Creative Models
Student Eco Fashion Show
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Milena Popov
This study explores John Jay College’s first ever Eco Fashion Show that was hosted by my students from Eco Art and Design course. The event was organized to raise awareness of environmental problems, many caused by mainstream fashion industry, and to provide some ideas for solutions. As stated in the Show’s brochure, everyone can make a difference and lower their individual fashion ecological footprint by making good choices. Beside t-shirts with environmental slogans, the audience was able to see at this show wide variety of eco fashion styles designed by my students - from old clothing died with natural, non-toxic dyes (such as coffee, black tea, blueberries, beets and turmeric), to cut-out old dresses, pants, and shirts transformed into fashionable scarves, hats, and shirts, to interesting found objects clothing applications and jewelry. This show not only drew in large college community audience to rethink their fashion choices, but also inspired students to create a larger eco fashion event to be held at the college every year, that includes student eco fashion workshops, clothing donation, and film screening.
Encounters Between Design and Fiction: Fiction as a Tool for Broadening Design Research and Practice
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Guim Espelt Estopà
This research addresses the relationships that can be established between design and fiction. They are both creative fields, with more in common than meets the eye. The study is divided in two parts, introduces six encounters, and focuses mainly on audiovisual fiction and product design, although the classification can also be valid with other disciplines of each field. The first part explores how fiction embraces design. Objects have always been present and used in films (design in fiction), even designed specifically for them (design for fiction), but also the design field has been portrayed in several ways (design through fiction). These representations can be used as a vast source for design studies. The second part proves fiction as a key aspect in design practice. Design is a process that aims to create what is yet to exist (design as fiction), and designers use narratives to develop new products (design from fiction), or to present critical or speculative scenarios (design fiction). Taking this approaches into consideration can broaden designers perspective and understanding of design practice. This classification has been drawn up from the analysis of multiple films and design projects, and the resulting framework of relationships can serve to understand fiction as a field of interest for both designers and design researchers.
Sustainability Perspective in Hong Kong: An Investigation of Awareness of Sustainable Elements in the Fashion Design Process
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Hiu Cheng
Sustainability is one of the main global issues in the past decades. It has been widely studied and developed in different aspects. Sustainable Fashion claims to be the future of the industry. Hong Kong has very limited education and development on this aspect comparing to Western countries. This research investigates the awareness of sustainable elements of Hong Kong fashion designer while they design a product. Quantitative research methodologies are adopted in this study. Five local fashion designers were invited to conduct pilot interviews to discuss their insight of sustainable fashion, the findings will utilize on questionnaire development. A questionnaire survey was undertaken to collect statistics from local fashion designers regarding their perspective of green fashion. As an outcome of the study, the feasibility of sustainable fashion in Hong Kong could be measured. Limitations that the industry is facing were also identified as well as gaps to further elevate sustainability locally.
Incorporating Industry Collaborations as Part of an Interior Design Retail Studio
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Liam Colquhoun, Matthew Holmes-Dallimore
This paper highlights several collaborations with industry partners and design firms as part of the pedagogical experience of a junior-level interior design retail studio. Individual collaborative initiatives with industry partners such as the Williams Formula 1 racing team, The Qatar 2022 World Cup organizing committee, Ooredoo telecommunications and design firms such as Fitch Worldwide, Imagination and DoBrando are initially outlined. The study further explores how the projects were conceived and maintained utilizing strategic pedagogical supports and technologies. Outcomes from each project are presented with a focus on the successes or failures of intended specific learning objectives and what lessons were taken to inform subsequent collaborative projects with industry partners.
