Sites We Like
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?
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
The Sustainable Toy Story
From DesignBoom: The Sustainable Toy Story - William Wilson’s creations with their distorted expressions warrant a new life for abandoned outcasts of the ‘throw-away-society’ with a sincere desire of communicating truth and sustainability.