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Title Sustainable Design Futures: An open design vision for the circular economy in fashion and textiles
ID_Doc 1252
Authors Smith, P; Baille, J; McHattie, LS
Title Sustainable Design Futures: An open design vision for the circular economy in fashion and textiles
Year 2017
Published
DOI 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352712
Abstract This paper explores the concept of the circular economy within the context of fashion and textile design in the UK, and does so from the textile and fashion perspectives to explore how this might be achieved. Within the UK alone, we dispose of approximately 10,000 garments every ten minutes (Kerr & Foster, 2011). This project focuses specifically on the practice of textile and fashion design in the UK to consider a more holistic approach for designing and manufacturing within these sectors. Our research aims are to explore the contribution open design can make in implementing the circular economy and thus a more sustainable material future. We ask what are the new models and systems of production that will support a circular economy in textiles? In this work we propose a vision for circular economic models of production in fashion and textiles that adopt open design approaches.
Author Keywords circular economy; open design; sustainable design; material futures
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)
EID WOS:000419738000159
WoS Category Art
Research Area Art
PDF https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352712?needAccess=true
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