Schoolof

Creat
ivePr
act
ice
2022-
2023

GN
RCULARDESI
CI

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ON-
SECTI B
ni
Nandi er
Rat a
i
I
NDEX

1.
WHATI SLI
NEARECONOMYDESI GN.
2.
HOW WILLTHISSYSTEMAFFECTOURENVI RONMENT
3.
WHATI SCI
RCULARECONOMYDESI GN
4.
CIRCULARDESIGNASASUSTAI NABLEPRACTI
CE
5.
DESIGNFORLONGEVI TY
6.
PROJECTBRIEF
7.
UNDERSTANDINGANDLEARNI NG
 WHATI
SLI
NEARECONOMI
CDESI
GN?

Foll
owsas t
ep-by-
st
eppl anof"take-make- di
spose. "
Thismeanst hatraw mat erialsarecollected,pr ocessed,usedandt hen
discardedaswast e.
Whenwor ki
ngons ust
ainabi
li
t
ywi t
hinali
nearec
onomy ,theemphasi sison
eco-effi
ciency,whi c
hmeansmi nimis
ingt
heec ol
ogi
cali
mpactwhi
l
eproduc
ingt
he
sameoutputThi
. swi l
lext endt het imebef orethesyst em becomes
overloaded.
Themanuf act urerof t
enbenef it
si nthelinearsal essystem i
ftheproduct
breaksdownqui cklysot hati tcansellanew pr oduct.

Bel
owdi
agr
amisshowntorepr
esenthowt
hel
i
nears
yst
em
wor
kswi
tht
heaf
fect
sit
haveonearth.
Astudi
ll
o,M.(
2009,Apri
l22)
.Thestor
yofst
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 HOW I
SLI
NEARSYSTEM AFFECTI
NG OURENVI
RONMENT?

Foll
owsas t
raightforwardappr ocht opr oduct i
onandconsumpt ionduet owhichther
eare
concernsov erthewel f
ar eoft heenvi ronmentandt hesust ai nabilit
yofmoder n
humansoci et y,i ncludi ngt hedi stressduet ot heongoi ngcl i
mat eemer gency.
Theuseofnat ur alraw mat erialsf orvar i
ouspr oduct si st hemostcommon
butt her ei sanover useofnat ur alr esour cesasar esul t,t heext i
nct i
onof
thesenonr enewabl er esour ces.
Becaus eofhi ghdemandandapoorwast emanagementsyst em,t he
t
ake-mak e-dispos ec oncept mayendangert heenv ironment .
Fashi on,aswek nowit,fol
lowsas etpattern.Thef ashionindustr
yisdes i
gnedto
max i
mis ec l
othings al
es.
Thisextracti
v eli
nears yst
em' seconomi csdiscour ageanysust ainabl epr actisesthat
addcostort imeal ongt hesuppl ychai n.
Takeshoes,f orexampl e.Whi l
el eatherandr ubberc antechnic all
yberec y
cled
separately,glueingt hemt ogethermak esitimpos si
bletos eparat
et hemands endthem
t
otheirres pec t
iver ecycl
ings tr
eams .Thel eathermaybeper fect
lygoodonc eas olehas
beenwor nthrough, buti
t,li
keitsbondedr ubberc ounterparts,i
sdes t
inedf ort
helandfi
ll
.
Fastf ashi oni snotanacci dent ;ithasbeenabusi nessst rategyt hroughout
thef ashi oni ndust ryt oencour agepeopl et obuymor eandbuyf aster,andit
encour agesshor terpr oductl ifecycl es,incr easedwast e,andl ess
environment alconsi der ati
onal ongt heway.

I
NFOGRAPGHONFASTFASHI ON
FashionFor
um, T.
S. (
2022,Apr
il
30).Whatisci
rcul
arf
ashi
on?TheSust
ai
nabl
e
Fashi
onForum.Retr
ievedDecember22,2022,f
rom
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-is
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-f
ashi
on
 WHATI
SCI
RCULARECONOMI
CDESI
GN?

Emphasi sesr educi ng,r eusi ng,andr ecycl i

ng.
"Closed- LoopEconomy, "bec auseitcl
osest hel
oop
byus i
ngthef ewes trawmat erialspossi
blewhil
eal sor
eusingandrecycli
ngex i
sti
ng
product
sandmat eri
alsasmanyt i
mesaspos sibl
e.
ThisConc ept cont r
ibut
est othedevel opmentofamor eeco- f
riendl yand
envi r
onment al l
ysust ainabl eeconomyi nanycount ry.
Themai ngoaloft hisdesi gnpr ocessi st oreuser ecycledpr oduct s
andsuppor tsust ainabi lity.
Itisdiffi
cul tt or epl acer aw mat eri
alswi threcycledpr oduct s.andthe
mai ntaskf orbr andowner sandmanuf act
urersistodealwit
hpost-
cons umerplast
i
c
was t
e.Theyf i
ndi t dif
fi
cult
toc oll
ectthi
swaste,sotheydelegatet
hi
sres ponsibi
li
t
yto
recycl
i
ngc ompani es .

