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A1 The Problem Sustainable Design Sewciety Marianne Herland
A1 The Problem Sustainable Design Sewciety Marianne Herland
Image: FashionRevolution.org
Key Concept: Systems
Related Concepts: Sustainability, Resources
Global Context: Globalization and Sustainability
Statement of Inquiry
“Designers have a responsibility to seek sustainable solutions.”
Inquiry Questions
Factual: What is fast fashion? What is planned obsolescence?
Conceptual: What does sustainability really mean? What is the circular economy?
Debatable: How close are we to a sustainable society?
Debatable: Who is responsible for sustainability?
Design situation
Millions of tons of textiles end up in landfills and incinerators around the world every year. This is a problem as the textiles industry
uses huge amounts of raw materials, water, energy and chemicals for the production of their products. It is often claimed that this
industry is a prime example of an industry that is not sustainable. As designers (and world-citizens), we have a responsibility to
design and create with sustainability in mind. Governments, industry and consumers ask us to come up with better solutions to the
life-cycle of textiles.
Your challenge is to recycle a fabric or textile garment into another product that
will be useful for your intended client. This upcycled product will effectively help
to extend the life of your garment.
Task A1 | The Problem
🔎 What?
❗Why?
Explain and justify the need for a solution to a problem. You need to fully understand the ‘problem’ and identify where
you can make a meaningful contribution towards solving this.
⚙ How?
Design situation
● Explain what you are challenged with to create in this unit and why it is important i n your own words.
In this unit, we are challenged to upcycle in a way to give our old clothing and textiles a second
life. We are essentially doing this by using our old clothes that would otherwise be sent to
waste and end up in a landfill, polluting the plant and turning it into something else with a
different purpose. This is important because it teaches us how to make better use out of our old
clothes and lesson and is kind of how to reuse and recycle,
● Identify the fabric your project will focus on and which garment(s) you will retrieve this from. You should have a
college (and possible gif of you wearing the garment) with an explanation of the material properties. Example HERE.
Insert the annotated collage below.
- The fabric that my project is focusing on is cotton I will be focusing on Tshirts and
garments with cotton.
Project justification
● Explain what fast fashion is and why it is problematic.
● Present photographic evidence of different aspects of the problem. Caption the photos explaining what the image is
showing.
● You must use in-text citation OR footnotes to indicate what source you have used!
- Fast Fashion is when people purchase multiple and different types of
garments and discard of them soon after wearing them they discard of
them. This is a problem because a lot of the time these old and thrown out
garments end up in being thrown away. Since 15 percent of clothing end up
being recycled 85% end up landfills that ultimately result in the pollution of
our planet (7billionfor7seas).
- “Fast Fashion Facts: What You Need to Know ~ 7Billion for 7Seas.” 7Billion for 7Seas, 16 Nov.
- Spinks, Rosie. “Marie Kondo Tells Us to Ditch Joyless Items but Where Are We Sending Them?”
www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/feb/23/marie-kondo-joy-decluttering-waste-recy
Assessment
Level Descriptor Typical features of student work
0 The student does not reach a standard described by any of the descriptors below.
1-2 The student states ❏ You have copied and pasted the challenge from above. You should show your
the need for a understanding of the challenge by explaining it and its importance in your own
solution to a words.
problem. ❏ You did not provide multiple photos nor explain the properties of your fabric. An
annotated collage with this information was required. Reviewing the provided
example would help you with this.
❏ You provided a limited justification of the problems with fast fashion with no
photographic evidence. More explanation with evidence is needed.
❏ You did not list your sources nor provide citations.
3-4 The student ❏ You have identified the challenge of the project. You should show your deeper
outlines the need understanding of the challenge by also explaining its importance in your own words.
for a solution to a ❏ You provide multiple photos but do not explain the properties of your fabric. An
problem. analysis of the material was needed. Reviewing the example would help you with
this.
❏ You provided an adequate justification of the problems with fast fashion with no
photographic evidence. More explanation with evidence is needed.
❏ You list your sources but did not provide citations and did not use proper MLA format.
Please use Noodletools to ensure proper formatting.
5-6 The student ❏ You have paraphrased the challenge of the project. You should show your
explains the need understanding of the challenge by also explaining its importance in your own words.
for a solution to a ❏ You provide multiple photos but do not explain the properties of your fabric. An
problem. analysis of the material was needed. Reviewing the example would help you with
this.
❏ You provided an adequate justification of the problems with fast fashion with
photographic evidence. You needed to provide a caption that explained the photo.
❏ You list your sources in MLA format but did not provide citations in your writing.
Please use Noodletools to ensure proper formatting.
7-8 The student ❏ You effectively showed your understanding of the challenge by also explaining its
explains and importance in your own words.
justifies the need ❏ You provide an annotated collage with multiple photos of your garment and explained
for a solution to a the properties of your fabric.
problem. ❏ You provided a detailed justification of the problems with fast fashion with captioned
photographic evidence.
❏ You list your sources in MLA format and provided appropriate citations in your
writing.