Danny Chambers is a designer based in Pittsburgh USA, he helps build brands to develop both graphics (education) and products (tools) in consideration of their impact on social-environmental justice.
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01994-NOW, design for the day
Danny is a designer
...................observing thoughts as they come by.
...................documenting daily actions in consideration of large problems.
...................building hard & soft objects from new reused & cultivated materials.
...................happy to be here, thanks mom and dad.
Born on Wyandotte Land, rural northwest Ohio. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati DAAP with a degree in Industrial Design. Danny’s work focuses on embracing the nature of both. He holds an approach to design that values both observed thought and documented action. Danny finds joy in nature, connecting to people and rhythm.
Danny can be contacted at Danny@dannychambers.net
Supervising production of 70,000 face shields in Pittsburgh with Day Owl, R.K. Mellon Foundation and University of Pittsburgh.
Building A Common Label with Alicia Minnaard, Louisa Stickelbruck and Dave Hakkens, an open platform for sharing methods and machines to act on textile waste.
Operating Almanac and Alm Projects with James Gall, a cooperative outfitter and consulting firm that encourages conscious creation and consumption.
SPRG with Ryan Lynch and Tyler Banyay.
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Almanac llc | Portland, Oregon. 2015+
A design and object Co-Op with James Gall. We supply and improve pragmatic objects.
Nike inc | Portland, Oregon. 2018 - 2019
Materials and Graphics for the 2020 Olympics. Material design for Nike Basketball with a focus on work for Lebron James.
10,754 miles | Ohio -> Alaska -> Ohio. 2017
A journey across North America and back with James Gall, Paul Dufour, and Wyeth A-M.
Pininfarina Mahindra ltd | Miami, Florida. 2016
Design contract focused on product strategy for Cisco Systems in addition to leading textile and fashion consulting.
Brooks Running Berkshire Hathaway inc. | Seattle, Washington. 2015
Lead designer of two collaborative projects focusing on identifying and serving new consumers as well as developing new biomechanical tracking methods to improve runner analysis.
AND1 Basketball Sequential Brands inc | New York, New York. 2014
Designer I role included performance footwear design, line strategy, color direction, material direction, production specifications, and factory collaboration.
Wilson Associates Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design Co., Ltd | New York, New York. 2014
Hospitality architecture and interior design services for clientele including Ritz-Carlton, Fairmont Resorts, and Hilton.
Marc Jacobs intl | New York, New York. 2014
Collection design intern responsible for technical CAD drawings and developing inspiration boards.
New Balance athletics inc | Boston, Massachusetts. 2013
Lifestyle footwear design internship. Work included design, specification and color of the flagship 574 shoe sold in 2014.
e d u c a t i o n
University of Cincinnati: Design Architecture Art Planning
Cincinnati, Ohio
Industrial Design, Class of 2017. Cum Laude.
Hong Kong Polytechnic
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Institute of Textiles and Clothing
2015 Visiting Student Grant
Heidelberg University
Tiffin, Ohio
Post Secondary Liberal Arts Education
s k i l l s e t
Analog
Sketching, Design Strategy, Consumer Analysis, Brand Development, Trend Forecasting, Rendering, Knitting, Weaving, Sewing, Pattern Development, Woodwork, Screen Printing, Cut and Stick Collage.
Digital
Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, Vray, Solidworks, Microsoft Office, Keynote, Digital Collage.
i n v o l m e n t
Member Precious Plastics v4 / Textiles Project
Participant 2019 MIT Solve Collaborative Circular Economy Challenge
Founding Member Nike Blue Ribbon Studio Sustainability Club
Member Run Trill™ running crew, $140,000+ raised for cancer research
Founding Member Design in Mind, volunteering organization founded by Wyeth A-M
Selected DAAPcares social design showcase 2017
Builder 2012 Rural El Salvador wheelchair fitting volunteer
r e c o g n i t i o n
Novelty Award Nike + MIT Materials Matter contest 2016
Finalist Pensole World Sneaker Championship 2014
First Place Le Coq Sportif Footwear Competition 2013
First Place Boston Boot Company Identity competition 2013
First Place Red Bull Rubber & Sole Competition 2012
Valedictorian Calvert High School Class of 2012
Brand Director at Day Owl A bag brand that is regenerative from the ground up.