Managingourr esourcesresponsi
blyinwayst hathelphealt
heear
th
rathert
hancont inuetoharmi t
.
Manycompani
esanddesi
gner
saret
aki
ngt
hisini
t
iat
i
veand
comeupnewideasl
i
k eRaeburnbyChristopherRaebur n

Chri
stopherRaebur nbeganwor ki
ngwit
hs ur
plusfabr
icsand
garments,purchasi ngunwor nmi litaryjacket sfrom t he1950s
for£1eachandt ransformingt hem i ntonew gar ments.
Sincethen,hehaswor kedtoincr
easetheus eofrecl
ai
med
materi
alsinmas sproduct
ionthr
oughhisownl abelRaeburn.
Hewasoneof thefir
sttobri
ngthi
spract
isetoac ommer c
ial
scal
e,inanappealinganddi f
f
erentwaythany ouwouldex pect
f
roma' ecobrand.
Fashi
onFor um,T.S.(
2022, Apr
i
l 30).
What i
scir
cul
arfashi
on?The
Sust
ainabl
eFashionForum.Retr
ievedDec ember22,2022,fr
om
ht
tps
:/
/www.thes
us t
ai
nablef
ashi
onforum.c
om/pages/
what-is
-ci
rcul
ar
-f
ashi
on

raeburn,chr
ist
opher.
(n.
d.
).I
nnov
ati
ve&Responsi
bl
e
FashionDes i
gn.RÆBURN. Ret
ri
evedDec
ember23,2022,
f
romht tps
://
www.raebur
ndesi
gn.
co.
uk/
CI
RCULARECONOMY

LI
NEARECONOMY
 CI
RCULARDESI
GN ASASUSTAI
NABLEPRACTI
CE

Cir
culardesignisc oncernedwithdevel opingpr oductsandser vi
ces
fortheci rculareconomy,hencet hecl oser el
ationshi p.Thekey
i
st or ethinkt hepr ocessf r
om t hest artsothat
matter,
l
ikebi
ologicalprocesses ,
hasaregenerat
iv
eli
fecycl
efort
heplanet'
s
sust
ainabi
li
ty,i.
e. i
tbecomesusefulrepeat
edl
ybybeingrepair
ed,reused,
r
ec y
cled,ortransformed.
Isacount erpoi nttot helineareconomy-t hatoft he
throwawaypar adigm.
Today,t hist ypeofeconomyi sont her i
seandhast hepot ent
ial
toplayacr i
ticalrol einthef i
ghtagai nstclimatechange.

ASPECTSOFPRODUCTMANUFACTURINGTOBEI
NINMI
NDTOMAKE
THECIRCULARDESI
GNRELEVANTARE:

I.Itshoul dhaveREUSE,REDUCEandRECYCLEpl an.

II.ECO- FRIENDLY.
III.LONG TERM,MULTI PLELI FECYCLES.
IV.UPCYCLI NG,CASCADI NG andHI GH GRADERECYCLI NG.
V.FOCUSESON SERVI CES.
Forexampl e:
Wehav eat s
hir
tandhasbeent ornori
snotinaus
ef orav er
ylongti
meeither
wegi v
ei t
awayforsomeoneel setowearorwecanalsodev el
opitt
os omething
newmeanswec anupc y
clei
tbymanyway sli
kei
tcanus edtomak erugsor
somethingwhichfur
thercanusedtomak ehandmadepaper s.Basicallyt he
ideai swecanuseapr oductunt ilandunl essi tlosesits
pr opertyorqual ityoni tsown.
Cir
cul
areconomyforasust ai
nabl
efut
ure.Capgemini
.
(
2022,November8).Ret
rievedDecember23,2022,
f
rom

