Zero waste fashion design
By: Timo Rissanen, Holly McQuillan
Contributors: McQuillan, Holly, author
Publisher: Fairchild Books; imusti
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781472581983
Subjects: Fashion design; Clothing trade; Waste minimization
Description: This book combines research and practice to introduce a sustainable fashion design approach. It offers flexible strategies and easy-to-master zero waste techniques to help develop cutting-edge fashion designs. The book includes sample flat patterns and twenty exercises.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Zero waste fashion design from history to now : Textile waste ; Zero waste over time ; Modern zero waste fashion design ; Interview with Maja Stabel; title: Pattern cutting as a fashion design tool : Fashion design and pattern cutting ; Creative pattern cutting ; Interview with Winifred Aldrich ; Interview with Rickard Lindqvist ; Creative pattern cutters from around the world ; Patterns in design ideation; title: Zero waste fashion design: the basics : Criteria for zero waste fashion design ; The design ideation toolbox ; Zero waste blocks ; Trapeze sleeveless tunic / Holly McQuillan ; Endurance shirt / Timo Rissanen ; Tailored jacket / Holly McQuillan ; Pattern setups / Holly McQuillan ; Adapting an existing design for zero waste ; Risky design practice ; Designing with the fabric width; title: Zero waste fashion design and CAD : Marker making as design activity ; Advantage of digital design for zero waste fashion ; Zero waste tutorials through CAD ; Grading and CAD ; Combining digital technologies ; Zero waste and digital textile design ; Interview with Julia Lumsden; title: Manufacturing zero waste garments : Fashion design and fashion manufacturing ; Interview with Lela Jacobs ; Sizing zero waste garments ; Fabric in manufacturing zero waste garments ; Tara St. James of Study NY; title: Zero waste fashion design: getting started : on inspiration ; Interview with Kia Koski ; Documenting and reflecting on design ; On sharing ; Conversation with Yeohlee Teng ; Futures for zero waste fashion design.