Fixing Fashion with Alicia Minnaard, James Gall & Dave Hakkens, an open platform for sharing methods and machines to improve our relationship with clothes.
Almanac Ø with James Gall, a cooperative effort that explores different ways of regenerating objects.
SPRG with Ryan Lynch & Tyler Banyay.
MIMAL with Bryce Wong
Tricycle with James Gall & Bryce Wong
Merchandizing Strategy Director at Day Owl A bag brand that is regenerative from the ground up.
Supervising production of 70,000 face shields in Pittsburgh with Day Owl, R.K. Mellon Foundation and University of Pittsburgh.
In Ghana participating in Absurdly Excessive: Fashion Fieldwork with the OR Foundation.
Living and Working in the Netherlands with the Precious Plastic V4 team, working on a project to address textile waste with Alicia Minnaard and Louisa Stickelbruck.
On the Haute Route in the Alps.
Living in Portland Oregon
Designing shoes and telling stories for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at Nike.
Designing shoes and telling stories for Nike Training.
Making art and running Hood to Coast with RunTrill™
Writing WWWo-What's Worth Working on with Ryan Lynch.
Developing sustainable footwear construction methods for Nike.
Designing shoes and creating materials for Nike Basketball.
Driving from Ohio to Alaska and Back, with a quick trip to Herzogenaurach somewhere within.
Living in Cincinnati Ohio
Studying Industrial Design at University of Cincinnati, DAAP
Creating Almanac Ø with James Gall and Bryce Wong
Visiting fashion student at Hong Kong Polytechnic
Interning at New Balance
Living in Tiffin Ohio
01994-now, design for the day
Dannÿ is a designer
observing thoughts as they come by.
documenting smaller actions in consideration of larger problems.
circulating capital to all labor involved in creating value.
working with hard & soft objects from regenerated materials.
happy to be here, thanks mom and dad.
Born on the Wyandotte's Land, rural northwest Ohio near the town of Tiffin. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati DAAP with a degree in Industrial Design. Dannÿ’s work focuses on embracing the nature of the word both. His influence is found at the intersection of false opposites found throughout the planet, from backpacking the Philmont Scout Ranch to exploring local markets in Hong Kong. He holds an approach to design that values observed thought and documented actions. Dannÿ enjoys being of nature, getting to know people and dancing.
Dannÿ can be contacted at Danny@dannychambers.net
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Day Owl llc | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 02020-NOW
Brand director for a regenerative bag company.
Almanac Ø llc | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 02015-NOW
A local design and object Co-Op with James Gall and Friends. We supply and improve pragmatic objects.
Fixing Fashion llc | Eindhoven, Netherlands. 02019-NOW
Developing open sourced methods and tools to fight textile pollution from the bottom up.
Nike inc | Portland, Oregon. 02018 - 02019
Materials and Graphics for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Material design for Nike Basketball with a focus on work for Ohio's own Lebron James.
Alaska Trip | 10,754 miles. Ohio -> Alaska -> Ohio. 02017
A journey across North America and back with James Gall, Paul Dufour, and Wyeth A-M.
Pininfarina Mahindra ltd | Miami, Florida. 02016
Design contract focused on product strategy for Cisco Systems in addition to leading textile and fashion consulting.
Brooks Running Berkshire Hathaway inc. | Seattle, Washington. 02015
Lead designer on two collaborative projects focused on identifying and serving new consumers as well as developing new biomechanical tracking methods to improve runner analysis.
AND1 Basketball Sequential Brands inc | New York, New York. 02014
Design on a small team developing footwear design, line strategy, color direction, material direction, production specifications, and factory visits.
Wilson Associates Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural Design Co., Ltd | New York, New York. 02014
Hospitality architecture and interior design consulting services for clients including Ritz-Carlton, Fairmont Resorts, and Hilton.
Marc Jacobs intl | New York, New York. 02014
Collection design intern responsible for technical CAD drawings and developing inspiration boards.
New Balance athletics inc | Boston, Massachusetts. 02013
Lifestyle footwear design internship. Work including design, specification and color of the Pennant 574 shoe sold in 02014.
e d u c a t i o n
University of Cincinnati: Design Architecture Art Planning
Cincinnati, Ohio
Industrial Design, Class of 02017. Cum Laude.
