Design + Activism

Ethical Fashion Classes at FIT

Designers- Sustainability starts with you. Can you minimize waste in production? Reuse materials? Use less energy? Create a smaller carbon footprint? Avoid toxins? Can you make something so useful and/or beautiful that it’s treasured and not tossed in favor of

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Ethical Fashion Classes at FIT

Designers- Sustainability starts with you. Can you minimize waste in production? Reuse materials? Use less energy? Create a smaller carbon footprint? Avoid toxins? Can you make something so useful and/or beautiful that it’s treasured and not tossed in favor of

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Soft Maps by Haptic Lab

Need a map?  Need a bed spread?…or beautifully designed kite for that matter?  Haptic Lab has all of the above; and even some of the above combined!  Haptic Lab was founded by Emily Fischer in  2009- she made her first

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Soft Maps by Haptic Lab

Need a map?  Need a bed spread?…or beautifully designed kite for that matter?  Haptic Lab has all of the above; and even some of the above combined!  Haptic Lab was founded by Emily Fischer in  2009- she made her first

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Open Call: OBJECT | SUBJECTS [Constructive Conversations]

Lucia Cuba is seeking participants for a series of conversations on the agency of clothes: OBJECTS | SUBJECTS [CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS] is the first of a series of conversations among a diverse group of people to exchange —through open dialogues and garment

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Open Call: OBJECT | SUBJECTS [Constructive Conversations]

Lucia Cuba is seeking participants for a series of conversations on the agency of clothes: OBJECTS | SUBJECTS [CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS] is the first of a series of conversations among a diverse group of people to exchange —through open dialogues and garment

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The Crochet Coral Reef Project

One of the coolest current projects I have come across lately is the Crochet Coral Reef Project based in Los Angeles. “The Crochet Coral Reef (CCR) is a project by the Institute For Figuring, a non-profit Los-Angeles based organization that pioneers creative new

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The Crochet Coral Reef Project

One of the coolest current projects I have come across lately is the Crochet Coral Reef Project based in Los Angeles. “The Crochet Coral Reef (CCR) is a project by the Institute For Figuring, a non-profit Los-Angeles based organization that pioneers creative new

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Aboubakar Fofana – Indigo

The color, and natural dye, indigo has seeped its way in and bled heavily into mainstream culture in recent years.   For obvious reasons,  it has captured the eyes and hearts of the design world. Indigo blues attract a broad audience,

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Aboubakar Fofana – Indigo

The color, and natural dye, indigo has seeped its way in and bled heavily into mainstream culture in recent years.   For obvious reasons,  it has captured the eyes and hearts of the design world. Indigo blues attract a broad audience,

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Working Circles: A Research Series

On behalf of Pascale Gatzen, we wanted to share with our readers and opportunity to take part in a great research project, totally free of charge, and full co-creation opportunities. Read below for more info, and if you’d like to

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Working Circles: A Research Series

On behalf of Pascale Gatzen, we wanted to share with our readers and opportunity to take part in a great research project, totally free of charge, and full co-creation opportunities. Read below for more info, and if you’d like to

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Kollabora’s DIY Travel to Peru

Kollabora is an awesome resource for the DIY community, makers and brands. Their website acts as a platform for sharing ideas, projects, techniques and supplies, and building community through collaboration! Kollabora is also organizing a “Collaborative Crafting Workshop” travel to

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Kollabora’s DIY Travel to Peru

Kollabora is an awesome resource for the DIY community, makers and brands. Their website acts as a platform for sharing ideas, projects, techniques and supplies, and building community through collaboration! Kollabora is also organizing a “Collaborative Crafting Workshop” travel to

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FASHION, HACKED: LIBERATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION

This Thursday February 28th from (5:30 -7:30 pm)  the MA Program in Liberal Sutdies- CUNY presents: FASHION, HACKED: LIBERATION  THROUGH PARTICIPATION “How is our clothing a purveyor of our political ideologies and related social values Fashion is embedded in global

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FASHION, HACKED: LIBERATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION

This Thursday February 28th from (5:30 -7:30 pm)  the MA Program in Liberal Sutdies- CUNY presents: FASHION, HACKED: LIBERATION  THROUGH PARTICIPATION “How is our clothing a purveyor of our political ideologies and related social values Fashion is embedded in global

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Modavanti + Sustainable Fashion

Sometimes when you’re simultaneously interested in fashion as well as sustainability, worker’s rights, and/or environment issues…you find yourself with unevenly weighted scales. Lucky for you, a new online shop, Modavanti, takes that decision away from you (for all the right

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Modavanti + Sustainable Fashion

Sometimes when you’re simultaneously interested in fashion as well as sustainability, worker’s rights, and/or environment issues…you find yourself with unevenly weighted scales. Lucky for you, a new online shop, Modavanti, takes that decision away from you (for all the right

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ALR + NOMIA

As a natural dyer, I am constantly on the search for new knowledge about dye plants, and unique mordants to help fix the dyes.  On one of my journeys through the blue nowhere, I came across a local Red Hook

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ALR + NOMIA

As a natural dyer, I am constantly on the search for new knowledge about dye plants, and unique mordants to help fix the dyes.  On one of my journeys through the blue nowhere, I came across a local Red Hook

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