Becky Earley will be contributing to a round table discussion next Monday, 27th September 2010, at the Ethical Fashion Show in Paris. She will be talking about upcycling textiles and the creative and innovative approaches that the TED designers explored through the Ever & Again project.
"Sustainable management is no longer a marginal phenomenon; it has become the starting point for companies that wish to reposition themselves by fully accepting the responsibilities they carry for the environment and for society...
"Textile innovation is unequivocally compatible with the principles of sustainable management. The round table on innovation aims to prove that the new technologies and the innovative new materials in the field of intelligent textiles that have appeared during the last decade are compatible with the criteria of sustainable management (social and environmental responsibility).”
Dr Isa Hofmann, quoted above, is an expert in the field of new, innovative textile technologies. She will lead the session, and will be joined by:
Florence Bost, textile designer based in Paris
Michael Kininmonth, Lenzing Fibers
Hanne Louise Johannesen, Danish design company Diffus
Francesca Rosella, founder of CuteCircuit
Stijn Ossevort, wearable computing
Karsten Bleymehl, Director Library & Materials Research Material ConneXion Cologne
Alexandre Cappelli, Head of Environment Affairs Department, LVMH
Doris Hartwich, German designer of menswear
and Tzuri Gueta, textiles designer
For those of you who will be in Paris next Monday, the discussion will take place between 2pm and 4pm at -
Cité de la Mode et du Design
34, Quai D’Austerlitz
75013 Paris
