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#WEARConsults: Events 9-17 March 2018 – Help shape a sustainability strategy and toolkit

Artists, designers, creatives and makers have a measurable ecological footprint like any other sector and can reduce that footprint through the choices made in their work. By Professor Martin Charter and Scott Keiller, Director and Co-ordinator – Sustainable Innovation, The Centre for Sustainable Design ®,…

Feb 28, 2018

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Do (not) feed the makers: WEAR at Dutch Design Week (21-29 October ’17)

Europe’s 22 most Ethical and Sustainable Wearables projects, as awarded by the EU-funded WEAR Sustain program. Creative Ring Creative Ring Eindhoven presented the WEAR Sustain Awardees in their first group showcase this October, at Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, 21-29 October 2017. Three of the award winning projects…

Oct 12, 2017

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WEAR Sustain London Launch

In May 2017 WEAR Sustain held a launch event for the first Open Call, and also held a symposium on the theme of sustainability in wearables, smart textiles and e-textiles. The event attracted around 50 participants and featured talks by Anne Prahl PHd, who…

Jun 05, 2017

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‘Creating Together Will Produce A Better Product’

This article was originally published on the website of Creative Ring. On May 16th, Ministry of Makers (the Design Platform of Ghent and East Flanders) organized a Pre-Submission Event for those applying to the EU WEAR Sustain Open Call, in Gent (Belgium). Next to detailed…

May 31, 2017

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“Become A Successful Designer: Disagree With The World”

This article was originally posted on the Creative Ring website. One of the ways to become a successful designer, is to disagree with the world. Fashion-tech designer Anouk Wipprecht described how fashion was analog when she started designing. She disagreed. After her successful Spider Dress,…

May 31, 2017

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Wear Sustain Support Event Brussels

This article was originally published on the Creative Ring website. Brussels Creative, the Creative Ring, MAD, and DataScouts organized a WEAR Sustain Support Event on May 17, in Brussels (Belgium). At the event, the WEAR Sustain consortium explained more about the Open Call. Wearables…

May 31, 2017

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Wear It Festival Berlin – 9 June 2017

The roundtable “Sustainability in e-Textiles through Crafts and Design” takes place on 9 June 2017 at the Wear It Festival in Berlin, and is an expert session, in which a panel of researchers and designers will work together with participants to address pressing questions around sustainability issues…

May 30, 2017

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What is a WEAR Sustain Hub?

As the wearable, smart and e-textile ecosystem grows there is a need for support structures to help develop ideas and share knowledge. As part of WEAR Sustain’s commitment to the growth of the ecosystem we have established a network of Hubs across Europe which…

May 29, 2017

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WEAR Sustain Newsletter May 2017

Hello Ethical Pioneer! It has been an eventful month at WEAR Sustain as we promote our first Open Call for creative and technology collaborative innovation funding, to co-develop ethical or sustainable wearables, smart and e-textiles. Open Call launch events have so far taken place…

May 11, 2017

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Creative Responses to Sustainability: Coral Love Story: Chapter #1

Over the duration of WEAR Sustain we are going to highlight some projects which have already happened that might give you some inspiration. Kasia Molga is a media artist based between London and Rotterdam who, in conjunction with her collaborators Ricardo O’Nascimento and Erik Overmeire…

Apr 26, 2017

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The WEAR Sustain project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 732098. The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the WEAR Sustain Consortium. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.

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