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WATCH// Social Alterations @ FEI
Here are just two of the videos we took at the conference. We have more videos to come, so stay tuned for those. The first video is of my Pecha Kucha talk. I’ll be posting the slides and my notes a little later on. Please contact us if you have any questions on the works... »
Social Alterations @ FEI
So here we are in London for the Fashioning an Ethical Industry Conference: Fast Forward. Today, Nadira and I will both be presenting at the conference, and with Katrine in attendance, this will mark the first time the SA team is all together in the same place at the same time! We will be doing... »
Can Design Change Behaviour?
This question was answered recently by Banny Banerjee, Director of the Stanford Design Program and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In short, his answer is YES! ““Our behavior is deeply influenced by the norms and frameworks that surround us and design can be used to create systems and experiences that work with an underlying understanding... »
Go Green Week, 2010 // The University of the Arts
Timo Rissanen offers a great post with his notes on ‘The Sustainability Equation: Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Fashion’ and on the ‘Ethics and Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion’ exhibit at Pratt on his personal blog “Timo Rissanen: Fashion Creation Without Fabric Waste Creation.” Not to be confused with the Pratt exhibit, that runs until the... »
Green Carpet Challenge
“We can’t celebrate good intentions, we have to celebrate beauty” (Dilys Williams, London College of Fashion) We’ve really been enjoying watching Mr. Darcy actor Colin Firth’s wife Livia Firth challenge herself to take on ethical fashion this award season. Livia is no stranger to ethical style, however, considering she’s the owner of ethical shop Eco... »
Vanished Bodies and Eternal Presence, Monumenta 2010
If you find yourself in Paris sometime before February 21st, make sure to check out Monumenta 2010: Christian Boltanski’s Personnes at the Grand Palais. In Personnes, Boltanski asserts that relics have become “vestiges of anonymous people, traces of strangers, with which it seems to be a question of communicating.” He cites Rolland Barthes, in the... »
People & Planet: Student Competition
Looking for ways to get your students more involved with the ethical fashion movement? Check out People & Planet’s Wear Fair fashion show competition: “People and Planet are holding a national competition for student groups who put on a Fairtrade Cotton fashion show to launch the Wear Fair campaign at their school or college. The... »
National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?
In 2009, Cynthia E. Smith, Curator of Socially Responsible Design at the Cooper-Hewitt hosted a discussion on responsible design, with Emily Pilloton, author of Design Revolution and Allan Chochinov, founder of Core77. The discussion was moderated by Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief of Metropolis Magazine. Take a look! If you find yourself in New York... »
EcoChic Geneva
The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. UN Secretary General Welcome Message for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity from CBD on Vimeo. EcoChic Geneva is an event that strives to redefine both sustainability and fashion in this context: Title: EcoChic Geneva Location: Geneva, Switzerland Link... »
Ethical Fashion Symposium, Scotland
Title: Ethical Fashion Symposium, Scotland Location: Scotland Link out: Click here Edinburgh College of Art, in collaboration with Fashioning an Ethical Industry and the Scottish Academy, are hosting a two day symposium for students and tutors on fashion related courses in Scotland on ethics in fashion. Day 1 The fashion cycle: Interactive introduction to the symposium and to the... »