Hong Kong Polytechnic
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Institute of Textiles and Clothing
02015 Visiting Student Grant
Heidelberg University
Tiffin, Ohio
Liberal Arts Education in High School
Calvert High School
Tiffin, Ohio
Roman Catholic High School Education
s k i l l s e t
Analog
Sketching, Design Strategy, Consumer Analysis, Brand Development, Trend Forecasting, Rendering, Knitting, Weaving, Sewing, Pattern Development, Woodwork, Screen Printing, Cut and Stick Collage.
Digital
Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, Vray, Solidworks, Microsoft Office, Keynote, Digital Collage.
i n v o l v e m e n t
Member Precious Plastic v4 / Project Common Label
Exhibitor Dutch Design Week, The New Order of Fashion 02019 "The End is Near"
Participant 02019 MIT Solve Collaborative Circular Economy Challenge
Founding Member Nike Blue Ribbon Studio Sustainability Club
Member Run Trill™ running crew, $140,000+ raised for cancer research
Founding Member Design in Mind, volunteer organization founded by Wyeth A-M
Selected DAAPcares social design showcase 02017, Boro Label
Builder 02012 Rural El Salvador wheelchair seat builder
Introduction
Almanac is a conceptual outdoor footwear brand created over the course of three years between 2015-2017 by designers Danny Chambers, James Gall and Bryce Wong. The Almanac project culminated in an installation at DAAPworks 2017. Almanac consists of four key components: brand identity, climates, periodicals and products.
Brand Identity
The brand Almanac can most easily be summed up by the mantra “Humans / Environments / Objects”. When developing the concept, we took great care to shape the brand first through conversation and written beliefs over visuals. Almanac is the product a collective conscious, a organization founded on the principles of understanding humans, studying various environments and in turn creating object solutions as a result.
Humans / Environments / Objects
Climates
Almanac produces products for the tropical, subtropical, temperate, boreal and arctic climates. Most importantly, these climates serve as the backbone of each collection of products, taking the place of the traditional fall / winter and spring / summer organization. Together, the Almanac visits a selected climate each season to gain first hand knowledge of the conditions that inhabitants face in each area, informing the design decisions of each climate collection.
Periodicals
Periodicals are a reaction to the fundamental shift market has undergone in the past ten years. Periodicals represent the Almanac brand across a wide variety of mediums and frequencies through one cohesive system of publishing. The Almanac periodicals consist of the daily, weekly, monthly and biannual and annual editions. Each of these editions serve a specific function based on its medium and publishing frequency.
Products
The products designed for sale by Almanac are at the core of the brand. To illustrate the breadth of each climate collection for the DAAPworks installation, the Almanac team designed three flagship footwear silhouettes to showcase the Subtropical, Temperate and Boreal climates. The result of this process yielded the Sift mule, Concrete Sneaker and Taiga boot.
Boro is a dynamic clothing label that distills industry data into actionable information for consumers. The concept was recognized with the novelty award in the Nike + MIT Materials Matter Competition. View the submission.
The apparel we purchase is informed and motivated by emotional and quantitative reactions (Fig. 2). We look to price, composition, brand and design to guide us as we make a decision, but what if a new, additional piece of criteria was available? One that evokes both an emotional response and registers on a concise numerical scale, a new reason to buy or not to buy. Boro is that new criteria, a smart and open system that takes existing data within the apparel industry and distills it into actionable results for consumers.
Boro is a dynamic label system that is designed to educate consumers at the point of sale (Fig. 1). Boro helps consumers make informed purchases regarding a product’s social and ecological sustainability. Relative to other labels, Boro is unique in it’s approach to deliver a dynamic live score for a product based on live data and constantly evolving standards. Moreover, Boro extends past the time of purchase and guides consumers through the rest of the product life cycle to a renewed resource.
The name Boro draws from the Japanese method of mending clothes dating back to the 17th century. Born from the utility of the poor working class of the period, the boro method was inspired by the mottainai philosophy: “a feeling of regret or sorrow when something is wasted”. Today, with the wide range of global issues facing our society and environment, the spirit of mottainai is as important as it has ever been.
The boro method is characterized by the laboriously patching together of small or torn pieces of fabric. Individually, these pieces are no more than rags, but when sewn together they create beautifully functional garments. At its core, Boro seeks to patch together data and design to develop a shared understanding of materials and their impact on earth, both socially and environmentally.
