After brainstorming about a new design concept I began researching different problems we have in our everyday lives. Going off of the video Rhoener Textiles he first discusses “growing”. This sparked several ideas for apparel. One thought: Children grow very fast, and another is obesity. Often people are losing and gaining weight or getting taller and all of their old clothing goes to waste. Waste=Food, discusses biological metabolism and technical metabolism. Technical metabolism stood out to me. It is basically a concept of turning a material into something bigger and better. Upcycling.
My concept would solve this problem. Making pants for children with several buttons so that the waist and length could be lengthened and taken in. The same concept for the obesity issue; more buttons or closures that are able to lengthen and enlarge or shrink waistline or length. Therefore, they would be using the same garment for longer, rather than buying new clothes when they grow out of them. I think that people would like this idea, however, I think that garment manufactures and designers would take this idea and run with it. I think they could implement many more innovative ideas to this concept. We would be using more product but in the end would be creating less waste. Thus the cradle to cradle alternative.
