SUSTAINABILITY & COST Assessment Task 1

VDIS100046

Introduction

  Designers are increasingly required to respond to a range of ethical and social concerns, creating designs, which are sustainable and socially responsible.

  This subject will equip students with a sustainable working methodology and ethos, in addition to a sound knowledge of material, technologies and processes to develop sustainable designs.

How do we relate sustainable design to our environment?

  Sustain – Sustain Ability – extending life

  Environment - surrounding , living space

  Design – sustainability and environment

  To make a sustainable living in harmony with nature, without damaging the environment

  Using energy resources, social responsibility, economical power and environmentally friendly designs.

Natural Environment

Our Environment

Products of Our Lifestyle

Environmental Pollutants

Global Warming

Ice Cap Melting

Greenhouse Gases

Non Renewable Energy

  FOSSILFUELS: OIL, COAL, NATURAL GAS. We burn them to heat water into steam, which drives turbines, which drive generators.

Global Chart for Fossil Carbon Emissions

Alternative Energy

SOLAR ENERGY

HYDROPOWER GEOTHERMAL

BIOMASS

Sustainability

Recycle – Re-Use

Recycling Centre

Fair Trade

Clothing Lifespan

Textile Production

Life Cycle

Sustainable Product Development

  Fiber and materials selection & combination

  Reduction in wastage including materials and energy

  Environmental impact

  Reusability or recycle ability

  Design for entire life cycle , good design solutions and aesthetics

  New technologies and processes

Sustainable Manufacture

  Global sourcing locations and int. trade agreement

  Ethical sourcing of production, audits and compliance

  Codes of conduct and supply chain management

  Value for money and efficiency

Recycled Clothing

Sustainable High Street

Recycled

Recycle

Designer Analysis - Deborah Milner

  Deborah Milner of Aveda Ecoture uses a variety of sustainable & eco-friendly fabrics including lace made from recycled fabric.

  Collections such as Deborah Milner’s are created to raise environmental awareness.

  She and her creative team research & liaise with many textile producers as well as indigenous peoples to ensure fabrics & materials used have as little harmful impact on the environment as possible.

Bamboo

  T-shirts made from bamboo cotton; bamboo reaches maturity after just 45 days. It can grow as much as 12 inches per day. The cotton made from bamboo is 99.8% hypo-allergenic, allows skin to breathe and is very lightweight with a silk feel.

Growing Cotton   Growing cotton uses 22.5 percent of all the insecticides used globally

  Growing enough cotton for one t-shirt requires 257 gallons of water

  The bleaching and then dyeing the resulting fabric creates toxins that flow into our ecosystem

  The use of rayon for clothing is contributing to the rapid depletion of the world's forests

  Petroleum-based products are detrimental to the environment on many levels

  Conventional cotton represents 10% of world agriculture and uses 25% of the world's pesticides

  It takes 1/3 of a pound of chemicals to make one conventional cotton t-shirt!

  7 of the top 15 chemicals used in conventionally grown cotton are classified as known or suspected carcinogens by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sustainable Fashion

  Organic fabrics. Organic Cotton, Bamboo etc.

  Natural dyes used in creation

  Recycled clothing – Re-design Re-make from old clothing

  Recycled materials to create fashion design

Useful Links

  www.agrocel.cotton.org India

  www.organicexchange.org USA

  www.fairtrade.org.uk UK

  www.peopletree.co.uk UK

  www.oxfam.org.uk UK

  www.ingeofibres.com/Natureworks

  www.inhabitat.com

SUSTAINABILITY & COST

  Students are required to design a collection of 6 outfits using sustainable fabrics and methods.

  Researching organic fibers and sources

  Environmentally friendly dyes and production methods

  Extended and enhanced products

  Recycled influences and uses

Target Market

  Students are required to investigate a target market and consumer profile including their price desires.

  Along with competitor analysis in the field of sustainable fashion designers, and their methodology of design.

Submission

  Written document of sustainable practices and designers

  Consumer profiling written and pictorial document

  Sketchbook of research, development, textile manipulations and design development

  Customer profile document with competitor analysis

  Costing specification sheets.

Final Presentation

  Inspiration board

  Customer profile board

  Colour and fabric board

  Illustration boards

  Along with short videos of the collection research, processes and development.

Weighting and Deadline

  30%

  Due date – End of Week 4