What actions do you propose?
-The Boro group proposes the following actions to bring the system to realization:
-Partnership with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition
-Creation of The Boro Count: a consumer facing Higg Index
-Design of Boro tag standard with SAC member input
-Creation of the Boro mobile app
-Creation of the Boro online plugin
-SAC member Promotion and Implementation
-Expansion beyond the SAC members into Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Partnership with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition
The implementation of the Boro system relies considerably upon the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and its member companies. Founded in 2009 by unlikely partners Walmart and Patagonia, the SAC has grown to be the world's leading body for the realization of ecological and social sustainability in the apparel and textiles industry.
Creation of The Boro Count: a consumer facing Higg Index
Rather than implementing an entirely new backend for data collection, Boro seeks to populate a score for apparel based on data that is already being recorded by companies and facilities through the creation of the Boro Count (Fig. 3). Along with the immense influence of its conglomerate of members, the SAC has developed data driven tools to educate its member companies and partner facilities. These tools, the brand practices module, the partner facilities practices module, the materials sustainability index developed by Nike and the individual product footprint tool (expected 2017) combine to make up the Higg Index.
Already, Nike has begun to add elements to the Higg Index that are more consumer friendly. In 2013 with the help of B&W Environmental and the Royal College of Art, Nike released the Materials Sustainability Index and accompanying Makers App, a guide created for design professionals to make more informed material decisions. Boro builds off this momentum by employing successful scoring methods used in the Higg Index, while expanding the impact of these databases.
Boro employs the same peer-to-peer benchmark architecture found in the Higg index and Making App. Just as materials found in the app are scored against other materials and brands evaluate their practices against the aggregate of Higg data, Boro scores products against similar products. The continuity found in widespread use of Higg data collection fields allows Boro to quickly identify anomalies and discrepancies during the validation process. Furthermore, Boro will utilize international trade invoice regulations already in place to cross-reference Higg index entries. This market based approach allows Boro to constantly evolve sustainability standards while sharing the goal with the Higg index to go beyond compliance to inform national and international regulations in the future.
Though having these congruences, the scope of Boro does deviate from the Higg index modules and MSI. These existing tools serve only as backend clients that are used internally in the industry and encompass the cradle-to-gate life span of a product. While the Higg index captures data from raw materials to construction, the analysis ends when a product leaves the factory to be shipped for sale. Boro takes this cradle-to-gate data from the Higg index and delivers it to consumers in order to influence the rest of the product lifespan. Boro engages the consumer as an agent of change, beginning with education at the point of purchase and providing them with guidance to be a conscientious owner throughout the rest of the product life span.
Design of Boro tag standard with SAC member input
The Boro team will seek to attend meetings with the SAC to create a tangible label system. This systems includes informative hangtags and permanent cloth tags found inside each participating product. The design of each will contain a dynamic element along with a static score (Fig. 4). The key to the success of the Boro tag is its ability to function at varying levels of a consumer's access to technology. The tag is designed to work with three tiers of technological augmentation: none, limited, and full.
At its most basic, the Boro hangtag looks and works as a static hangtag that informs consumers sustainability without the need for any outside technology. Printed on the tag is the Boro score along with a brief description of the Boro initiative and ways the consumer can be a steward of sustainability. While the value of most hangtags are limited to this printed information, Boro goes beyond to establish a new depth of information. Each Boro tag features a unique stitch code, a matrix of stitch lines that specifically identify the product. With varying degrees of technology found around the world, users can scan the tags with the Boro app or send a picture of the tag to Boro with an SMS message. Boro then identifies the individual product and is able to deliver a deeper analysis to the consumer.
Creation of the Boro mobile app
The Boro app, a key tool within the Boro system, is accessible through the app store and Boro mobile site (Fig. 5). The lightweight app is designed to be a simple tool for frequent short uses that deliver concise product information in a straightforward manner. Upon scanning a stitch code with the app, users have access to five key areas of information: social impact, environmental impact, product journey map, about Boro and your role. Because this information is fed from the Higg index, it is constantly evolving in real time.
