Baurley, Sharon, Purnell, Philip, Ribul, Miriam, Potluri, Prasad, Petreca, Bruna, Jewitt, Carey, Muranko, Zaneta, O'Nascimento, Ricardo, Morrow, Roberta, Zayas-Garin, Eevee, Roberts, Rosily, Castle, Yvonne, Plain.tiff Press, (company), Maguire, Annabel, Quintana, Claudio, Grantham, Chris, Ten Napel, Muchaneta and Iacovidou, Eleni, 2025, Book, Textiles circularity Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Abstract or Description: | The Textiles Circularity Centre’s research has revealed that for people to adopt sustainability practices, the means to enact them must be embedded into our culture. Our research has therefore focused on designing the means for people, be they consumers, businesses, NGOS, local governments, to practice circular economy in place-based settings, such as on the high street. To this end, we have focused on SMEs and start-ups in fashion-apparel brands and designers, manufacturing, materials, repair/upcycle, waste collection, as well as local government and NGOs, as they are already active in local settings. Our aim was to demonstrate a transformation pathway to establish a culture of circular economy for the UK apparel-textiles industry by adding environmental, economic, social, and technical value to biowaste as it flows from recycling of waste, production of textiles, to consumption and reuse of apparel. Our approach was vision-directed, design-led, and highly interdisciplinary. We employed visioning to reframe fashion-apparel from the current global linear system of production and fast consumption, to a culture centred on care, prolonged use, community wellbeing and locality. At the end of the book we present our research insights on the behavioural actions needed to establish a culture of circular economy in society to promote high reseuse & less consumption, the value and the flows of value that our solutions add to biowaste, and the related environmental impacts. We also indicate what the requirements for change in terms of technology, policy, economy, data and society would be for our circular solutions to be adopted. The book concludes with our Design Manifesto for a circular economy. This book marks the end of the Textiles Circularity Centre’s journey, and we hope that our research inspires others to address the core challenge of effecting a cultural transformation to grow the reuse sector in order to reduce the environmental impacts of apparel. |
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Contributors: | Contribution Name RCA ID Editor Lanot, Alexandra Editor Rahatekar, Sameer Editor Omar, Abdalla Editor Hassan, Mohamed Editor Golmohammadi, Lili Editor Bianchi-Berthouze, Nadia Editor Cho, Youngjun Editor Fotopoulou, Aikaterini Editor Obrist, Marianna Editor Dawes, Christopher Editor Loudon, Gareth 0310890009622 Researcher Tommencioni Pisapia, Chiara Researcher Wright, Emma Harriet Researcher Tiwari, Shivam Research team member Badruddin, Ishrat Research team member Boylla, Prithvi Research team member Bramley, Kristopher Researcher Millward-Hopkins, Joel Researcher Da Silva Bartolo, Paulo Jorge Researcher Mativenga, Paul Researcher Mirihanage, Wajira Researcher Arshad, Haseeb Researcher Daskalakis, Evangelos Researcher Koncherry, Vivek Researcher Vyas, Cian Researcher McQueen-Mason, Simon Researcher Bruce, Neil Researcher Upton, Daniel Research team member Eastmond, Heather Research team member Swarbrick, George Research team member Payne, Thomas Research team member Walker, Hannah F Research team member Gatenby, Angharad Research team member Fellgett, Alison Researcher Highey, Bethan Researcher Barrios-O'Neill, Danielle 1211844402878 Researcher Atkinson, Douglas Researcher Chamberlin, Lucy Researcher Bi, Tao Researcher Koukoutsakis, Athanasios Researcher Nygren, Minna Researcher Olugbade, Temitayo Researcher Ren, Guangyu Researcher Yu, Chuang Research team member Shabanova, Nonna Researcher Joshi, Jitesh Researcher Liu, Yifu Researcher Xue, Jung Researcher Zhong, Shu Researcher Jansen, Chipp 1511349664776 Researcher Haines-Gadd, Merryn Researcher Hulse, Jeremy Researcher Van Der Laan, Anouk Researcher Pacal, Josef Researcher Tassel El Baz, Catriona Researcher Evans, Steve Book designer Plan B, (company) Designer Stansfield, Mary Illustrator Anderson, Amber Photographer Diliberto, Gianni Photographer Lee, Chris 2111563889444 Photographer Alwin, Ezzidin Photographer Stride, Jorge Designer Crippa, Gaia Designer Pinto, Johanna Alisha Designer Seaton, Morag Designer Dela Cuesta, Crysta Jewel Designer Wright, Emily 2310030053054 Editor Baurley, Sharon 9710248123003 Editor Purnell, Philip Editor Ribul, Miriam 1910030030209 Editor Potluri, Prasad Editor Petreca, Bruna 1810030018772 Editor Jewitt, Carey Editor Muranko, Zaneta 2211190333663 Editor O'Nascimento, Ricardo 1910030035101 Editor Morrow, Roberta 2210030047182 Editor Zayas-Garin, Eevee 2310030050617 Editor Roberts, Rosily Editor Castle, Yvonne 2110030041703 |
Subjects: | Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies |
School or Centre: | Other School of Design |
Funders: | UKRI [EP/V011766/1] |
Identification Number or DOI: | 10.60624/kqzs-cz57 |
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2025 09:39 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2025 23:08 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6433 |
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