
Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Textile and fashion design, Design practice and methods, Sustainable designSEO tags
Biography
In my work as a fashion design researcher, author and consultant I examine and promote innovative design methods and approaches that enable the fashion and textiles community, from educators, to producers, and consumers, to adopt more sustainable and ethical practices. My work focuses on the use of positive/sustainable and circular design interventions that challenge the current production and consumption paradigm.
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In my work as a fashion design researcher, author and consultant I examine and promote innovative design methods and approaches that enable the fashion and textiles community, from educators, to producers, and consumers, to adopt more sustainable and ethical practices. My work focuses on the use of positive/sustainable and circular design interventions that challenge the current production and consumption paradigm.
My books include, ‘Shaping Sustainable Fashion’ (with Timo Rissanen) Routledge, 2011; ‘Fashion Design for Living’ Routledge, 2015; and ‘Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion’ (with Alice Payne and Evelise Anicet Ruthschilling) Bloomsbury, 2019; ‘A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion’ Bloomsbury, 2020 (2nd edition).
I hold a PhD from RMIT University, Melbourne and a BA (Hons) Fashion & Textiles Design from Central St Martins College of Art in London, and I have worked in academia in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. Following my role as Reader in Fashion and Sustainability at Sheffield Hallam University, UK, I relocated to Australia in 2017.
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Sustainability and fashion/textile design; circularity and the fashion industry; design-led strategies;
The fashion and textile design process; new directions or models of fashion / textiles design practice
Fashion as an interdisciplinary practice; human-centred approaches to design practice; fashion, textiles, health and well-being
Currently supervising
Emma Peters, PhD student: Designing new circular pathways for post-consumer textile waste in the bedlinen industries.
Alia Parker, Scientia PhD student: Critical bio-textiles: Reconceptualising human-centred design through collaboration with Mycelium
My Teaching
I am a convenor for Textiles courses at UNSW Art & Design.
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Publications
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