Creation of the Boro online plugin
Online purchases are becoming an increasingly significant retail outlet. Intriguingly, online retail also plays a crucial role in brick and mortar purchases. A report by Forrester Research has forecasted that web-influenced offline sales will account for 66% of purchases by the end of 2016. This figure added to the already 20% of direct online sales means a staggering 86% of clothing sales are influenced by the web. Boro seeks to utilize networked purchases by creating a Boro browser widget that integrates into participating Boro online stores. The Boro browser plugin mirrors the experience of the Boro app, without the additional step of scanning the stitch code (Fig. 6). Between the Boro app and online plugin, consumers will have access to the Boro database wherever they may find themselves shopping for products.
SAC member promotion and implementation
Through SAC member participation, the Boro label system has the opportunity to immediately make a difference in consumer behavior. The clothing industry has rarely acted with the near-universal agreement displayed in the formation of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. With the SAC using its collective power to set new standards within the industry, the next step is taking this message of sustainable apparel production and making it more easily accessible to the consumer (Fig. 7). Boro seeks to partner with large retailers to promote the implementation and adoption of Boro in the market.
Expansion beyond the SAC members into small to medium enterprises (SMEs)
To truly make an impact beyond the world largest markets and engage developing nations around the globe, the Boro label system is built to expand beyond the SAC roster into local and regional enterprises. Through collaborations with the United Nations, the Boro group will work to identify rising markets and work with both local apparel producers and retailers to implement the label system. The group will also seek to share the knowledge gained from implementing the dynamic elements of the Boro apparel system with the automotive industry and other commercial markets to bring the general Boro system architecture to industries with a large stake in material production.
Who will take these actions?
The Boro Group is a proposed Non-profit governing body of the Boro label system and a subsidiary of the SAC. The Boro group will be tasked with maintaining strong relationships with the SAC and other entities key to the global implementation of the Boro system.
The Sustainable Apparel Coalition is a non-profit coalition started by Patagonia and Walmart to promote growth of sustainable practice in the apparel industry. As the proposed primary partner for the Boro label, SAC provides access to member companies and the Higgs index, an aggregated data set developed by Schneider Electric that allows companies to benchmark their practices in sustainability.
Nike is a global sportswear company and industry leader in sustainable practices, Nike has demonstrated their commitment to a sustainable future outside of brand marketing through the creation of the MAKING app and sponsorship of the Materials Matter competition. With its advanced supply chain management and the creation of the MSI with B+W Environmental, Nike is uniquely and singularly equipped to pilot the Boro system.
MIT Materials Systems Laboratory is key to including supply chain studies in the Boro Count. The MSL would serve as a key entity in implementing a similar system to Boro in the automotive industry.
The United Nations followed up the Millennium Development Goals with the 2030 Agenda in September 2015. Goal number 12 on that list reads: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. Supplemented under this goal are points 12.6: Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle and 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature. As these statements make clear, there is a definite opportunity for Boro to work in accordance with the UN to help reach these goals.
Where will these actions be taken?
Underdeveloped Nations often only deal with the beginning and end of a product life cycle. These populations contribute to the harvesting and processing of raw material followed by constructing the products in factories to be shipped to developed nations. Often these nations do not see the products until they come back used or as waste. By educating consumers on the social and environmental factors that define products, the Boro system increases demand for ethically produced garments while reducing the acceptance of unethical sourcing. This will lead to sustainable economies in the future where a factory seamstress can afford to purchase the jacket they are constructing.
Developing Nations offer the unique opportunity of a burgeoning consumer culture. It is crucial that sustainable solutions like Boro are available to these markets to ensure their economies are built on a sustainable social, economic, and environmental foundation. This early stage sustainability will eliminate the need for these nations to shift their consumption habits in the manner that developed nations are being forced to do today.
Developed Nations offer the opportunity of massive, connected markets essential to the goals of the Boro system. Unfortunately, these developed nations’ pervasive consumer culture is largely uneducated in regards to material use and its effects on the environment and other countries. By meeting people where they shop naturally, at the store, on their phones, and in web shops, Boro seeks to educate and correct the lack of materials knowledge in the apparel sector.
What are other key benefits?
Creation of a consumer facing materials sustainability index
Engaged and educated materials consumption
Increase in demand for sustainable fabrics and production methods
Decrease in demand for unsustainable fabrics and production methods
Promote brand transparency and consumer engagement
What are the proposal’s costs?
