The Seam Decoder for Local Wisdom

As part of Kate Fletcher’s Local Wisdom project, I was commissioned to design something in response to the collected garment stories. Different use practices are systematically ordered into categories, such as ‘climate-led behaviour’, ‘transfer of ownership’, ‘super long life’, etc. The Seam Decoder is

Kate Fletcher’s Local Wisdom event at London College of Fashion

Kate Fletcher’s most recent project, Local Wisdom, records stories of resourceful garment use across the globe. She amplifies these use practices which shape the life of garments after the point of purchase. The goal is to change perceptions on experiencing fashion

Sneak preview: Local Wisdom design project

Kate Fletcher’s Local Wisdom project collects stories of resourceful use, categorised  in a very accessible way – inspiring! Several students & graduates from the collaborating universities were asked or commissioned to contribute to the project by  designing something in response to

Local Wisdom

A couple of weeks back, somewhere between MA project hand-in and Christmas holidays, Kate Fletcher held a London event for her research project Local Wisdom. I had worked on the project briefly during my internship at the Centre for Sustainable