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PROJECTS: EVER & AGAIN
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Ever & Again: Rethinking
Recycled Textiles (2005-2009)
This project aims to investigate textiles recycling, looking to the textile design practitioner to propose significant change through the creation of high quality artefacts. The environmental problems associated with textile production and consumption are vast. Recycling textiles saves energy and, if no recolouration takes place, it can save water and chemicals too. Not only does the recycling of the garments potentially more than double their lifespan but redesigning certain aspects of the textile artefact could also improve their performance during their re-usage. The project consists of a group of practitioners, made up of Chelsea College of Art & Design textile staff and associates, who will examine and consider contemporary eco design theory, exploring ideas about long life / short life textiles, ethical production, new technologies, and systems / services. The project begins with a series of intensive one-day workshops. Each member of the team will undertake research on one of these aspects of textiles recycling, and the workshops will open up the potential for new ways of working. Continuing this, textiles will be created and a process of analysis and redesign will lead to a series of final visual and written outcomes. The project will have three direct outcomes: An interim exhibition of artefacts showing the textile forms created by all the participating designers (October 2007) A set of papers for presentation at a symposium, (which will coincide with a showcase exhibition, Ever&Again, 2008) A book chapter about textiles recycling, (to be included in ‘Textiles, Environment, Design’ by Rebecca Earley, published by Laurence King, 2009) The work will be aimed at scholars and designers and be of direct interest to those working in the fields of textiles and eco design. It will also be of interest to scholars and practitioners from communities of interest in other design disciplines that are in the process of considering the impact that ecodesign thinking could have on their field / practice. The project is also supporting a full time PhD student, Kate Goldsworthy. Contact: Lucy Batchelor |
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