Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse: Three Stories

Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse: Three Stories of Sustainable Design

The textile and fashion industries produce millions of tons of solid waste every year through the many processes used--from yarn production, weaving, knitting, dyeing and finishing, to apparel construction, quality inspection and unsold goods--generating waste at each step. Typically, this waste is sent to landfills, incinerated or, at best, recycled into low-quality fibers used for industrial applications. Scraps, published for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museumâ€™s exhibition of the same name, presents three designersâ€™ alternative approaches to the shockingly high human and environmental costs of textile industry waste.
Christina Kim, founder of Los Angelesâ€“based brand Dosa; Reiko Sudo, cofounder of Tokyo textile firm Nuno; and Luisa Cevese, founder of Milan-based accessories and home goods company Riedizioni, all share a profound respect for scraps as repositories of raw materials, energy, labor and creativity. Inspired by the long tradition of using handcraft to give new life to scraps and castoffs, each takes an entirely different approach to contending with textile waste, but all agree that there is much to be gained--aesthetically and financially, as well as environmentally and socially--by making recycling an integral part of their design practice.
The delicate beauty of the fabrics featured here ensures a seductive visual experience, framing the exploration of sustainable design practices: using materials and resources efficiently, providing meaningful labor, sustaining local craft traditions and exploring new technologies as integral to the recycling process. Each copy of the book is bound in its own unique discarded Indian woodblock-printed textile with foil stamping.

Country	USA
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
EAN	9781942303176
Feature	Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
ISBN	1942303173
Label	Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer	Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	116
PublicationDate	2016-10-25
Publisher	Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Studio	Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse: Three Stories of Sustainable Design

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