FashionSEEDS

FashionSEEDS (Fashion Societal, Economic & Environmental Design-led Sustainability) is a European collaborative network of fashion universities, using radical design-led approaches to envisage a fashion education system that nurtures graduates with the skills, capabilities, and knowledge of fashion design for sustainability. Whilst fashion is a global industry providing livelihoods to 50+ million people and generating over €2.4 trillion each year, its practices are built on systems that are causing severe environmental and social damage. The economic sustainability of the industry is also at risk, as fashion design practices do not take account of the diminishing resources upon which the industry relies. The fashion industry requires new models of education and environments for innovation, revised course contents, assessment methods and the means for tutors to develop new knowledge and practices. The contents of this website have been developed over three years of research, reflection and co-design by a group of fashion tutors from across four universities in Europe; University of the Arts London, Politecnico di Milano, Estonian Academy of Arts, Design School Kolden with Professor Dilys Williams as Principle Investigator. The FashionSEEDS partners share an imperative commitment to transform design-led fashion sustainability education to restore nature and equality. FashionSEEDS, explores what a transformed education system in Fashion Design for Sustainability could look like. FashionSEEDS have collated, analysed, and developed a range of resources to support educators in fashion design for sustainability teaching and learning. The resources include: The FashionSEEDS Reader The Benchmarking Report The Framework Document The Future Skills Foresight 2030 The Guidelines for the Adoption of a Design-led Sustainability Education Framework The Handbook of Sustainability Teaching Material