colouring the perfect t-shirt
for people looking for some quick info on textile dyestuffs and printing have a look at this doc. from the BetterThinking crowd.
it looks good… in a couple of weeks i’ll have a moment to read it- but in the meantime maybe you have something to say?
Tokyo Recycle Project + Fashion reuse culture... with some speculation thrown in for good measure.
another belated story from late last year- but with a bit more bite.
http://powerhousemuseum.com/tokyorecycle/
resident at the Powerhouse Museum in August last year.
missing post from Melbourne Fashion Week 2005 -
talking about Melbourne Fashion Week- MFW 2005 saw a ‘clothes-swap’ which Di attended & was going to post info about;
i haven’t been able to find a link for it.
nuts.
so have a gander at these sites, for now…
http://gaiatreehouse.com/swap.htm [Swap-O-Rama-Rama]
http://clothesswap.meetup.com/
Di. help.
Annual Ethical Fashion Show [Paris]
http://ethicalfashionshow.com/langues.htm#
would like to say that its a Sydney or Melbourne Fashion Week event, but alas no.
ethical garment production in Australia - legislated in New South Wales
around this time last year i attended a meeting of local fashion designers & manufacturers, organised by Union and Government reps to promote the new NSW legislation being ushered in as of July 2005. This legislation is called the ‘Ethical Clothiing Trades Scheme’ and was formed under Part 3 of the Industrial Relations (Ethical Clothing Trades) Act 2001 (NSW).
to source ethically guaranteed gear-
http://www.nosweatstuff.com.au/
http://www.huntergatherer.com.au/hg/index.php
http://www.nosweatshoplabel.com/accredited_comp.htm
into sustainable clothing? must see Kate Fletcher!
more than a designer, more than an academic, she is…
Kate Fletcher!
http://www.katefletcher.com/
+ Mathilda Tham = Garment Lifetimes!
http://www.katefletcher.com/lifetimes/
+ Becky Earley = 5 Ways!
http://www.5ways.info/docs/projects/nowash/projects.htm
Katherine Hamnett - matriarch of responsible fashioning
a responsible fashn bender must include-
http://www.katharinehamnett.com/Protest+%26+Survive/Clean+Up+Or+Die/Introduction
challenging fashion conventions since 1975.
[that’s before i was born. respect]
perfect t-shirt project site c/o- better thinking
http://www.betterthinking.co.uk/perfect/default2.htm
here’s another neat project [from the UK] that is well worth a damn.
while you're at Anti-Apathy and looking at fashn...
...have a look at their ‘Fashion Addict’ social experiment from Feb 2005 as well.
http://www.antiapathy.org/socialexperiments/index.php?i=28
if there are any Sydney folks, New South Welshpersons, other Aussies or Australasians reading this [the Anti-Apathy stuff] with interest & feeling inspired, don’t be shy, lets talk why not? is there anyone? (((hello)))
Re:Fashion escapes from my blogging backlog
i am ashamed at the amount of info that i should have blogged by now, but haven’t for sad reasons of busyness. thank you to the person who sent me the link in the first place- you should’ve posted it your self! nuts.
so, if you haven’t seen the info about the feb. 2005 Re:Fashion parade yet, have a look at the lovely Anti-Apathy folks’ site- over a year old, its a not so oldie, but still very much a goodie. yum, yum. re: re:
http://www.antiapathy.org/lifelineissues/index.php?i=9
http://www.antiapathy.org/lifelineissues/index.php?i=20
http://www.antiapathy.org/lifelineissues/index.php?i=24
whoops- where did that year go?
ChangeX '06 -- 'Shelter in a cart' - OPEN DESIGN STUDIO
Kicking off the ChangeX’06 activities list we have the ChangeDesign take on the DesignBoom ‘Shelter in a Cart’ competition…
This Blog is to get this idea worked on in the short amount of time that we have; entries are due this coming Friday, so we have to work very quickly.
To start the workshop we have Col James, Richard Goodwin, Elliat Rich, & Louisa Dawson to talk about their different experiences and interpretations on the ‘homeless’ situation.
the workshop being run by- Hugo & Cas
attended by- Alyx, Phil, Elliat, Louisa, Wendy, Maddy, Cas, Hugo, Anita
pretty images of sorted trash
found whilst searching for ‘hyper-consumption’. wanted to share it.
http://www.chrisjordan.com/
International Buy Nothing Day - 25/11/05 - A 24 hour moratorium on consumer spending.
Buy Nothing Day
The International Brand busting Anti-Brand- Adbusters.
Next up… Buy Nothing Christmas.
There are Media-kits here a-plenty, if like me you don’t have the time to whip something up yourself.
http://www.adbusters.org
International Students in Australia... of Design & every other school, faculty or college.
The fact that International Students in Australia whose student visas are cancelled, can be remanded in detention for unspecified amounts of time, is another murky topic that actions in the Refugee Rights Movement in Australia are being focused on.
This is being blogged on the ChangeDesign site, as it follows up information communicated through our recent exhibition Designing Refuge: Design Protest & the Refugee Movement.
Design Scenarios & Futures from Design Philosophy Papers
This issue of Design Philosophy Papers brings together the ideas of ‘design’ and ‘scenario’, developing concerns laid out in their first issue. DPP presents an interview with Ezio Manzini reflecting on the activity of creating ‘design-oriented scenarios’ towards sustainable futures, and an essay by Tony Fry that reverses the idea of ‘scenarios by design’ and considers instead the scenario of design - he asks who speaks for design and what are its prospects? Anne-Marie Willis’ essay, ‘Scenarios, Futures and Design’ provides a contemporary context for the take-up of scenarios and some exploration of the significance of design for, and beyond, their creation. Highly recommended.