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Rethread Africa turns farm waste into future-fit fabrics

Some deep breaths you take change you forever. For Charles Oyamo it was inhaling the scent of fertile soil from the lands his parents worked in the villages of Migori County in South West Kenya. “People mostly plant sugar cane...

July 4, 2023

Designer dresses up a jet plane in recycled G-Star RAW denim

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Designer dresses up a jet plane in recycled G-Star RAW denim

One of the 21st century’s most important designers, Maarten Baas, has clad a private jet in recycled G-Star RAW jeans linking hyper-consumption with the super-wealthy. For the exhibition More or Less at Milan Design Week, the designer created an opportunity...

July 3, 2023

Transforming discarded flip-flop waste into sculptures

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Transforming discarded flip-flop waste into sculptures

On Kenyan coastal beaches, flip-flop sandals are discarded in the sand, rocks or water. The washed-up plastics threatening the beaches are now being upcycled and transformed into unique sculptures and colourful toys.

May 30, 2023

Refashion Plastic design exchange seeds ideas for fixing the future

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Refashion Plastic design exchange seeds ideas for fixing the future

Faced with the complex environmental and social problems created by plastic, a group of creative thinkers, conservationists and artists gathered for a workshop in a Langa studio on a cold winter’s Saturday morning. The group was tasked with creating functional...

May 18, 2023

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A beginners guide to mending resources

By mending and repairing your clothing, you are making sure that you can wear it for longer, which means you are slowing down how much you consume and making sure that less goes to waste. There are two common types...

April 28, 2023

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Social impact CMT Tweak Fashion uses textile waste to create sustainable livelihoods

Struck by the heaps of textile waste produced by our fashion industry and the social injustice that leaves many women unemployed Justine Engelbrecht, found a solution by combining fashion with social impact. Situated in East Rand, Johannesburg, Tweak Fashion is...

April 12, 2023

How a local Facebook group became a global network for clothing upcycling

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How a local Facebook group became a global network for clothing upcycling

Healing the fashion system, and our relationships with clothing, is often rooted in a strong sense of community. For many, Facebook groups are an accessible way to seek out like-minded slow living enthusiasts. The Up-Cycled Cloth Collective is a good...

March 28, 2023

Township studio Patch and Stitch makes mending matter

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Township studio Patch and Stitch makes mending matter

Tucked away on a quiet street in the heart of Daveyton township on the east of Johannesburg, you’ll find Patch and Stitch. Collen Shoko and Lesego Masilela opened the doors to their alterations and repair studio a year ago. They...

March 9, 2023

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Nigerian designer Adejoke Lasisi is turning plastic water sachets into high fashion

At only nine years old, Adejoke Lasisi began learning to weave aso-oke under the watchful eyes of her mother. It would take her another 15 years to master this traditional handwoven fabric of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. But as...

February 27, 2023

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Me&B kickstarts a circular fashion journey with this new collection

From reinventing a dress as a two-piece for easy mix-and-match styling to headbands and scrunchies made from leftover fabric, Me&B’s latest ME&NT To B collection has circular design at its core: low-waste, creativity, versatility, and reimagining and rethinking. By upcycling...

February 21, 2023

Here is what nature can teach us about circular design

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Here is what nature can teach us about circular design

We often hear the maxim that form should follow function. This equation is powerful because it prioritises the needs of people and highlights design as a tool to make our lives easier, safer, and more exciting. But by putting users...

February 3, 2023

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What do coffee and seaweed have in common? They outshine cotton in sustainable fashion

Ever considered the carbon footprint of manufacturing your favourite cotton shirt? The average cotton shirt produces 2.1 kilograms of carbon dioxide – but a polyester shirt produces over twice as much (5.5 kilograms). It might come as no surprise that...

January 24, 2023

Secondhand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

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Secondhand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

A few weeks ago, Zara, the Spanish fashion chain with stores all over the world, announced that it was branching into the secondhand market. With a pilot test in the United Kingdom, through the Zara Pre-Owned platform, it is set...

January 24, 2023

4 Circular designers share ideas for radically redesigning our world

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4 Circular designers share ideas for radically redesigning our world

In a new video series, What Design Can Do’s Make it Circular Challenge interviews four circular designers about the importance of circular design and the urgent need to radically redesign the world we live in. Never before have we produced,...

January 18, 2023

Join the What Design Can Do Challenge and use your creativity to forge a circular society

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Join the What Design Can Do Challenge and use your creativity to forge a circular society

Do you have an idea that contributes to a circular society? What Design Can Do and the Ikea Foundation are inviting creatives from around the world to pitch their circular solutions in the Make it Circular Challenge. The competition seeks...

December 14, 2022

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Rethread Africa turns farm waste into future-fit fabrics

Designer dresses up a jet plane in recycled G-Star RAW denim

Transforming discarded flip-flop waste into sculptures

Refashion Plastic design exchange seeds ideas for fixing the future

A beginners guide to mending resources

How a local Facebook group became a global network for clothing upcycling

Township studio Patch and Stitch makes mending matter

Nigerian designer Adejoke Lasisi is turning plastic water sachets into high fashion

Me&B kickstarts a circular fashion journey with this new collection

Here is what nature can teach us about circular design

What do coffee and seaweed have in common? They outshine cotton in sustainable fashion

Secondhand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

4 Circular designers share ideas for radically redesigning our world

Join the What Design Can Do Challenge and use your creativity to forge a circular society

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