A Garment’s life cycle – Assessing impact through care labels
In this activity, students will be looking closely at clothing care labels to consider garments’ environmental impacts.
How ‘Recyclable’ is your Wardrobe?
Labels are the key to knowing whether a garment can be recycled. In this two-part project, you will first discover what your clothing labels reveal, then re-design them to improve recyclability.
Understanding purchasing habits
In this activity, you will reflect on your own purchasing habits in order to understand, as a designer, how you can influence consumers to wear and love their clothing for longer.
Exploring approaches to upcycling
In this group activity, seek out new ways in which scraps of fabric can be upcycled into exciting new surfaces, weights, colours, and textures.
Packaging with Purpose
This activity aims to showcase how packaging actively contributes to enhancing consumer engagement with the brand and its values. It is part of the ‘REUSE’ circular strategy, with a focus on designing for longevity.
Icebreaker: Textile waste recovery
Follow the finalists of the Redress Design Award 2022 during their challenge to identify textile waste along Icebreaker’s supply chain and come up with innovative solutions for it.
Eileen Fisher: A holistic circular approach
Eileen Fisher’s holistic approach to circular fashion puts an end to a linear ‘cradle-to-grave’ production by implementing multiple strategies.
Browzwear x TAL: Digital zero-waste pattern
Follow the finalists of the Redress Design Award 2022 during their challenge to create digital outfits through zero-waste patterning with Browzwear software and TAL end-of-rolls.
Napapijri Circular Series
Discover how Napapijri’s Circular Series, recognised with the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Gold certification, has been designed for infinite recyclability.
Avery Dennison: Powering Consumer Engagement
Explore how Avery Dennison’s digital tools are empowering brands to engage with their customers, providing solutions to design products that will last longer.