Designing Sustainable Clothing Systems

Carlo Vezzoli, Giovanni Maria Conti, Luca Macrì, Martina Motta

Designing Sustainable Clothing Systems

The design for environmentally sustainable textile clothes and its Product-Service Systems

The Fashion System is one of the most polluting and most impactful industries on the environment. In the last decade the fashion industry has changed its approach, aware of the fact that the attention to the environment can no longer be considered a trend. This path shows the need to intervene in design terms and that the growth in responsibility and role of design, requiring reference scenarios, knowledge and new tools. The book defines the features and scenarios of sustainable development, as well as the evolution of sustainability in research and practice of fashion design, addressing the strategies for the design and development of environmentally sustainable products.

Pages: 272

ISBN: 9788835140115

Edizione:1a edizione 2022

Publisher code: 10319.13

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The Fashion System is at the center of the international debate as one of the most polluting and most impactful industries on the environment. In the last decade the fashion industry has changed, and is still modifying, its approach, aware of the fact that the attention to the environment can no longer be considered a trend: the entire system needs to find and adopt a methodological approach to the project and to the production of goods and services.
Today all the stakeholders on the supply chain follow a path from upstream to downstream: from the treatment of pollution, to the intervention on the production processes that generate a product, to the redesign of products and/or services to reach the discussion and reorientation of social behavior.
This path shows the need to intervene in design terms and that the growth in responsibility and role of design, requiring reference scenarios, knowledge and new tools.
The book defines the features and scenarios of sustainable development, as well as the evolution of sustainability in research and practice of fashion design, addressing the strategies for the design and development of environmentally sustainable products. The authors describe the Life Cycle Design approach and the strategies and guidelines for integrating environmental requirements into product design for sustainable fashion. They present the so-called Systems of Sustainable Products-Services, namely the most promising scenarios and models to make design for sustainable fashion economically convenient. Finally, they provide a method and related tools to support design for sustainable fashion in the evaluation of the environmental impact of products, with particular emphasis on the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment). The text is enriched by a full-bodied review of interviews and case studies, with the dual purpose of making the design options clear and of highlighting their specificity for the different design contexts.

Cover image by Francesca Bergamini, Enola Cappellari, Federica Mora, Giorgia Muccini, Pierluca Musso

Clothing system design for sustainability: background knowledge
(Behind the sustainable clothing system; Textile, Clothing, Fashion: discussing sustainability; Designing sustainable clothing; Redesigning fashion; The role of design and designers; An increasing role in designing a sustainable clothing system; References)
Towards a sustainable supply chain: interviews with stakeholders
(Fabio Campana, Chief Executive Officer and Pierluigi Biagini, Chief Operations Officer at Lanificio dell'Olivo; Lucia Bianchi Maiocchi, CSR Manager at Vitale Barberis Canonico; Pierfrancesca Solinas, CSR Manager and Michelle Marzoli, Marketing Communication Manager at Filmar; Chiara Bianchi Maiocchi, Chairwoman at Lanecardate; Francesco Magri, Regional Manager Continental Europe at The Woolmark Company; Enrica Arena, CEO & Co-Founder at Orange Fiber; Margherita Missoni, Creative Director at M Missoni; Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani, founders of Fili Pari; Niccolo Cipriani, founder of Rifo; Sara Francesca List, founder of VIC - Very Important Choice; Marina Spadafora, sustainability consultant and Country Coordinator for Fashion Revolution Italia; Conclusions; References)
Sustainable development and system innovation
(An Introduction to sustainable development; The sustainability dimensions; Call for a radical change; The Need for system innovation; References)
The environmental impact of the clothing system
(The clothing: a heavily unsustainable system; The analysis of the clothing system environmental impacts; The life cycle environmental impact profile of clothes; The environmental impact of pre-production; The environmental impact of production; The environmental impact of distribution; The environmental impact of use; The environmental impact of disposal; References)
The clothes Life Cycle Design
(The clothing Life Cycle Design: an introduction; Clothes design environmental requirements; The clothing product life cycle; The clothing functional unit; Clothing product Life Cycle Design; Clothing product Life Cycle Design strategies, guidelines and examples; References)
Sustainable Clothing Product-Service System Design
(Sustainable Clothing Product-Service Systems: introduction; Sustainable Clothing Product-Service: win-win benefits; A scenario for Sustainable clothing Product-Service System; Sustainable Clothing Product-Service Systems: limits and barriers; Designing Sustainable Clothing Product-Service; Sustainable clothing PSS design: strategies, guidelines and examples; References)
Methods and tools for sustainable clothing productservice system design
(Method for environmentally sustainable clothing system design; Tools for clothing product and PSS design; Final considerations about tools for clothing product and PSS design; References)
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Serie: Design International - Open Access

Subjects: Architecture, Design, Art, Urban and Regional Studies

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