair like clips, stabilising the strands and guiding the direction of the cut.
The project gives users greater control during the trimming process and makes it easier to achieve an even, tidy result, transforming an everyday task into a considered and precisely designed ritual.
Year
2026
Mentors and collaborators
Nina Bačun, Assistant (mentor)
Institution
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design
Author
Ines Peternel is a first-year student at the School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Zagreb. During the first year of the programme, she is introduced to industrial design and visual communication design while developing fundamental design methods and skills for further specialisation.
The presented work was developed during the second semester of her first year as part of the project assignment “Object for a Ritual”.