Boro / Higg implementation: $40,000
Boro App: $50,000
Ecommerce Javascript Plugin: $5,000
Boro Launch Marketing: $15,000
Considerations:
The Boro Brand: It is essential that the public views Boro as a trusted mark that represents education and transparency. Other label systems sell their brand badge in association with products and this co-branding practice often leads to puzzled consumers. Establishing Boro as a rating system, not a seal of approval is crucial. The Boro group believes that standards of sustainability should always be evolving; the sustainability standard for a shirt in 2026 will not be the same as the sustainability standard for that shirt in 2016.
Distance Between Boro and Participating Companies: Because Boro seeks to implement a self regulating dynamic standard for best practices, it does not involve national or international regulation. Rather than forcing companies to share data, Boro seeks to make this process voluntary and beneficial to participating brands. Because of this policy, Boro is in a position where maintaining third party status apart from the products and companies it is scoring is imperative. This separation exists through the proposed partnership with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, which will act as the mediator between participating companies and the Boro system (Fig. 8).
Data Ownership: The concern of data ownership builds off the issue of establishing distance between Boro and participating brands. Companies submit production data to the system and should be given consumer behavior data as a result. Data from the Boro app will be aggregated for all brands and delivered to the SAC to share with member companies. All data from the ecommerce plugin will be given directly to the brand and forwarded to Boro as well.
Time line
Short Term Actions:
Month One: Meet with the SAC to present the Boro concept and discuss its joint implementation with the SAC. Brainstorm new approaches to the Boro system with input from SAC leadership.
Month Three: Present Boro prototypes and research proposal to SAC member to gauge interest and refine design direction.
Month Six: Seek entry into the Second Muse Launch Incubator to connect with developers and statisticians to bring the project to fruition.
End of Year One: Working math behind the Boro count and pilot programs for the web app completed with early adopter companies and consumers. User centered design for the Boro app begins.
End of Year Two: Finish the second phase of the web plugin. App pilot program for early adopter companies and consumers begins.
Medium Term Actions: Boro is a tool help bridge the gaps that will inevitably develop between the linear economy of today and the circular economy of tomorrow. For 2016, Boro is focused on simultaneously educating consumers about issues within our current system while encouraging innovation toward the future. As the consumer population becomes engaged with the origin narrative of their products, Boro will seek to build off this awareness and inspire consumers to return products back into usable resources.
Long Term Actions: The long term goals of Boro are twofold. The first goal is to become a ubiquitous piece of criteria when shopping for apparel. The second long term goal is to implement and spread knowledge of future standards. As humans continue to explore new applications for connected data, rethinking education will increase in importance. Boro, along with already successful label systems, is about educating consumers. This pursuit is perpetual, and in 50 years the best solution to reaching the consumer base may very well be indistinguishable from this 2016 vision (Fig. 9).
Related proposals
Good Guide is a sustainable label system owned by the Underwriters Laboratory focused on rating consumer goods in the household space. Good Guide allows brands to pay for advertisement and promotion on their services (this payment does not influence the rating of a product).
Nike Making App was developed by Nike with help from B&W Environmental and the Centre for Sustainable Fashion as tool for designers. Just as the Higg index was created as a tool for producers in the industry and Nike led the Making app as a tool for creators, Boro seeks to become the tool to educate consumers globally.
Rapanui is a sustainably oriented brand that has developed its own product tracking and eco label system. While the Rapanui system is well considered, the label exists solely as a standard for Rapanui products.
MAKERS Eco Tag by zlock19 is a proposal for a static printed tag with an app to give financial incentives and keep track of user’s purchases.
References
Sustainable Apparel Coalition- http://apparelcoalition.org/
Nike MSI- http://msi.apparelcoalition.org
Forrester Online Retail Study- http://www.forrester.com
GoodGuide- http://www.goodguide.com/
UN 2030 Agenda- https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
Ellen MacArthur Foundation https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
Schneider Electric - http://www.schneider-electric.com
Browns and Wilmanns Environmental- http://bw-environmental.com/
Boro Concept Window taken from Nike Selfridges Display
Heather Grey Method.
Heather Grey Method is a textile research project aimed at illustrating the compatibility of the creative process and scientific method. The project follows the creation of a knit garment, a procedure that requires both design and engineering.
