The zine „Vapes to Flashlights“ from the SPACE FOR REPAIR is about resource waste and a workshop that aims to draw people’s attention to this, and, ideally, encourage them to rethink and change their behaviour patterns. It is intended as a guide for those who want to replicate this workshop – for that is its purpose. The zine contains all the necessary information and instructions and is supplemented with background information.
SBYD Zine #02
Textile production is globally among the top three pressures on water and land use, as well as among the top five in terms of raw material consumption and greenhouse gas emissions (EU Commission, 2022). In nearly every wardrobe, you will find clothes that are no longer worn because they are out of style, stained, have holes, or have simply been forgotten. The Zine „Patch and Care“ focuses on these very garments. We demonstrate how they can be transformed and repaired with patches. An unworn garment can become a standout piece or receive a subtle repair. The zine showcases examples of what repaired clothing can look like, provides insights into textile materials, offers tips and tricks for caring for clothes, and shares facts and figures about the global handling of textiles.
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Collection of links and reading list:
Basic Knowledge
Podcasts
Initiatives & Networks
- Clean Clothes Campaign
- Crafts Council NL
- Craft Council UK
- Fashion Changers
- Fashion Revolution Worldwide
- Femnet
- Kleiderei
- Lokaltextil
- LoopLookBerlin
- Made In Platform
- Repair Rebels
- Textielmuseum Tilburg
- Trash Club
Sustainability & Textiles Articles
- Mikroplastik aus Kunstfasern: Die wichtigsten Antworten
- Unerwünschte Fasern: Mikroplastik aus Textilien
- Mikroplastik aus Textilien
Governance
Inspirations & Further Readings
- British Textile Biennale
- Common Threads Press
- Join Clothes Collective
- Initiative Handarbeit
- New Order of Fashion
- Rafael Kouto
- Helen Kirkum
- Leinen – Ein Selbstversuch: Vom Flachssamen zur Leinwand in einem Jahr
- Christien Meindertsma
- Soup Archive
- State of Fashion Arnhem
- Tenant of Culture
- The Nest Collective
- Waste Yarn Project
Books:
- Fachwissen Bekleidung Europalehrmittelverlag
- Fashionpedia
- Textilpedia
- Common Threads Press
- Black, Anthea; Burisch, Nicole; The New Politics of the Handmade
- Burckhardt, Gisela; Todschick. Edle Labels, billige Mode – unmenschlich produziert
- De Castro, Orsola; Loved Clothes Last: How the joy of rewearing and repairing your clothes can be a revolutionary act
- Gardner, Laura; Mohajer va Pesaran (eds); Radical Fashion Exercises. A Workbook of Modes and Methods
- Hoskins, Tansy E.; The Anticapitalist Book of Fashion
- Press, Clare; Wear Next. Fashioning the Future
- Parker, Rozsika; The Subversive Stitch
- Tanhauser, Sofi; Worn: A People’s History of Clothing
To Be Continued
SBYD Zine # 01
The zine “Recipes” presents sixteen material recipes from the SPACE FOR BIOMATERIALS. The project involved design students from Folkwang University of the Arts, who were guided through a research-through-design process to experimentally create bio-based materials in the university’s new Bio Lab. Aiming to explore alternatives to the petroleum-based materials prevalent in contemporary design, the project investigated bio-based materials not only for their structural qualities but also for their potential to contribute to more ecologically friendly and resource-light design and production methods. Some recipes repurpose resources typically discarded as waste, such as coffee grounds, eggshells, or cut grass. Others explore using invasive plants, algae, or bacterial cellulose to create materials.
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