Why sustainability departments are old-fashioned
Instead of applying sustainability practices across its entire business, the fashion industry has introduced them in a piecemeal fashion. Now, as we peer over a precipice of radical and unplanned change, it’s worth taking a closer look at this old-fashioned...
The time for slow fashion is now
Now without a doubt, it’s time to stand with slow fashion. Featuring Ghanaian model Napari, shot by a South African team, at Langebaan along the West Coast, this magical shoot celebrates slow fashion and the potential it has to correct our course as clothing...
The beauty of doing good
Beauty is an idea, a feeling, an abstraction that means something different to everyone. It is the subject of an age-old debate. Two weeks ago, South Africa took the conversation into a very specific direction. The purpose of the Design Indaba’s Most Beautiful Object...
The best design mentor in the world is not human
There is only one designer that has mastered the art of sustainability and does so without creating waste. That designer is nature. And, now after making a mess of nature, we are looking to it to help us figure out how to clean up our mess. Leading the discussion on...Advertisement
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