Benzaken,H.( 2022,December11).5compani esthatembrace

theconceptofaci rculareconomy.Goodnet.Retri
eved
December23,2022,f rom
htt
ps:/
/www. goodnet.org/
art
icl
es/
5-compani
es-that-
embrace-
con
cept-
circul
ar-economy
 DESI
GN FORLONGEVI
TY
Des i
gnf orlongev i
tyfocusesont hef act
orsthat cont
ribut
et oagar mentsphysi
' caland
psychol ogi call ongevi tyinor dertogui dey ouonhowt oext
endtheac ti
velif
eof
cl
othi
ngt hroughdes ign.
I
nc r
eas i
ngt heac t
iv
el i
feanex ist
inggar ment hasamul tipleenvi ronmentbenef i
tli
ke
reduci ngcar bon,wat erandwast e.
Therear etwoway sthroughwhi chwec anappr oachi t
:
I.creat edur ablecl othing
II.makecl othesl astl onger
Thephy s i
cal aspectsof agar ment infl
uenc ehowl ongi t
willlast
,suchaswhet heriti
s
durable,ofgoodqual it
y,andhowwel l
itwil
lfi
t.whi l
ephy cologicalr
el
ati
onshipbet ween
t
hewear erandt hegar ment it
wil
l dec i
dehowl ongitwill
beus edli
kedoesithav ea
l
as t
i
ngs tyle, opti
onforper sonali
z ati
on,c antheper sonengagehi msel
fandc anex tent
t
hel i
f
eof t
hegar ment creati
nganemot i
onal c onnect wit
hthegar ment t
hrough
stor
ytell
i
ng, shoul dhav eani nt
eres t
ingbac ks toryandhowc anyoumax i
miset he
chanc esfory ourgarment r
emai ningi nthefas hionloopf orlonger.

Thei
ma geheretri
edt
oshowtheshortl
i
fespa nofo
ur s
urr
oundings.
Weli
veinathrowawaycul
tur
e”.
Cutl
er
.(
2 0
22,Oc t
ober
21).
Sust
ai
nabil
it
y:Designfor
longevi
t
y•Cut l
er
.
Cutl
er
.Retr
i
eve dDece
mbe r2
3,20
2 2
,fr
om
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s/sust
ainabil
it
y-
desi
gn-f
or-
longevi
ty/
 PROJECTBRI
EF

Ascir
cul
ardesi
gnisver
yimpor
tantt
omaintabl
esustai
nabil
it
y.
Wehavetri
edtocr
eatesomeswatcheswi
ththeupcyclei
ngmethodusi
ngt
iedyet
echni
quesi
nourt
iedyel
ab.
Ther
eare6waysinwhichti
ecanbedone:

1.BANDHEJ
Inthisethodwehavet i
edsmal lknots
withi ni
ntervalsinbetween. aft
ert he
ti
eingpr ocessiscompl etedwewett he
clothsot hatit
sabsor bancypower
i
ncr easesthendyedi tint hecol our.I
havemadet woswat chesofi tfirsti
s
normlbandhejandt hesecondonei sthe
mot ifcr
eatedf r
om thesame.

Si
mpl
e Mot
if

1.BANDHANI
Inthismet hodwemakeknot sin
distancecompar et
ivel
ytobandhejt
hen
afterdippi
ngitonecolourwetiethe
knot sagai
nsot hatwecanpreservethe
colorfrom get
tingdyed.
3.LEHARI YA
Inthiswehol dtheclot
hdiagonally
thentietheknotsaswet r
yt oshow
themor ieef
fectinthecloth.DOnein
twowaysei therbyholdingdiagonall
y
frontwosidesorcanbehol dedby
threesidesi
nashapeofat ri
angl
e.

3.STI
CH SHIBORI
Wehavet omakear unni ngsti
chon
thecl
oththenpulli
tfrom oneend
thent
ieitti
ghtl
ysot hatitseff
ectcan
eseenafterdyi
ngthecl oth.
5.CLAMPSHI BORI
Thecl othi
sfoldedinasandwi ch
techniquethendront wosidestheclamps
aretiedonittoresistthecolourt
ogoi n
thatareaandt hendyedi nthecolour
.The
clampscanbeanyt hingbutithastobe
twoandofsamesi ze.

usingcoi
nandclamps usingonl
uclamps
createdt
hispat
ter
n. createdt
hispat
ter
n

6.POLEDYEI NG
Firstwewetthecloththenwr apitaround
thepoleoraropediagonall
yt henalit
tle
losethr
eadsareti
edoveri t
.theclot
hi s
squeezedtoget
heranddyedi nthecolour.

Usi
ngther
opet
hisef
fect Usi
ngthepol
ethi
sef
fect
i
screat
ed. i
screat
ed
Af
tert
hiswehavealsol
earnthow t
omakematsorcost
ersouti
oft
hechi
ndi
’s(
Theyar
ethel
eft
overpi
ecesoff
abr
icwhi
ch
ar
enotinuse)
.Byt
wodiffer
ntwayswelear
nti
t:

1.FRAMELOOM
Awoodenframei sr
equiredwi t
h30nailson
eachsidei
naproperdistance.Thenwet i
e
thethr
eadonthenailsaftertieingpl
an
whatwewantt odoont hef r
ame.af ter
thenweweavet hem accordingly.

