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Institution: University of the Arts London
Focus Area: Fashion and textiles
Expertise: Applying new circular economycircular economyA systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. It is based on three principles, driven by design: eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials (at their highest value), and regenerate nature. approaches to the design of textiles and applications within the fashion industry.
1. The Textile Futures Research Community research group look at relevant circular economy issues regularly as part of their work. Design for cyclability is a conceptual framework developed by Kate Goldsworthy and forms basis of ongoing research relating to designing closed-loop material systems.
2. Design and Living Systems Lab researches the advantages of biological systems to eliminate waste, better use energy and in synthetic material usage. The Lab explores a new hierarchy within a sliding scale of 'natural nature' and a new 'programmable nature' in the quest for innovative ecological design and fabrication models.
Textiles Futures Research Community and the Design and Living Systems Lab.
Kate Goldsworthy at k.goldsworthy@chelsea.arts.ac.uk
The University of the Arts London is one of the world's most renowned institutions for education in the arts, with strong industry partnerships informing both teaching and research.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. We develop and promote the idea of a circular economy, and work with business, academia, policymakers, and institutions to mobilise systems solutions at scale, globally.
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