Research Catalog

Title

Scraps : fashion, textiles, and creative reuse / foreword by Caroline Baumann ; by Susan Brown and Matilda McQuaid.

Author

Brown, Susan, 1965-

Publication

• New York, NY : Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Baumann, Caroline
• McQuaid, Matilda
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum, issuing body, host institution.

Description

135 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

The textile and fashion industries produce millions of tons of solid waste every year through the many processes used--from yarn production, weaving, knitting, dyeing and finishing, to apparel construction, quality inspection and unsold goods--generating waste at each step. Typically, this waste is sent to landfills, incinerated or, at best, recycled into low-quality fibers used for industrial applications. 'Scraps', published for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's exhibition of the same name, presents three designers' alternative approaches to the shockingly high human and environmental costs of textile industry waste. Christina Kim, founder of Los Angeles-based brand Dosa; Reiko Sudo, cofounder of Tokyo textile firm Nuno; and Luisa Cevese, founder of Milan-based accessories and home goods company Riedizioni, all share a profound respect for scraps as repositories of raw materials, energy, labor and creativity. Inspired by the long tradition of using handcraft to give new life to scraps and castoffs, each takes an entirely different approach to contending with textile waste, but all agree that there is much to be gained--aesthetically and financially, as well as environmentally and socially--by making recycling an integral part of their design practice. The delicate beauty of the fabrics featured here ensures a seductive visual experience, framing the exploration of sustainable design practices: using materials and resources efficiently, providing meaningful labor, sustaining local craft traditions and exploring new technologies as integral to the recycling process. Each copy of the book is bound in its own unique discarded Indian woodblock-printed textile with foil stamping. Exhibition: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA (23.09.2016-02.05.2017).

Subject

• Kim, Christina, 1957- > Exhibitions
• Sudo, Reiko, 1953- > Exhibitions
• Cevese, Luisa > Exhibitions
• Fashion design > Environmental aspects > Exhibitions
• Sustainable design > Exhibitions
• Waste products > Recycling > Exhibitions

Note

• Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Caroline Baumann -- Introduction / Susan Brown and Matilda McQuaid -- Reconsidering materials. Introduction / Matilda McQuaid ; Lost and found / Reiko Sudo, NUNO (Tokyo, Japan) -- Reimagining industrial waste. Introduction / Susan Brown ; I love waste, working with waste ... / Luisa Cevese, Riedizioni (Milan, Italy) -- Reinvesting in handwork. Introduction / Susan Brown ; The life of jamdani / Christina Kim, dosa (Los Angeles, California, USA).

Call Number

JQD 17-3

ISBN

• 9781942303176
• 1942303173

LCCN

2016016649

OCLC

946579927

Author

Brown, Susan, 1965- author.

Title

Scraps : fashion, textiles, and creative reuse / foreword by Caroline Baumann ; by Susan Brown and Matilda McQuaid.

Publisher

New York, NY : Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Baumann, Caroline, writer of foreword.

McQuaid, Matilda, author.

Cooper-Hewitt Museum, issuing body, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQD 17-3