Fashion, Luxury and sustainability at Supsi - 2014

Fashion and sustainability

Zoe Romano

@zoescope

Summer School SUPSI 2014

SOCIAL

ECONOMICENVIRONMENT

Bearable Equitable

Viable

SUSTAINABLE

What’s really changing

• Modularity

• Flexibility

• Open codes

• Fixing

• Remixing (objects)

• Customization

DATA>OBJECTS>DATAMUCH EASIER:

BOTTOM UP INNOVATIONMUCH OFTEN:

3dprinted Prosthesis and Orthosis

Portable ultrasound generator

http://www.interactivefabrication.com/

How can we create

http://vimeo.com/16708764

FACILITIES

Fablabs&Makerspaces: a place to learn and create

Is it only a matter of “new”?

NO!Old approaches

are failing

www.opendesignnow.org

HORIZONTAL TRAINING COMMUNITY

OPEN SOURCE INVENT A JOB

How do we learn and work

TOP- DOWN TRAINING

COMPANY/SCHOOL

PROPRIETARY

FIND A JOB

CommunitiesCoderDesignerMaker

PassionReputation

Need

RavelryA community to share e database knitting and crochet codes

CommunitiesCoderDesignerMaker

METAProducts

Licenses

PassionReputation

Need

CommunitiesCoderDesignerMaker

METAProducts

Licenses

Prosumer

FACILITIES

Local Hub

MakerspaceFabLab

PassionReputation

Need

Sewing Cafès

TechShop

Makerspaces

A Makerspace with a social purpose

CommunitiesCoderDesignerMaker

METAProducts

Licenses

Prosumer

FACILITIES

Local Hub

MakerspaceFabLab

SERVICES

E-comm

3D printingLasercut

Textile Print

Prosumer

PassionReputation

Need

iMaterialize3d printing Service - based in Europe

CommunitiesCoderDesignerMaker

METAProducts

Licenses

Flexibility AccessibilityExploration

Prosumer

FACILITIES

Local Hub

MakerspaceFabLab

SERVICES

E-comm

3D printingLasercut

Textile Print

Prosumer

ENABLERS

KitsPlatforms

Machines&Components

Prosumer

PassionReputation

Need

ValentinaOpensource parametric software

OpenFitLabFrom scanning to trousers

OpenKnitOpensource knitting machine

• Share the code

(non commercial use)

From the idea to the product

• Sell the Kit with components

• Sell the collector edition

• Sell the out-of -the-box product

With the support of IAAC and Institute ofCulture of Barcelona

Zapatos para ensamblar

Fablab Barcelona

Lasso

EUGENIA MORPURGO

Shoe production lines from factory floors to the streets

Jake BronsteinFelpa garantita 10 anni a 89 dollari

Jake BronsteinDenim On Demand a 98 dollari

- popolare ma non un testimonial (Giornalista, conduttore)

- idea semplice da comunicare

- promessa forte per l’acquirente

- trasparenza, avere la capacita’ di raccontarsi

- sapere cosa si sta producendo e come (materie prime, costo del lavoro, rifiniture, accessori)

- trovare manifatture pronte ad accettare la scommessa

• Product/Closed

• Collection of disposable products

• Series Production

• Shops

• Venture Capital

• Platform/Open

• Catalogue of a few evolving products

• On-demand Production

• Direct selling (online/offline)

• Crowdfunding

How do we become sustainable

Being a designer in 2025

ARTIST DESIGNER |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| DESIGNER ENABLERAura/Products

The absence of scarcity has resulted in a society wherein commodities and even celebrities are branded

Social Impact/Processesa new generation designing mechanism/interfaces/

platforms

REPUTATIONPackagingCommunicationDistributionStorytelling

Simplyfing processesAccessibility

Listen to localand specific needsNEW MEDIATORS

Online Communities

Offline Communities$ Physical

products$ Workshop Design ThinkingINFORMAL TRAINING

FABRICATION

Digital Manufacturing

3D Printing

Prototyping

TEXTILE

Open Design

Smart textiles

Wearables

Open Hardware

ELECTRONIC

Internet of Things

ArduinoWWW.WEMAKE.CC

MILAN’S MAKERSPACE

ZOE ROMANOtwitter: @zoescope @wemakecc

zoe@wemake.cc