Sustainable fashion and textiles : design journeys / Kate Fletcher.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.Description: xiv, 239 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781844074815 (pbk.)
- 1844074811 (pbk.)
- 746.9 FLE
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys brings together for the first time information about lifecycle sustainability impacts of fashion and textiles, practical alternatives, design concepts and social innovation. It challenges existing ideas about the scope and potential of sustainability issues in fashion and textiles, and sets out a more pluralistic, engaging and forward-looking picture, drawing on ideas of systems thinking, human needs, local products, slow fashion and participatory design, as well as knowledge of materials.The book not only defines the field, it also challenges it, and uses design ideas to help shape more sustainable products and promote social change. Arranged in two sections, the first four chapters represent key stages of the lifecycle: material cultivation/extraction, production, use and disposal. The remaining four chapters explore design approaches for altering the scale and nature of consumption, including service design, localism, speed and user involvement. While each of these chapters is complete in and of itself, their real value comes from what they represent together: innovative ways of thinking about textiles and garments based on sustainability values and an interconnected approach to design.
Publishes in association with the International Institute for Environment and Development--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-219) and index.
Introduction -- Material diversity -- Ethically made -- Use matters -- Reuse, recycling and zero waste -- Fashion, needs and consumption -- Local and light -- Speed -- User maker.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I Strategies for Low Emission Refurbishment
- The Case for Low Emission Refurbishment - Energy Use in Buildings
- Handover and Commissioning
- Part II Fabric and Plant
- Floors
- Walls
- Roof
- Windows
- Atria and Double Skins
- Mechanical Plant and Controls
- Renewable Energy Options
- Part III Case Studies