BIOBASED FROM WASTE

What guidance can we offer designers when using new biobased materials?

Becky’s research with the HEREWEAR project (2020-2024) focused on developing design guidelines & tools for using new biobased materials. The guidelines - the BIO TEN - consider local, circular & extended life elements. The materials are made from European agriwaste, in collaboration with TNO & other partners.

Biolifecycle Extension

What are the ways we can extend the life of bio-based clothing?

How can we wear, repair, reuse & remake bio-based clothes? At Romanian Design Week 2023 Becky & Laetitia joined forces with REDU & guests to explore these questions in a variety of hands-on ways, for the HEREWEAR project.

Workshop Recap

Why were we at Romanian Design Week in 2023?

In this short interview with Becky, she reflects on the rationale behind what the project team has been doing, the results & how it was for the participants.

Interim Results

Designing with new biobased materials for circular & local clothing.

In this film the HEREWEAR partners present the interim results, as part of the UAL Research Season March 2022. The session was hosted by Becky & organised by Laetitia.

  • Read: Lifecycles of Biobased Materials

    This paper explores the role of designers being pivotal in a shift to circular fashion systems. Often material knowledge is difficult to access & innovation is hard to rationalise or contextualise. We therefore need to create tools to better understand the field of emergent biobased materials & their potential for a decarbonised, circular fashion sector.

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  • Read: BIO TEN BURRR

    BioTEN BURRR: Exploring current use, reuse, repair & recycling practices for bio-based clothing towards guidelines for circular fashion designers. This was a conference paper presented at Circular Economy & Sustainability, Heraklion, Greece, 2023.

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  • Read: BIO TEN London Workshop

    On 9 February 2024, the University of the Arts hosted a full-day event bringing together the HEREWEAR community. The spotlight was on the vibrant network of fashion micro & small businesses in the London area, with 9 brands representing denim, shoes, menswear, & womenswear, all with an interest in & commitment to more sustainable practices.

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  • Read: Flexi Dress Wins Award

    Becky helped envision this garment in the early stages of the project. The Flexi Dress was developed by HEREWEAR project partners DITF & Vretena. It was awarded ‘Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2024’. The results were announced at the Cellulose Fibres Conference 2024 in Cologne, Germany.

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  • Read: BIO TEN guidelines paper

    The BIO TEN Design Guidelines: Inspiring biobased, local, durable & circular innovation in fashion textiles’. Becky & Dr Laetitia Forst wrote this interim results conference paper to present how design strategy was changing to enable designers to work with bio-based materials in local, circular contexts.

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