Essays about: "textile"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 626 essays containing the word textile.

  1. 16. Consumer Perceptions of Circular Practices in the Textile Sector and the Relation to Consumption Behaviour : Practical Implications for Stakeholders in the Textile Industry

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Elina Lewe; [2023]
    Keywords : Textile industry; circular economy; circular practices; consumption behaviour; value and risk perceptions;

    Abstract : The textile industry has a substantial negative impact on the environment. In order to decrease the environmental impact, the industry needs to transition to a more sustainable and circular system. READ MORE

  3. 17. Poggio Aquilone - Survey and Repurposing in a Medieval Italian Village

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Philip Reimers; [2023]
    Keywords : Italy; Repurposing; Transformation; Refurbishment; Renovation; Survey; Umbria; Ruin; Rural Tourism; Lidar; drone; scanning; photogrammetry;

    Abstract : The site of this diploma project is the small hilltop village of Poggio Aquilone. The village, situated in the region of Umbria in central Italy, lies roughly halfway between Rome and Florence. READ MORE

  4. 18. Crafting Textile Knowledges : A decolonial study of the Iku/Arhuaco material culture in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg (Världskulturmuseet)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Stefanía Castelblanco-Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : material culture; indigenous heritage; object-based research; ethical stewardship; decoloniality; arhuaco; Iku; cultura material; patrimonio Indígena; investigación objetual; administración ética; decolonialidad; arhuaco; Iku;

    Abstract : The return of objects that belong to ethnographic collections to their places of origin is one of the topics of discussion that, despite not being new, has been gaining more and more relevance today. Taking the Iku indigenous craft collection in the archives of the National Museum of World Cultures in Gothenburg as a case study, I pursue to develop an object-based methodology that increases and deepens the understanding of the notion of ethical stewardship, while joining current debates on indigenous heritage and decoloniality. READ MORE

  5. 19. Greening the thread : A comparative study of design processes to reduce microplastic shedding in Swedish textile companies

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Stina Victorsson; Sonya Reynolds; [2023]
    Keywords : The textile industry; Sustainability; Microplastic shedding; Sustainable design processes; Triple bottom line; Circular economy; Swedish textile companies;

    Abstract : Purpose – This study aims to gain an increased understanding of how textile companies perceive opportunities and challenges in reducing microplastic shedding in the design process. Specifically, the thesis compares and analyses two distinct textile companies with diverse business approaches. READ MORE

  6. 20. Second hand + Online + Gen Z = TRUE : A quantitative study on the motivations behind second-hand shopping for clothes online

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Amanda Häggmark; Fanny Olofsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Online shopping second-hand; Generation Z; Impulse Buying Tendency; Perceived Risk; Shopping Motives;

    Abstract : The environmental issues in the world are critical and sustainability becomes more important. There is a certain lack in the textile industry, where the production of clothes is responsible for water pollution, landfill waste and greenhouse gas emission. READ MORE