Mundane Matters: Laundry, Design and Sustainability

Emma Rigby

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Abstract

Laundry is known to be a highly resource demanding and polluting practice. Many approaches to reducing impacts from laundry do not recognize the diverse reasons why laundry is carried out. Drawing on a subset of findings from a longitudinal laundry study this paper considers design opportunities to challenge laundry behaviours.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCircular Transitions Proceedings
Subtitle of host publicationA Mistra Future Fashion Conference on Textile Design and the Circular Economy
EditorsRebecca Earley, Kate Goldsworthy
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherUAL
Pages131-140
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 25 Nov 2016
EventCircular Transitions: A Mistra Future Fashion Conference on Textile Design and the Circular Economy - Chelsea College of Arts & Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
Duration: 23 Nov 201624 Nov 2016
http://circulartransitions.org/

Conference

ConferenceCircular Transitions
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period23/11/1624/11/16
Internet address

Keywords

  • Laundry
  • Fashion
  • Design
  • Sustainability

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