Time to Think
Research has known for a while that when someone in your presence is trying to think, much of what you are hearing and seeing is your effect on them. That is also the case for boards. Because: under the right conditions and circumstances, people will – invariably – think for themselves. Just: is that desired?
Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change. Kate Fletcher & Lynda Grose
'Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change' is a worthy successor to Kate Fletcher's first book. Not only does it document the state-of-the-art as we encounter it in the present, but for the first time designers have both: a hands on manual of how they can hands-on change their practise, and what new concepts and technologies will be at their disposal in the near to mid-term future.
'Africa' & 'Fashion' in one sentence, usually evokes the picture of the cliché matron wearing an attire in recognisable prints. To prove that these may indeed just be nothing but clichés, and that there is much much more to African Fashion, is this book's mission