Fashion Hacktivism for a ‘Responsive Design Practice'

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[ Session Name ] Fashion Hacktivism for a ‘Responsive Design Practice'
[ Primary Space ] Digital Inclusion
[ Secondary Space ] Open Innovation

[ Submitter's Name ] Juliane Kahl

[ Submitter's Github ] @JulianeKahl

[ Additional facilitators ] Kristina Thiele

What will happen in your session?

The Fashion Industry is the 2nd most polluting industry in the world, which exploits its workforce on a massive scale. The biggest challenges within Fashion in developing countries are inputs for manufacturing such as zippers. This session challenges the issue of the zipper by experimenting and customising. Participants will get the opportunity to create prototypes that are innovative, tech-related, extraordinary or just geeky and fun.
They will leave the session with a self-made object, f.e. a sewn bag with a closure system, which could be a 3D print on the fabric.
Participants will be involved in a disruptive and participatory design process within Fashion. It will be demonstrated, that such an approach can be applied to many different areas.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

Throughout this session, Fashion is an example of an empowering and sustainable disruptive design practice, which can facilitate change in emerging countries through applying a lean method.

This challenge has been addressed at the first Fashion Hackathon in East Africa, in December 2016, as part of a postgraduate research project at London College of Fashion.

This event turned out to be a very efficient and productive participatory design process.

By taking part in this Fashion Hackathon in Addis Ababa, the participants felt liberated of any design rules and norms.

Their 'responsive, frugal innovation design approach' was supported by Open Source knowledge. Their mind-set became unlimited on how to come up with possible solutions for any pressing problem and issue.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

3D printer

Laser cutter

Fabrics

Materials

Cardboard

Sewing Machine

Time needed

All weekend, as an installation, exhibit or drop-in session

[EPIKhub]

@JulianeKahl Interesting session this sounds like fun. Declairing our interest in perhaps hosting this if neither of the other space can schedule it, this as our youth are showing an interest in wanting to engage with this session. Just to double check, is your request for travel and accomodation costs to be covered dependent on you being able to come to the festival? Could your co- facilitator be a young person aged 17 or younger?

[JulianeKahl]

@EPIKhub It would help to get the travel expenses and accommodation expenses covered as facilitating Fashion Hackathons is not a hobby...
And yes, a co- facilitator could be a young person aged 17 or younger.
I am planning to co- facilitate this event with Kristina Thiele (who is based in London and doesn't need travel and accommodation costs covered) as it is always good to have an extra pair of hands on theses events. But any additional support is welcomed :)

[EPIKhub]

@JulianeKahl I had a chat with @msaunby, consensus is your session would best fit in the youth zone - email will be sent by msaunby to clarify his suggestion.

[msaunby]

@EPIKhub I've removed Open Innovation (hope they don't mind) Can you please add one of your Youth Zone labels.

[kenyatta1]

This proposal has progressed to our next phase of deliberation! We will be following up shortly.

[sedgwickkm]

@hannahkane I can see this one working as a drop-in all weekend. (Perhaps with a scheduled session early on to kick things off.)