Who is Making and How? by https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2 This week we will explore theories that address the production or making of an object. When we think of a ‘maker’ we tend think about the person/s who actually made something. The lecture will also consider ideas around how society ‘makes’ an object by shaping the work of the designer. This session will also explore the ethics and impact of the making process on the makers, the consumers and the final object. en-us 2017-10-10 09:43:40 UTC 2025-11-07 20:25:43 UTC hello@padlet.com Designers who make - Bethan Laura Wood rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/195515681 Does the value or meaning of an object change depending on who has made it?]]> 2017-10-10 10:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/195515681 Protest and Change - Petitions to change the law. http://labourbehindthelabel.org/campaigns/shoes/ rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199512801 2017-10-23 11:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199512801 Additional reading - Talk about slow revolution rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199516589 2017-10-23 11:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199516589 Fashion designers What is their role? rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199518777 Making the most of materials]]> 2017-10-23 11:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199518777 Clothes to Die For - Key Themes rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199520344 Human Cost
Globalisation
Consumption
Sustainability

]]> 2017-10-23 11:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/199520344 Who is Making - Slow Objects rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/201134308 ‘Slow Objects’ is an exhibition that brings together the work of three outstanding artists who each explore the relationship between material and process, time and transformation.]]> 2017-10-27 10:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/201134308 Liz Collins Knitting Nation - anti sweatshop protests rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/202462944 Roberts explores how knitting becomes a manner to resist stereotypes and to challenge the constructed systems of visual and material culture. (Buscek, 2011)
"Knitting Nation" explores aspects of textile and apparel manufacturing, laying bare the process of making machine knitted fabric. The project functions as a commentary on how humans interact with machines, global manufacturing, trade and labour, iconography, and fashion. ]]> 2017-11-01 12:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/202462944 Positioning Statement rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/202473681 In this week’s lecture you will be asked to begin writing a positioning statement on ‘What am I making now?’. A positioning statement is a piece of writing about what you think and what you are doing at a particular point in time. You are now six weeks into your course and are hopefully beginning to think about new ideas and ways of working. This task intended to get you thinking about: your preconceptions about coming to university, what you have learnt so far, what you are doing/making in the studio and where you think this will progress going forward. You are advised to complete this task in your own time after the seminar as a point of reflection for future reference (particularly towards the ‘Contextualising My Practice’ reflective writing assignment in Term 2). Questions you might consider are: 


– What are you making now?
– What have you learnt since starting uni?
– What are you looking forward to making in the future?
– What do you see yourself making for your final degree show at this stage?


]]> 2017-11-01 13:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/202473681 Who is Making - Discussion Questions rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/202476600
  • •How many of you watched the documentary 'Clothes to Die For?'
  • •Have you ever thought about who ‘makes’ your clothes?
  • •Do you care?
  • •How did it make you feel as:
  • 1.A consumer?
  • 2.A designer/maker?
  • •What part of the programme had the most impact on you?
  • •Will it change or influence your behaviour as a consumer/designer?

    • ]]>     2017-11-01 13:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/202476600     Is the Fashion industry cutting edge? rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203536666 What materials and technologies do we use to make things?

    What equipment do you use?]]>     2017-11-04 14:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203536666     From 'Clothes to Die For' documentary - notes rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203536711
  • Worst industrial disaster of 21st century - 1135 people killed, many thousands injured.
  • What has changed in Dhakar since 2013 - apart from slight increase in wages, but still low for Bangladesh, and more thorough building inspections.
  • Making conditions as a result of corruption and profiteering
  • Hide underage girls from buyers
  • Corners being cut in building manufacture
  • "At war with our bodies' to meet targets and stay awake.
  • Issue lie with retailers would only need a small increase to  pay workers properly
  • Victim has to amputate her own arm
  • The minimum monthly wage for garment workers in Bangladesh is $68, compared with about $280 in mainland China, which remains the world’s biggest clothes exporter.
    • ]]>     2017-11-04 14:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203536711     What happened next?After the Rana Plaza Collapse rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203537328 2017-11-04 14:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203537328 Nobody's Child rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203538549 Fast Fashion with a Conscience]]> 2017-11-04 14:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203538549 Sand blasted denim rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203617721 The human cost]]> 2017-11-05 12:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203617721 Issues in Globalisation rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203618099 2017-11-05 12:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203618099 New technologies in denim rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203618594 Digital Ageing]]> 2017-11-05 12:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203618594 What is meant by fast fashion? rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203618864 2017-11-05 12:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203618864 The question of who is Making is an interesting one, as we could all be considered makers. What divides and categorises the making processes we use depends on the maker, the context and the reason behind it rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203620638 2017-11-05 12:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203620638 New Brand of Retailers who are globally aware rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621196 2017-11-05 12:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621196 rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621679 2017-11-05 13:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621679 Where have my clothes come from? rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621732 How many countries are in your wardrobe? ]]> 2017-11-05 13:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621732 rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621771 2017-11-05 13:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203621771 A Making evolution - Dichotomy of manufacturing rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203622433 Manufacturers selling directly from China by setting up pop up businesses and selling online through social media, clothing so cheap it isn't even wearable.

    Haul videos highlight the issues of buying cheap clothing online]]>     2017-11-05 13:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203622433     12 processes of t-shirt manufacture rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203622771 2017-11-05 13:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203622771 A new makers market rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203623372 Craft from war-torn countries

    https://www.ishkar.com/en/]]>     2017-11-05 13:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203623372     Patagonia - Footprint Chronicles rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203624003 Transparency and honesty about where they source their clothing from - anti slavery act featured on website]]> 2017-11-05 13:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203624003 Online manufacturers from China selling cheap goods online rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203624130 2017-11-05 13:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203624130 Which do you prefer? rachael_walker2 https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203625508 2017-11-05 13:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rachael_walker2/1jmwzc59ick2/wish/203625508