Q&A: Dominique Lanz on creating art with textile waste in Ghana
Swiss artist Dominique Lanz spent three months at Kokrobitey Institute exploring natural dyeing and the realities of textile waste in Ghana
Tag: Clothing Waste
What is the local fashion industry doing about its overproduction?
Too much of anything is hardly ever a good thing and excess inventory, or so-called dead stock is no different. What to do with surplus garments, textiles, footwear or the stock that gets returned to retailers but can’t be resold...
3 Tips for upcycling from zero-waste designer LaaniRaani
Upcycling is the practice of giving a garment that could go to waste a new lease on life. This could mean deconstructing it entirely and creating something new, or just adding a few embellishments here and there. It is a...
Kokrobitey Institute to host textile art and design residency in Ghana
Take time to join this textile residency in West Africa and find out more about indigenous, sustainable and recycled textiles
Designer tracks Europe’s throwaway clothing to Salaula market in Zambia
When Lotte de Haan first arrived in Zambia three years ago, she spotted someone wearing a soccer club T-shirt from the Dutch village where she grew up. “I was so surprised. It is a super-local soccer club.” At the time,...