(Modul 5 – 90501 Entwurfsprojekt I / 3. Semester /12 SWS / 10 ECTS)
Lehrende:
KM Johanna Braun
Färberei & Siebdruck: Julia Kunz
Fertigung: Dorothée Warning
Projektstart: 14.10.2024 | 10 Uhr | R 411/412
Projekttag: Montag und Dienstag / 10 – 17 Uhr
Projektraum: Raum 411/412
Teilnehmer: 3. Semester
REINCARNATION “LOSING MY RELIGION“
How can a textile object be ‘reborn’ into a different shape or size, losing its original context or purpose and be reincarnated into a new garment? Significant to this project (case study) is, what types of pattern-cutting, draping techniques and surface treatments are used or implemented. The methods you choose should be sustainable, use readily available technology and existing additional materials. Most importantly, they should be easy to re-create by anyone who can sew. The fabrics for this project will be supplied by ADMIRAL an industrial laundry company. They have 1.5 tons of surplus textile objects such as bed linen, toweling products and restaurant textile ware, which needs to be disposed of – sometimes only due to minor faults. Currently, most of the discarded textile objects are transformed (downcycled) into cleaning cloth products. But there should be another intermediate purpose for these textile objects (before they eventually become cleaning rags…). Your task is to create/design a piece of clothing, which you will then reproduce into a production series of five to ten garments, depending on the complexity of the construction. This range will then be developed (by you) into an opensource technique/method. The concept of this project is based on a future production scenario, where your open-source designs will be adapted by home workers. Essentially, anyone who can sew can get access to the discarded textiles by Admiral. By using your open-source tutorials they can re-create your garments from home, and then sell them to a second-hand chain of shops. Many designers aim to have her/his own products hanging on the racks of famous designer stores or design department stores. In this case we are aiming to have a series of products in a second-hand chain store such as Humana, Oxfam or ReSales… This project is also concerned with reimagining the roles of designers for the world we live in – working with the abundance of existing materials and working with a social purpose. Not only reincarnating and adding a new life to previously discarded textiles, your designs can disrupt the current supply-chain, and might even become second- hand classics such as the Levi´s denim skirt made from a pair of (discarded) Levi´s jeans created by Martin Margiela in the late 90s.
