Karen Marie Hasling

• PhD Learning through materials
• Professor (Associate) at Design School Kolding

This chapter examines both the textile manufacturing and textile recovery sectors in Denmark. It investigates the sustainability measures and circular strategies currently being actioned in the Danish textile manufacturing field and explores, across both sectors (manufacture and recovery), the role of digital technologies towards a circular economy...

Ræbild, Lettmann and Hasling address the notion of tools and methodologies advancing design for sustainability in fashion, clothing and textiles educational curricula. As the need for incorporating design-led sustainability in the industry and subsequent educational content has increased, the question of how to inform the change has risen. This has...

This paper presents research from an ongoing PhD project on microbial colouring applied to textile design practice and education. In this paper, we study how bacterial colouring can be implemented as an extracurricular activity in a design school setting. By conducting a series of three workshop prototypes combining theory and hands-on experience,...

This paper explores the circular design tools industry-based fashion designers require to transition from linear to circular practices. This research was conducted as part of the research. Project, ReSuit (Recycling Technologies and Sustainable Textile Product Design) together with industry partner and fashion company Bestseller. This research bega...

This collection of cards introduces a range of methods that fashion designers can use to begin to understand their users which in turn can help them make better circular design choices. The cards have been developed as part of the ReSuit project for fashion designers situated in the industry. However, we hope they will be used and adapted by anybo...

This paper introduces Material Pathways, a learning tool developed to strengthen awareness, initiate reflection and support discussion on the multifarious roles, materials can have within the design for sustainability field in a common frame. Its objective has thus been to create a common pedagogical ground for notions and concepts used on material...

The learning tool presents 22 positions to take when considering materials in design for sustainabiliity. See more on www.materialpathways.dk

This article examines the usefulness of the sustainable design cards (SDCs) as a design tool developed for designers and other actors in and around design with a focus on sustainability. There exists an abundance of tools for sustainable fashion and we need to better understand the specific strengths and limitations of each tool, in order for desig...

The Sustainable Design Cards is a practice-oriented tool for designers and design educators working with product longevity and circular thinking. This chapter describes how and the context in which the cards were developed. The chapter contains an introduction of the cards by describing the structure and content of the individual card as well as of...

This paper discusses present and future roles of materials in sustainable design with a focus on design education. With a multifaceted understanding of materials, from an educational perspective, the challenge is to ensure that students are able to navigate within the materials in the design field and to reflect on its potentials and limitations in...

Product longevity is considered widely as a relevant strategic approach, amongst many, within the eld of sustainability. Yet, how to design for increased product lifetime may not be so obvious for practitioners. e complexity of the surrounding issues can constitute a barrier for designers and companies, in terms of adopting and implementing the app...

The learning tool presents 28 approaches to sustainable design See also: www.sustainabledesigncards.dk

This paper demonstrates how a ‘five perspectives of sustainable design’ model can be used to discuss, communicate and develop approaches to sustainable fashion and textiles applicable for design education and professionals when dealing with sustainability issues in new products, systems and strategies. The paper can be downloaded from the conferen...

The following paper elaborates on the role of ‘experience’ in teaching materials for design in artistic design education to increasingly allow students to work and interact with issues related to sustainable design. The paper specifically focuses on two models used to articulate, comprehend and position experience in product design. The first model...

This paper explores dynamics between materials use, technical and experiential attributes and experiential sustainability to promote sustainable design in design education. Sustainable development is commonly referring to three aspects: ‘environment’, ‘economy’ and ‘equity/ethics’. Artistic design education puts emphasis on experiential values to s...

Product design, and especially relevant for this study in textile design, is concerned with designing not only products but also the materials that form the products. Here, designers should relate their materials and products to an existing context and environment that correspond to future users’ created meanings and experiences. Therefore, for des...

‘Learning through materials’ explores materials teaching in design education based on the curriculum and learning environment in a Danish artistic design school. The project aims to understand, how design students approach materials in their design practice and based on this proposes modified teaching structures that can accommodate a stronger focu...

Product design, and especially relevant for this study textiles design, is concerned with designing not only the product itself, but just as much the material, which forms the product. It is further highly relevant that designers relate their materials and product to an existing context and environment that corresponds to meanings and experiences....

This paper explores how the material selection matrix is used in a materials and sustainability course. The matrix encourages students to articulate material selection requirements to become more competent in exploring new materials and selecting materials for a given design task. The study indicates that students focus on technical requirements wh...

Individual (personalized) material collections provide each design student with a tool and guidance to establish their own material collections containing materials customized for their own interests and field of specialty. The tool is integrated in already existing material courses and can and will be further elaborated and used in practical couse...