"What Future for Eco Textile Design?"
WHAT FUTURE FOR ECO TEXTILE DESIGN?
11 October, 2007 at the ICA
The Textile Futures Research Group (TFRG) and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) present an ECO TEXTILE DESIGN SALON in two parts: International Conversations and Question Time. Sponsored by GAP, Inc.
International Conversations features four internationally renowned designers, researchers, activists and makers in conversation with four Textile Futures Research Group members on the most current and future issues for eco textile designers. Conversations will be held between Mo Tomaney (TFRG) and Elaine Jones (Ethical and Fair Trade Consultant, UK), Rebecca Earley (TFRG) and Natalie Chanin (Alabama Chanin, USA), Carole Collet (TFRG) and Maja Kuzmanovic (founder of FOAM, Belgium) and Sandy Black (TFRG) with Christoph Bergmann (Clariant, Switzerland).
Question Time is formulated after the popular BBC programme, by the same name. This session will be chaired by Carole Collet and will feature six panelists: Clare Brass (Design Council, UK), Tamsin Blanchard (Telegraph Magazine), Lynda Grose (California College of Art, USA), Rebecca Earley (TFRG), Kate Goldsworthy (TFRG) and Kindley Walsh Lawlor (Gap, Inc.). Questions pertaining to the role of the designer in If you purchase a ticket for this event and would like to submit a question for selection that you are prepared to ask the panel on the evening, please email tfrg@tfrg.org.uk A competition has been set for University of the Arts London (UAL) students by TFRG, sponsored by GAP Inc. Three of the most poignant and provocative questions submitted by UAL students will be awarded a £200 prize. |
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Mo Tomaney Mo Tomaney is currently a Research Fellow in Ethical Issues and Fair Trade at Central Saint Martins and runs the MA in Ethical Fashion at University College for the Creative Arts at Epsom. She continues to work as a consultant, both with the creative side of the fashion industry, and with the advancement of sustainability in fashion and textiles ... Rebecca Earley Rebecca Earley, Associate Director of the Textile Futures Research Group, is a Reader in Textile Environmental Design (TED) at Chelsea College of Art and Design. The TED project aims to 'explore the role that the designer can play in producing textiles that are more eco friendly'. Earley subsequently developed an 'exhaust printing' technique ... Carole Collet Carole Collet is Course Director, MA Textile Futures at Central Saint Martins College. Carole is a textile Designer and consultant in the area of textile print, R&D, trend forecasting, sustainable design, and intelligent textiles. Her consultancy work has included clients such as DMC, Boussac, Koji Tatsuno, Hoechst, Global consultants, and Ian ... Sandy Black Sandy Black is Professor of Fashion & Textiles Design & Technology at the London College of Fashion, and Associate Director of the Textile Futures Research Group. Her current research interests seek to Interrogate Fashion – its practice and design processes. She is developing projects that integrate both old and new technologies to approach ... Natalie Chanin Natalie "Alabama" Chanin creates projects that reflect a wide range of disciplines, from sustainable clothing and home furnishings to a limited edition jewelry line. Natalie is currently developing an archive of oral histories entitled, "The History of Textiles," which is a collection of oral histories from textile workers including farmers and ... Elaine Jones Elaine Jones is an independent consultant in Ethical and Fair Trade. She works together with Mo Tomaney as part of a two person team on a Commonwealth Secretariat supported project in developing market access with rural women textile producers in Pakistan. Elaine has worked in international development for almost 30 years, latterly ... Christoph Bergmann Christoph Bergmann currently works as a Marketing Manager for the Apparel & Fashion segment of the Textiles division of Clariant, a global chemical products company, one of the leading suppliers of dyes and chemicals for textiles processing. He manages projects with clothing retailers/brands and their respective textile mill suppliers – that is, ... Clare Brass Clare Brass ran a product design consultancy in Milan for 17 years, working with clients such as Alessi, Guzzini and TVS in the houseware and tableware sector. Alongside her product design work she also ran a succession projects using design to address social or environmental challenges. She returned to London in 2004 to take up the role of ... Maja Kuzmanovic Maja Kuzmanovic is a generalist interested in inciting small miracles in everyday life. She received her BA in Design Forecasting (HKU) in 1996 and MA in Interactive Multimedia (University of Portsmouth) in 1997. Throughout the 1990s she collaborated on a range of interdisciplinary projects in research institutes around Europe and North America, ... Tamsin Blanchard Tamsin Blanchard is a journalist who writes about fashion and design. She has recently authored the book Green is the New Black, published by Hodder & Stoughton. She has always been interested in fashion and grew up making her own clothes, and shopping at Chelsea Girl, jumble sales and Liverpool's best vintage clothing shop, 69A. Her interest in ... Lynda Grose Lynda Grose has been in the fashion industry for 25 years. For most of her career, she has been actively engaged in designing and researching socially and environmentally advanced clothing and textiles. After receiving an honors degree in Fashion Design from Kingston University in London in 1981, Lynda began working as a fashion designer in London ... Kate Goldsworthy Kate Goldsworthy designs multi-media textiles, from recycled materials, employing both hand-crafted and digital techniques. An interest in sustainable design and a desire to override pre-conceptions surrounding recycling, underpins her work and has encouraged an original response to choices of materials and processes. Inspired by light, ... Kindley Walsh Lawlor Kindley Walsh Lawlor is the Senior Director of Gap Inc. for Social Responsibility. In her current role Kindley is responsible for the Strategic Planning team (public reporting, external stakeholder relationship management, etc) and the Environmental Affairs team (and their focus on energy, waste and sustainable design). She is currently also ... |
