Privileged to be included in Education New Zealand’s Future Proof 2.0 campaign…so great that I got to highlight the importance, potential and relevance of textile design to our collective futures in this way.
Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion /
Very pleased work resulting from the Lebiotex project is soon to be published as a spotlight chapter in this forthcoming book edited by Alison Gwilt, Alice Payne and Evelise Anicet Ruthschilling published by Bloomsbury. A big credit to Dr Laura Morgan whose PhD study underpinned this work.
Textiles and Place /
Looking forward to contributing to Textiles and Place in Manchester UK, via Skype, in April 2018...looking forward to reading the papers too.
Visit to Manaaki Whenua | Landcare Research /
A super lovely week of harakeke research. You can read a little about it here...more info and photo's to follow on the Materials Design for Sustainability project page.
Intersections /
Excited to have been able to take part in Intersections from afar through contributing to the SPACE BETWEEN's current project 'Open Fashion - Exquisite Corpse' in the conference exhibition...sounds like it was a great event!
DRS 2018 OPENSig: Materials Enabled Changes in Design Research and Practice /
Excited to co-chair this track at DRS 2017...a great space to present textiles related research! http://www.drs2018limerick.org/track/objects-practices-experiences-and-networks-opensig
Themed Call for Papers.... /
The editors of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice are pleased to announce a new themed Call for Papers with a deadline of 1 October 2017. See http://tinyurl.com/y8f4w4ck for more details.
The Lives and After Lives of Plastic /
Looking forward to taking part in The Lives and After Lives of Plastic conference later in the month, organised by The Political Ecology Research Centre at Massey University NZ.