Considerate Design

Science Museum - Trash Fashion:Designing out Waste

zoe — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:51:45 +0000

Prof. Sandy Black, Co-Director of the Centre for Fashion Science; London College of Fashion, has been commissioned by the Science Museum to produce a seamless Knit to Fit ® sweater for their upcoming exhibition Trash Fashion: Designing out Waste.

Based on her work from the Considerate Design project Sandy designed and created an irregularly striped seamless sweater personalised to fit the measurements and style preferences of the client, through Considerate Design. The sweater is knitted in 3D, entirely in one piece in a single step process, using the Stoll ‘Knit and Wear®’ system, requiring no making up, just hand finishing. Measurements were taken from bodyscan data and used to interpret the finished design.

Britain loves high-street fashion. Tempted by rock-bottom prices we’re buying a third more clothing than we did a decade ago. But fast-changing fashions mean over a million tonnes of textile waste end up in landfill each year.

This new exhibition investigates how the latest design and technology will help to create wear without waste and what we all can do to reduce the impact of throwaway fashion.

For more information including opening times please visit:

www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/antenna.aspx

www.flickr.com/photos/sciencemuseum/

Considerate Design at the House of Lords - June 10

zoe — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:33:58 +0000

As a follow on from the ‘Made In Future’ event in Milan back in December 2009 the Materials KTN have arranged a showcase event at the House of Lords. Showcasing fashion & clothing incorporating UK based smart materials and technology. The Considerate Design team will again exhibit the products they produced within the project.

Made In Future, Milan exhibition - Dec 09

zoe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:22:33 +0000

The Considerate Design project was asked to exhibit its products at the ‘Made In Future’ exhibition in Milan, organised by the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth office and the Materials KTN. A vision of things to come, showcasing fashion & clothing incorporating UK based smart materials technology.

Designing for the 21st Century Book Chapter - Dec 09

zoe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:20:36 +0000

The Considerate Design team contributed to the second book ‘Designing for the 21st Century; Interdiscplinary Methods and Findings’ writing the chapter ‘Considerate Design for Personalised Fashion’ evaluating the research methods and overall project. Published in December 2009 by Gower Publishing.

Research Handbook Book Chapter - Nov 09

zoe — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:30:56 +0000

Prof. Sandy Black (London College of fashion) and Dr. Claudia Eckert (Open University) have written ‘Developing Considerate Design: meeting individual fashion and clothing needs within a framework of sustainability’ in Handbook of Research in Mass Customization and Personalization edited by Frank T Piller (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) & Mitchell M Tseng (The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong) published by World Scientific Press, Hackensack NJ, London, Singapore.

Sustainable Innovation Conference– Oct 09

zoe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:18:49 +0000

Awarded ‘Best Paper’
Fatemeh Eskandarypur, Prof. Sandy Black (London College of Fashion) and Dr Claudia Eckert (Open University) presented their paper ‘The Development and Postioning of the ‘Considerate Design Tool’ in the Fashion and Textile Sector’ at the Sustianable Innovation Conference, Oct 09. Organised by the Centre for Sustainable Design and held at Farnham, UK.

MCPC Conference – Oct 09

zoe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:16:33 +0000

Prof. Sandy Black (London College of Fashion), Dr Claudia Eckert (Open University), Philip Delamore (LCF), Dr Penelope Watkins (LCF), Dr Frances Geesin, and Steven Harkin (Steven Harkin Design) presented their paper ‘Considerate Design for Personalized Fashion: towards sustainable production’ at the Mass Customization and Personalization Conference, Oct 09, Helsinki. www.mcpc2009.com

ICED Conference - Aug 09

zoe — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:42:06 +0000

Dr.Claudia Eckert (Open University) and Philip Delamore (London College of Fashion) presented their paper on ‘Innovation the long way round: the example of rapid prototyping fashion and textile design’ at the International Conference on Engineering Design, Aug 09, USA.

Sustainability Conference - Oct 08

zoe — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:07:51 +0000

Prof.Sandy Black (London College of Fashion) and Dr.Claudia Eckert (DDEM, Open University) gave a paper on ‘Design: empowering fashion designers to think about sustainability’ at the Sustainability 08 Conference, University of Malmo, Sweden and Centre for Sustainable Design UK.
www.cfsd.org.uk

Authored Book - May 08

zoe — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:59:53 +0000

Eco Chic: The Fashion Paradox
Authored by Prof. Sandy Black (London College of Fashion), Black Dog Publishing, London 250pp
www.blackdogonline.com