#the future of fashion

So this talk by Neri Oxman  is amazing. The future of design honestly needs to rely on ideas that are innovative, effective, waste diverting and still look interesting. It truly isn’t enough to just create a product for the  appearance . Sustainability must be considered. And maybe being carbon neutral or minimal impact isn’t enough. What can your product do to then HELP the earth in return?

Highlights:

Using chitin to create structures. Diverting potential waste (e.g. crab and shrimp shells) - and using them to create structures that also have bacteria that breaks down carbon dioxide and turn them into sugar. Only issue that she alludes to but doesn’t elaborate on is the water usage.

3D printing is clearly the future

The silk worm experiment. If thousands (probably more) of silk worms don’t need to be boiled in their cocoons & killed each year - wouldn’t that be so much more money effective but also more humane??

Biomimicry and looking back on nature and traditional practices needs to happen more regularly