Logging each swatch.
At the outset of the Heather Grey project exists the scientific method with specific attention given to empirical observation. Grey Method is made of 30 unique knit structures ranging from fundamental jerseys to more complex needle transfer methods. Each knit swatch was numbered and documented to record the construction process for future replication.
Designing the garment.
Upon logging and organizing the knit structures, the project shifted into a creative space with the advent of a design problem; How to create a single garment with 30+ knit swatches? Inspiration came in the form a whimsical sketch and the Japansese Boro method. Each swatch was sewn by hand into a patchwork sweater showcasing all of the knit structures.
Utilizing second hand materials and reconstruction.
Second Hand utilizes found and discarded items to return purpose. Created in collaboration with Shelby Wauligman, the project includes a chore jacket built from a discarded moving blanket and a pair of knit tabi clogs made with second hand yarn and Nike Air Rift sneakers.
Prologue: Experiments in Amended Gyotaku
Prologue is an experimental apparel design project created in the Spring of 2015 with the help of Shelby Wauligman and Pat Dierker. Prologue is centered around the pursuit of finding harmony between analog and digital. To illustrate the intention, the project employs the Japanese art of Gyotaku fish printing and photo manipulation.
The resulting catalog.
Each piece in Prologue utilizes a combination of Bemis bonding technologies, direct-to-garment printing and laser cutting to add further contrast against the analog origin of the prints. The resulting capsule is a collection of five short-sleeve shirts and one long-sleeve shirt with a triangular gap located on the small of the back.
a.000-01-001
direct to garment shirt
white/multi
b.000-02-001
bonded taper sleeve
black/void
w/000-01-005
c.000-01-002
bonded fabric shirt
midnight/white
d.000-01-003
direct to garment shirt
slate/midnight
e.000-01-004
laser-cut film shirt
scarlet/reflective
Tan Trousers
Completed at Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute of Textiles and Clothing, this pair of tan tousers included four rounds of prototypes and pattern revisions. The trousers are hand patterned and sewn in 10 oz. cotton canvas sourced from the Chow Street Hawkers Bazaar.
An index of books that have influenced me over the years.
Chronological. Recent at the top. 01994-NOW
Home Economics Wendell Berry
Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand
This Could Be Our Future Yancey Strickler
Dune Frank Herbert
Ishmael Daniel Quinn
Myths to Live By Joseph Campbell
The Politics of Design Mark Patel
Exhalation: Stories Ted Chiang
The Whole Earth Catalog Stuart Brand and Company
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
Be Here Now Ram Dass
Bluets Maggie Nelson
Conscious Annaka Harris
The Uninhabitable Earth David Wallace-Wells
The One-Straw Revolution Masanobu Fukuoka
The Responsible Company Yvon Chouinard & Vincent Stanley
Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher
Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson
Emotionally Durable Design Jonathan Chapman
Man's Search for Meaning Viktor E. Frankl
Existentialism is a Humanism Jean-Paul Sartre
The Stranger Albert Camus
Let my people go surfing Yvon Chouinard
Stories of Your Life and Others Ted Chiang
Sapiens Noel Yuval Harari
The Innovators Walter Isaacson
Dandelion Wine Ray Bradbury
A Song of Ice and Fire George R. R. Martin
The Century Trilogy Ken Follet
Kingsbridge Series Ken Follet
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
Bud not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis
The Boy Scout Handbook Boy Scouts of America
Frindle Andrew Clements
An index of links that have influenced me over the years.
Listed in random order. 01994-NOW
Letter to a friend Advice from Hunter S. Thompson
New Models Pro-complexity news aggregator
Are.na Visual organization and research tool
Open Science Open science is the movement to make scientific research and dissemination accessible to all
The Tao Te Ching Online english interpolation of the Tao Te Ching
Encyclopedia of LifeGlobal access to knowledge about life on Earth
Open Systems Lab Lab working to transform industry and society, for everyone
Subpixel Space The writing of Toby Shorin
Ribbon Farm Ongoing exploration of new perspectives for familiar things
Metaphors we believe by summary of seven metaphors to help understand our times
Long Now Foundation fostering long-term thinking and responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years
BSA Co-op Dualpower Map live map of worker owned co-ops throughout the United States
Gaia Hypothesis A case for living a bit less anthropocentric