PLAN FI
NAL

2.DESK LOOM
Inthi
sl oom fi
rstwehavet osetthewar p
thentransferittotheloom.
After
vseeting
theyarnont hel oom weagainhavetoplan
whatweavewehavet oontheloom t
hen
weavei taccor i
ngly.
Asweal l
knowbyknowcl othesgetdegradedsowhathappenst
othenaft
erthat
?
So,wev i
si
tedaplacecal
ledSanganerinJaipur
,Rajas
than.
Wherewelearnthowcl
othesorfabri
cagterget
ti
ng
di
scradedaretur
nedintomuchinterest
ingthi
ngsl
ikehowthwymadeapaperoutofi
t, box
es, not
ebookesand
manymor e.

Fi
rstwehav etos
make Thenleav
ethesmall
peices Afterleavingitinthewater Aft
erdryi
ngandpresi
ngwe
small
piecesofcl
othby i
nthewaterformor
ethana t akeitoutont hefr ameand getpaperasanout
come
gri
ndi
ngitinthemachi
ne. day. pressi tti
ghtl
ys othat
remaini ngwat ergets
discarded
 APPLI
CATI
ON

Aft
erleani
ngal
lthi
swayst
oupcyceandr
ecycl
epr
oduct
sihavet
riedt
o
applyi
nonaTOP.

Whi teincolour
Mat erial
:CottonandNyl on
TEENAGER( 12-
16yr s)
REASONSFORBEI NG DI SCARDED:
1.OLD
2.YARNSWERECOMI NG OUT
3.OUTOFFASHI ON
Becauseoft hef
inishi
ngdoneont hetopicantcutshortt
hetopast he
stichingdoneoni twi llopenupsoihavet ri
edtocomeupwi ththeideaof
upcycl ei
ngitwi t
husi ngt heti
eanddyet echni
que(LEHARIYA)asitiswhi
te
incol oursotiedyingcanbedoneeasi l
y.
ColourChosen:YELLOW,REDandBURGUNDY
toshow l i
ghtt odarkef f
ectandalsothecol oursymbol isesthe
HAPPY,SPI RITUALandENERGETI Cqualit
yat eenagehave. Aft
er
beingdyedandiwi llsel
lbyproductandaskt hecust omert o
retur
nt heitem af t
erIhavesol di
ttothem inexchange
foradi scountont heirsubsequentpurchase.Sincet het i
edyewas
creatednat urall
y,itcanbewor nupt o5or6t imesbef orelosing
i
t scolour.

Cutt
hefabri
cintolongstr
ipsaccor
dingtoitscol
ourandcanbeusedto
makerugsorbrai
dedlikewedowi thhairandcanbeusedto
makeacircul
ardeskmat twit
hrunningsti
tchessothati
twon'
topen.
Whent hefabr
iclosesi t
squal ityorcannol ongerbeusedinapplicati
onsli
ke
this,Soaswehavel ear ntfronthevi si
ttosanganerthathandmadepaper scan
bemadef rom i
tbypul ver i
singthef abri
cintoti
ny,f
ineparti
cleswithamachine
andsoakingitinwat erformor et hanaday,t henpl
acingthewetpar t
icl
esina
stainer
.Thepaper'sdesi gniscr eated.Thi
sishow atopcanbeusedt ocreat
e
handmadesheet s.Whilemaki ngahandmadesheet ,wecanal soaddcolour
becauseitwil
lincreasei tsvalue.

Aft
erturni
ngthefabr
ici
notpaperwecanal somakeboxesoutofi
tor
useasawr appi
ngpaper,not
ebook,envel
opeandmanymor e
i
nterest
ingdesi
gns.
 UNDERSTANDI
NG ANDLEARNI
NG

Byt heendoft hemoduleiwasabl et ounder standwhyci rculardesigni ntodays

wor l
di simpor tantandlineareconomi csyst enneedst ostopasi ti
shar ming
ourenvi ronmentmor ethanwhatwet hink.Al solernthow t oupcycl ethrough
ti
eanddyet echni queandweavi ng.Thingswhi charebei ng
producedordesi gnedwilll
eadt olikeinlineardesi gningpr ocesswemakeused
andt hrowed,andnotuset henm i
nar i
ghtwayandduet owhi chEar t
hi s
gettingexpl oiteddaybydaysoi tisimpor tantt odesignsomet hi
ngwhi chwhen
producedt houghcanber eusedorupcycl edsot hatwecanusedi tforal onger
periodoft imeandwhi chcanbeal sobeupcycl edafterthatunt i
lit
smat eri
al
l
osei t
spr opertyoni t
sown. Thereforewewhi ledesigningneedt of ocusont he
cir
cul ardesignaspect sasi tcancr eateahugei mpactont heearth.Itwi l
lnot
onlygi vetimeear tht
oreplenishthenat uralresour cesbutal sobe
environment alfr
iendl
y.