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008			2017
082	0	4	_aThesis Fashion, Knitwear and Textile Design 02/17
100	1		_aMcCallion, Aisling.
245	1	4	_aThe Politics of Open Source Design: A discussion of the feasibility of open source design strategies in relation to the fasion industry, mass production and the emerging fashion designer. [Extended Essay] / _cAisling McCallion.
260			_aLimerick : _bLimerick Institute of Technology/Limerick School of Art and Design ; _c2017.
300			_a44p. : _bill (some col) . : _c30cm
502			_aThesis submitted for B.A. (Hons) in Fashion, Knitwear and Textile Design 2017.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and appendices.
505	0		_aThe purpose of this extended essay is to assess the feasibility of an open source design strategy within the fashion industry. It is a critical assessment of the contemporary fashion system that relies heavily on out sourcing mass production to low-cost economies and over-consumption. The essay will investigate the political and revolutionary aspects of Open Source Design as a democratic, sustainable and transparent alternative to the environmental and human casualty caused by the current practices of the fashion industry. It further aims to discover the feasibility of an OSD strategy for an emerging fashion designer. Examining open source design philosophy in regards to the fashion industry will help to establish a potential counter-narrative to the current processes of mass production and over-consumption. The essays aims to give a better unerstading of open source design practice and its potential to elevate designers into activists to ignite change. [Abstract]
650		0	_aOpen Source Design
650		0	_aFashion, Knitwear and Textile theses
650		0	_aExtended essays _vFashion, Knitwear and Textile Design.
650		0	_aTheses _xLSAD _zClare Street
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