sustainability in fashion with technology

What is it about?

Currently, ecological values and technological changes in the fashion industry seem to follow two key trends. Scaturro [(2008). Eco-tech fashion: Rationalizing technology in sustainable fashion. Fashion Theory, 12(4), 469–488] suggested the eco-tech concept, which consists of ecological practices through alternative technological mediations. Based on this concept, this project aimed to develop creative and unconventional upcycled ready-to-wear fashion as a material manifestation and to promote the upcycling process with 3D moving images to potential consumers as a digital category. Another goal was to evaluate the efficacy of industry-driven, interdisciplinary collaborations using a problem-based learning (PBL) approach. Integrated PBL and the closed-loop or reiterative PBL of Barrows’s taxonomy [(1986). A taxonomy of problem- based learning methods. Medical Education, 20(6), 481–486] were adopted for this course. Next, six hierarchical steps were devised to showcase the integrated PBL models.

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Why is it important?

To develop creative and unconventional upcycled ready-to-wear fashion as a material manifestation and to promote the upcycling process with 3D moving images to potential consumers as a digital category. To evaluate the efficacy of industry-driven, interdisciplinary collaborations using a problem-based learning (PBL) approach.

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