5.1.1. A03: Circular Open Source Fashion In this class the lecture will outline the systems behind fashion and the textile industry, focusing on alternative systems such as circular fashion, agile fashion, open value chains. The focus will be on creating modular elements, structures and connections that allow the user to change the shape of a garment, resize it or replace certain elements. Students will publish their creations on open source platforms and learn how to monitor and promote their creations in a distributed network. The main idea is to design and prototype first with paper and scissors modular configurations and locking connections. Then laser cut the modules. Create a modular or seamless garment, showing that the connection is well designed and holds the pull/ stretch of a garment.
Wenufoye that means “Canelo del cielo” is the Mapuche Flag, you can find a Cultrún in the middle of it. The Cultrún is the Mapuche drum, in its flat surface, which represents the surface of the earth, you can see a circular design of the Mapuche worldview, The Four cardinal points and between them, the sun, the moon and the stars; symbols of world knowledge. For the first prototypes i wanted to use a material that would allow me to iterate multiple times and a final one. I use paper to iterate, change some measures in the process and find my final piece.
Cuts and Unions, Front view
For the final prototype, i use foam to make the modules, to make it more interesting, i decided to use two different colors for some contrast.
Cuts and Unions, Back view
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