http://www.supsi.ch/home_en/bachelor-master/fashion-luxury/edition-2014.html

1. Fashion and sustainability
Zoe Romano
@zoescope
Summer School SUPSI
2014

2. SOCIAL
ECONOMICENVIRONMENT
Bearable Equitable
Viable
SUSTAINABLE

3. What’s really changing
• Modularity
• Flexibility
• Open codes
• Fixing
• Remixing (objects)
• Customization
DATA>OBJECTS>DATA
MUCH EASIER:
BOTTOM UP INNOVATION
MUCH OFTEN:

4. 3dprinted Prosthesis and Orthosis

9. Portable ultrasound generator

10. http://www.interactivefabrication.com/
How can we create

13. http://vimeo.com/16708764

14. FACILITIES
Fablabs&Makerspaces: a place to learn and create

15. Is it only a matter of “new”?
NO!
Old approaches
are failing

16. www.opendesignnow.org

17. HORIZONTAL TRAINING
COMMUNITY
OPEN SOURCE
INVENT A JOB
How do we learn and work
TOP- DOWN TRAINING
COMPANY/SCHOOL
PROPRIETARY
FIND A JOB

18. Communities
CoderDesignerMaker
PassionReputation
Need

19. Ravelry
A community to share e database knitting and crochet codes

21. Communities
CoderDesignerMaker
META
Products
Licenses
PassionReputation
Need

23. Communities
CoderDesignerMaker
META
Products
Licenses
Prosumer
FACILITIES
Local Hub
Makerspace
FabLab
PassionReputation
Need

24. Sewing Cafès
TechShop
Makerspaces
A Makerspace with a social purpose

25. Communities
CoderDesignerMaker
META
Products
Licenses
Prosumer
FACILITIES
Local Hub
Makerspace
FabLab
SERVICES
E-comm
3D printingLasercut
Textile Print
Prosumer
PassionReputation
Need

26. iMaterialize
3d printing Service - based in Europe

29. Communities
CoderDesignerMaker
META
Products
Licenses
Flexibility AccessibilityExploration
Prosumer
FACILITIES
Local Hub
Makerspace
FabLab
SERVICES
E-comm
3D printingLasercut
Textile Print
Prosumer
ENABLERS
Kits
Platforms
Machines&
Components
Prosumer
PassionReputation
Need

30. Valentina
Opensource parametric software

31. OpenFitLab
From scanning to trousers

32. OpenKnit
Opensource knitting machine

33. • 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

34. With the support of IAAC and Institute of
Culture of Barcelona
Zapatos para ensamblar
Fablab Barcelona

35. Lasso

36. EUGENIA MORPURGO

37. Shoe production lines from factory floors to the streets

40. Jake Bronstein
Felpa garantita 10 anni a 89 dollari

41. Jake Bronstein
Denim 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

42. • 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

43. Being a designer in 2025
ARTIST DESIGNER |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| DESIGNER ENABLER
Aura/Products
The absence of scarcity has resulted in a society wherein
commodities and even celebrities are branded
Social Impact/Processes
a new generation designing mechanism/interfaces/
platforms
REPUTATIONPackaging
Communication
Distribution
Storytelling
Simplyfing processes
Accessibility
Listen to local
and specific needsNEW MEDIATORS
Online
Communities
Offline
Communities
$ Physical
products
$ Workshop
Design ThinkingINFORMAL TRAINING

44. 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 ROMANO
twitter: @zoescope
@wemakecc
zoe@wemake.cc