Research how to design ‘zero waste’ garments and explore the options that addressing ethics and the environment offer your design practice.
The fashion industry produces staggering amounts of waste. Discover how zero waste garments were the standard from the use of animal skins and single pieces of woven material to make a peplos, sari or kilt. Learn how a history of disassembling, mending and reusing simple fabric shapes continued right up until the mid-20th Century.
Explore your creativity and consider how you can work with your design research in your practice. Use white Tyvek material to eliminate the distraction of colour or print so you can focus on technique, cut and form. Produce a final zero waste design supported by a portfolio of evidence.
| Eligibility | Minimum English requirement |
|---|---|
| Level | Level 5, equivalent to 2nd year of a degree |
| Duration | 3 weeks |
| Contact time | 50 hours |
| Extra cost | £60 |
| Equivalent to | 3 to 4 US semester hours or 7.5 European ECTS credits. Learn how they're recognised |
| Fees | Fees to book your summer school place |
International arts and design students with some experience of fashion or textile design. You have ideally started an undergraduate degree.
On this Southampton Summer School module you’ll learn how to:
This Southampton Summer School module is lead by Winchester School of Arts Senior Teaching Fellow Delia Crowe. Sustainability is at the heart of her teaching and research and she launched the school’s sustainability forum to make progress on the issue. Find out more about Delia Crowe.
Please contact the Summer School Team on +44 (0)23 8052 8895 if you have any questions.
To ask us anything about Southampton Summer School, email us: summer@southampton.ac.uk.
A day trip to London including a guided visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and fabric shops.
A ‘Textures of Winchester’ day in the city including a tour and day of sketching, photography and physical research.
Critical thinking for design.
Fashion and textile design and sustainability.
How to turn research into design.
Zero waste design methods.
Minimalism and the colour white.
Teaching methods include:
You’ll get formative feedback on:
Black, S. (2011) Eco-Chic: The Fashion Paradox London; Black Dog Publishing Ltd
Fine, B. and Leopold, E. (1993) The World of Consumption London: Routledge
Fletcher, K. and Grosse, L. (2012) Fashion & Sustainability, Design for Change London; Laurence King Publishing Ltd.
Gwilt, A. (2014) A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion London: Bloomsbury
Hawken, P. (2010) The Ecology of Commerce – A Declaration of Sustainability New York: Harper Business
Hethorn, J. and Ulasewicz, C. (2015) Sustainable Fashion – What’s Next? (2nd Ed) London; Bloomsbury
Klein, N. (2010) No Logo (10th Anniversary Ed) London: Fourth Estate
Leonard, A. (2010) The Story of Stuff. London: Constable
McDonough, W. and Braungart, M. (2013) The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability – Designing for Abundance North Point Press
Papanek, V. (1984) Design for the Real World London: Thames and Hudson
Payne, A. (2021) Designing Fashion’s Future London: Bloomsbury
Quinn, B. (2012) Fashion Futures London; Merrell Publishers Ltd.
Rissanen, T. and McQuillan, H. (2016) Zero Waste Fashion Design London; Bloomsbury
Schumacher, E. F. (2011) Small is Beautiful. A Study of Economics as if People Mattered. London: Vintage
Websites/ Designers
Textiles Environment Design (TED) http://www.tedresearch.net
Stella McCartney A – Z Manifesto: an Intersection of Fashion, Art and Sustainability https://www.stellamccartney.com/gb/en/stellas-world/mccartney-a-to-z-manifesto-spring-2021-collection.html