Showing posts with label MA Fashion and the Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MA Fashion and the Environment. Show all posts

Thursday, 19 April 2012

EVENT: sustainable fashion - from awareness to action


My amazing coursemates have organized it and it sounds like an event not to miss! Looking forward to hearing the speakers myself tomorrow.

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Timmer Beauts




The traditional Northern English clog forms the underpinnings of this group project, hence ‘Timmer Beauts’ (or timber beauties), the endearing Cumbrian term for clogs.

  Research was conducted into the history of footwear and notions around desire, addiction and pleasure. This resulted into designing a bio-degradable and modular shoe (no glue or nails) that demands the care and interaction of the owner, during and after the shoe’s lifetime.

  Decisions on materials and construction were based on sustainability criteria, desirability and user interaction.

   The journey never followed a straight, smooth road but resembled a bumpy, windy road, on which we would sometimes lose our way; however ultimately a rewarding  experience and resulting in a pair of 21st century Timmer Beauts.