Based on a literature review, this article discusses how the challenge of diminishing clothing production volumes has been approached within the field of sustainable fashion. We identify six common strategies in literature and discuss the approach of user involvement in the process of design and/or manufacture …

This article introduces Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s concepts of smooth and striated space and couples these with the realms of art and technology. In doing so, and by analysing a case study, the dynamic natures and complex mixtures of art and technology are discussed. As a result, a perspective …

Panel & exhibition at Embracing Fashion & Technology Seminar, Atelier Neerlandais Paris

Exhibition at Future Generation’s Brave Monday Hotel during Amsterdam Fashion Week, January 2016

Uit de Vijfde Landelijke Groeistudie is gebleken dat jonge kinderen nog steeds dikker worden (Schönbeck et al., 2011; Van Dommelen, Schönbeck, Van Buuren, & HiraSing, 2014). Overgewicht en obesitas nemen inmiddels schrikbarende waarden aan. Minder eten en meer bewegen zijn de simpele remedies, maar gedragsverandering …

Reviews on whole body human cold adaptation generally do not distinguish between population studies and dedicated acclimation studies, leading to confusing results. Population studies show that indigenous black Africans have reduced shivering thermogenesis in the cold and poor cold induced vasodilation …

This paper discusses the concepts and social dynamics of fashion imitation and custom imitation as put forth by French sociologist Gabriel Tarde (1843-1904). Specifically his 1903 book The Laws of Imitation will be introduced and used to argue that, and examine how, fashion has, since the turn of the …

The shift from home and custom-made clothing to mass-produced ready-mades in 20 th-century Europe has been the subject of studies from multiple disciplines and across various locations. Contributing to this field of studies, and extending the analysis until the present day, a group of female consumers …