Institution:University of the Arts London
Focus Area:Fashion and textiles
Expertise:Applying new circular economy approaches to the design of textiles and applications within the fashion industry.
Key projects:
1. The Textile Futures Research Community research group look at relevant circular economy issues regularly as part of their work. Design for cyclability is a conceptual framework developed by Kate Goldsworthy and forms basis of ongoing research relating to designing closed-loop material systems.
2. Design and Living Systems Lab researches the advantages of biological systems to eliminate waste, better use energy and in synthetic material usage. The Lab explores a new hierarchy within a sliding scale of 'natural nature' and a new 'programmable nature' in the quest for innovative ecological design and fabrication models.
Find out more:Textiles Futures Research Communityand theDesign and Living Systems Lab.
Connect with:Kate Goldsworthy at k.goldsworthy@chelsea.arts.ac.uk
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