Essays about: "textile design."

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  1. 16. Where Something Goes Up, Something Else Goes Down : May a meeting between textile and glass disrupt the hierarchical order among materials and techniques?

    University essay from Konstfack/Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign

    Author : Malin Glännestrand; [2022]
    Keywords : Glass; glasfiber; textile; interior designer; spatial design; materials; hierarchies; fusing; knitting; lighting;

    Abstract : We have a tendency to want to sort our surroundings, we set things against each other, value them and place them in a hierarchical order.Where something goes up, something else goes down.We attribute different properties to materials, techniques and spaces and load them with values. READ MORE

  3. 17. Sustainable and Circular Business Models: Textiles in West Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Björkdahl; [2022]
    Keywords : sustainable business models; circular economy; West Africa; ECOWAS; business model innovation; textile and clothing industry; secondhand clothing; textile waste; sustainable business model pattern taxonomy; 45 SBM patterns; modèles d affaires durables; économie circulaire; Afrique de l Ouest; CEDEAO; innovation de modèle d affaires; industrie du textile et de l habillement; vêtements d occasion; déchets textiles; taxonomie des modèles d affaires durables;

    Abstract : West Africa’s textile and clothing (T&C) industries have persevered through the decline following the economic liberalization policies in the 1980s. This thesis seeks to explore the sustainable and circular business models which exist in the West African region. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Weave

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Alice Seipel; Hilda Carlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : temporary architecture; interaction; bureaucracy; weave; textile; process; full scale;

    Abstract : This project starts starts out in wanting to somehow investigate the public space. Beginning in the questions of: What kind of interventions can we achieve in the public space? What is allowed, what is encouraged - what is not? How easy or how difficult is it to achieve building something within the folds of the public space of our city?  On the scale of the intervention itself, we were interested in what things could be investigated through design and materiality: How can we, through this design, encapsulate and measure softer, hard-to-grasp elements such as time, changes and interactions? How can we design a structure that will be responsive to the traces and manifestations of these things? What materials and organization of these can embody them? . READ MORE

  5. 19. Organising for Efficient Environmental Assessment : A Case Study on Cotton Fabric Production

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Amanda Friberg; Julia Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : LCA; Life cycle assessment; Product environmental assessment; Cotton fabric production; Organisational management; Data management; Furniture company; LCA; Livscykelanalys; Livscykelbedömning; Produktmiljöbedömning; Bomullstygtillverkning; Organisationsledning; Datahantering; Möbelföretag;

    Abstract : The textile industry is one of the most polluting industries globally and needs to change to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Cotton fabric constitutes approximately 50% of all textiles. Its production is complex, and it is crucial to map all its processes to assess the environmental impact. READ MORE

  6. 20. Endogenic Production : subjective matter and bodily involvement

    University essay from Konstfack/Inredningsarkitektur & Möbeldesign

    Author : Nils Ställborn; [2022]
    Keywords : Spatial design; interior architecture; interior design; textile furniture; textile structure; soft structure; squiggly structures; drafting; draw; drawstring; drawstring furniture; furniture; furniture design; textile architecture; Baroque; sewing furniture; form-production; endogenic; exogenic; endogenic approach; endogenic process; tectonic production; rectangular room; clothes; architecture; body; design method; wool; Texel wool; folds; pleats; material hierarchies; the senses; draping; shape; sustainable; norm criticism; exploring;

    Abstract : The word endogenic means growing or proceeding from within, it is commonly used to describe the process of tectonic movement and earth crust formation caused by the extrusion of magmatic material. My project is a metaphorical exploration of the geological term “endogenic process” as well as an exploration of a design approach based on the term. READ MORE