Jacket - Balance Unit - Civic Life Department

Rhythm and Coexistence Department

Digital haste has become the norm.
Respond quickly. Consume quickly. Move on to the next thing.

The Civic Life Unit functions as a social worker for time.
It reclaims shared space and algorithm-free conversation.

“Slow Down Together” is a public practice.
Slowing down as a collective act.

Inspired by civil services, this piece represents support, mediation, and daily care.

For days when everything demands immediacy.
To be present again without producing anything.

It doesn't slow down the world.
It slows you down.

Balance is also knowing when to stop.

Features

• Denim jacket with fleece lining and collar.

• Joint dyeing treatment: denim and fleece in the same process.

• Different controlled shrinkage to maintain texture and depth.

• Balance Unit graphic interventions.

• Limited edition from reclaimed stock.

• Design conceived as a functional piece, not just for looks.

Manufacturing

These jackets come from an original stock of a Catalan brand.

They were manufactured in the Mataró area, one of the historic textile hubs in Catalonia.
A territory with industrial tradition, local workshops, and denim culture.

Each piece has subsequently undergone a special dyeing treatment that allows the denim and the fleece to be dyed at the same time, maintaining the same final color despite their different behaviors and shrinkages.

It is not new mass production.
It is recovery with criteria.

Balance Unit is also a balance between industrial past and conscious present.