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3D Printed Fashion Future
3D Printed Clothing – Julia Daviy’s research and practice, giving a glimpse of a sustainable production and innovative Zero-waste fashion of the future.
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The Future Fashion Loop
Our next generation of designers and engineers must be taught at an early age, to understand the full cycle of a product , including its end of life disposal. The future of product design must include the end use and disposal, not just the aesthetic, need and fit for purpose.
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Future of Textiles: Skilling Tomorrow’s Economy
The Future of Work: Skilling Tomorrow’s Economy What should we be preparing our young people for? This was on the agenda for the recent Commonwealth Business Forum debates (April 2018) The ebb and flow of global economic tides is increasingly turning in favour of the...
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Arts & Crafts in the new world…
What are the implications on the arts in the world of mass customisation and 3D printing.
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‘Inspiring Learning’
Inspiring Learning Event June 2016 – Diana Choulerton (OFSTED) presentation: Securing great design and technology for all: A food and textiles perspective
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Sew What? – Bringing Textiles Lessons into the 21st Century
First published May 16th 2016, Teachwire.net “Once upon a time there was a room in a school where girls were taught how to sew and it was called needlework…” Back then, those young people were taught how to take a 2D shape and transform it into a 3D product which...
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The tipping point for D&T in schools
Will EBacc squeeze Design and Technology out of the curriculum?
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Save the world with a great fitting pattern!
A call for better manufactured and better fitting garments that are less wasteful, carefully considered and ethically produced
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How green is your wardrobe?
The clothing we buy, the fabrics from which these are made and the chemicals used to dye them, may cause irreparable damage to the environment
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