Concept | name of your project¶

5 Ws who, what, when, where, why¶

how is what you will start defining in your process pages

who¶

people with limited sewing knowledge but desire to engage with their clothing

what¶

adaptable patchworks, toolkit for boro patch working, accessible adaptable no cut patterns,

when¶

now, long process so time commitment

where¶

anywhere with excess clothing, in peoples own homes, at workshops

why¶

too much clothing, limitations of recycling as a cure all to over production, engaging user in garments more through exaggerating the process of putting on, exploring temporality of design in mass consumption, making and unmaking, simplifying craft

References projects, research papers, expos, performances etc¶

Pattern Cutting References

Holly McQuillan:
- https://hollymcquillan.com/portfolio/twinset/
- https://hollymcquillan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/preprint_conformal__seamless__sustainable-.pdf
- https://hb.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1478307/FULLTEXT01.pdf
- https://hb.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1316575/FULLTEXT02.pdf

Investigating the creation of fashion without the creation of fabric waste Subtraction Cutting

Textile Techniques References

Sashiko: - https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2006/bridges2006-211.pdf - https://www.openculture.com/2020/10/the-japanese-traditions-of-sashiko-boro.html

Smocking: - https://julianamartejevs.com/en/smocking-clothes-learn-how-to-smock-and-where-to-find-easy-smocking-patterns/#:~:text=When%20smocking%2C%20a%20grid%20pattern,smocked%20area%20its%20characteristic%20appearance. - https://ia800607.us.archive.org/11/items/smockingfancysti00butt/smockingfancysti00butt.pdf

Pleating: - https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/fashion/a44827008/pleats-please-issey-miyake/ - https://www.instagram.com/pleat/

Visible Mending: - https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3450741.3465265 - https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3430524.3444700 - https://www.bookhou.com/products/visible-mending-book - https://anewkindofblue.com/#patchwork

Design for Disassembly References

Application of design for disassembly in men's jacket: A study on sustainable apparel design

Design for disassembly: a critical twenty‐first century discipline

Design for Environmental Sustainability

Textile Design for Disassembly: A creative textile design methodology for designing detachable connections for material combinations

Resortecs

Other References

Ellen MacQrthur Foundation

Deconstruction Fashion: The Making of Unfinished, Decomposing and Re-assembled Clothes

Open Source Fashion Manifesto

Openwear Brand Manual

Broken probes: toward the design of worn media