workshop digital fashion + sustainability
The workshop as part of the exchange program between ALBA Beirut (Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts) and design academy berlin was focussing on the topic of digital fashion and sustainability.
Group work: Teresa Dib (ALBA), Olena Hryhorieva (BSDC) and Katharina Krauskopf (BSDC)
The core question of our project is „Does the function of an object define its value?“
For finding an answer we took a white vintage shirt. Why? – a shirt as the most versatile and trend-less fashion item), analyzing its original function as a garment, taking into account historical and gender related aspects before starting the process of deconstruction. Designers working on the basis of this approach, like Maison Margiela, Comme des Garcons or our guest speaker Dorte de Jesus were great inspiration and support for us. We disassembled the garment into its individual parts to raise awareness of its complexity and also to think about the production conditions behind. For the next step we were giving new value through upcycling. Focussing on the sustainable aspect, we were giving the pieces a different new meaning, by using only environmental friendly materials for the transformation. Finally we transferred the process into digital, giving the shirt a 3D-al life, creating variations of architectural objects out of the single fragments. With all these steps of transformation we want to raise peoples attention and increase their mindfulness about the treatment of cloths. Coming back to our core question, the answer we found is: The end product doesn’t symbolize the original values which are associated with it (trustful, formal, etc.) anymore but is therefore not automatically less valuable!
For finding an answer we took a white vintage shirt. Why? – a shirt as the most versatile and trend-less fashion item), analyzing its original function as a garment, taking into account historical and gender related aspects before starting the process of deconstruction. Designers working on the basis of this approach, like Maison Margiela, Comme des Garcons or our guest speaker Dorte de Jesus were great inspiration and support for us. We disassembled the garment into its individual parts to raise awareness of its complexity and also to think about the production conditions behind. For the next step we were giving new value through upcycling. Focussing on the sustainable aspect, we were giving the pieces a different new meaning, by using only environmental friendly materials for the transformation. Finally we transferred the process into digital, giving the shirt a 3D-al life, creating variations of architectural objects out of the single fragments. With all these steps of transformation we want to raise peoples attention and increase their mindfulness about the treatment of cloths. Coming back to our core question, the answer we found is: The end product doesn’t symbolize the original values which are associated with it (trustful, formal, etc.) anymore but is therefore not automatically less valuable!
Does the function of an object define its value? ≠
© katharina krauskopf – kkrauskopf@aol.com – impressum
