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Meni Mbugha
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Location KYOTO
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I've been interested in the subject a little while ago, so I'm hoping to understand more about it.
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A. Show don't tell is the mindset that suits me.
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Hi Everyone, I'm Meni from Kyoto. The most challenging stage for me is to generate. Defining the right solution among all the ideas you may find able to solve the problem need a sharp and distinctive sight of the real fulfillment of client.
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Thank you very much. I’m going to explore more about Washi paper , especially about decoration techniques to try applying in to Paper Materials Locally grown in my country. It will let me to find a new support for art expression.
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Even if Industrialized paper Are commonly used today in my country, I think that for art expression instead of canvas or any fabrics , it might be interesting to explore paper made from local materials or to recycle the one thrown away.
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It was a interesting journey into Japanese culture and history through paper making . I’m very grateful for the lessons learnt.
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Absolutely no trace of paper or manuscript remain in Central Africa. I wonder if beforehand people could write or save memories into writing as Egyptian are black supposed coming from the Nile source area.
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Really inspiring
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I’m still impressed about the HakuokiGami , silver and gold leaves foiling are a kind of raffinements which even for fabric gives a beautiful finish and added- value. The particularity is that , applied a textured area appears . It is not as flat as today serigraphy , much more a vivid stains of the surface.
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None of production of paper was mentioned by explorer of the precolonial west central even the Eastern Congo, thus I can’t share any comments about my country. But I do see how important paper was to be the center of such attention though a culture took form.
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Really interesting section of the course. As learner of textile craft in Japan some of these techniques are closed to the one used for kimono then for textile artworks today.
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The Red wood from the Sappanwood and Padauk are one of the main dye used in DRCongo of course other sources of dyes as mineral ochre or the green from malachite too but we traditionally used Mostly black ( charcoal) , white ( kaolin ) and red ( mineral ochre and redwood ) For art, body painting and home decoration.
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Industrialized production of paper exists in Congo today. We might had been using paper yet since the 17th century when the first Kongo Empire was christianized then education of monk was established. I can not say precisely of paper was at the time produce in the kingdom but as soon as , letters could be exchanged between monarchy, we can deduce that at least...
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As a Paper is a agglomeration of fiberS, it is obvious that “stories” of arrangement of those natural components within the square of the sheet can be retrace and give information about the materials and circonstances of the manufacturing process. That is aN amazing Insight got from this class.
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I knew that Ramie is used to make banknote from my textile fiber Class but the fact that I was also use since ancient times really fascinate me. I do like the textile made in that fiber even if it is costly.
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Observing participant of a paper workshop back in 2007 in kinshasa. I saw the recycling method and found it very interesting. Later the paper was used as canvas for artwork. By myself , I used several time “papier mâché “ in my artwork that I feel familiar to paper recycling.
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Historically , I did not find any paper making process in central Africa but nowadays , bananas trees stalks are used to make Craft paper in Uganda. It is from that information that I was interested to fibers uses other than fabric.
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Paper was not made in my country, body or artworks were used instead to put down memories in form of graphic. oral tradition was the only way of passing history.
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I’m from Central Africa, especially from DRCongo. Before coming to Japan only barkcloth was the kind of traditional material I encountered which make me feel like a surface for writings. I’m really impressed about Japanese paper and culture.
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I’m Meni from DRCongo living in Japan since 2015. China plays a big role in Africa as development pattern and professionally I’m getting involved with Chinese people so I want to learn the language.
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Hello ! I had participated to a Washi workshop soon arrived in kyoto, thus know just a little about the traditional books washi. It is a materials which interested more when I knew that as fabric and thread was used in Japan.
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Thank you very much for the course. I added some information about innovations into the fashion industry with the cases studies that will be helpful for the next level of my learning.
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My favourite piece of cloth is a pyjama set from uniqlo comfortable and easy to care that I wear all the time at home. The knitted fabric composing the garment is made of cotton 96% and spandex (Lycra) 4%.
So far, the man-made composite known as Lycra, Spandex or Elasthane is a replacement to rubber discovered after world war II by DuPont , when humanity... -
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My favourite piece of cloth is a pyjama set from uniqlo comfortable and easy to care that I wear all the time at home. The knitted fabric composing the garment is made of cotton 96% and spandex (Lycra) 4%.
So far, the man-made composite known as Lycra, Spandex or Elasthane is a replacement to rubber discovered after world war II when humanity started... -
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I don't have the time to make the short video this time but I had learnt much about the principles that I can use for my future work
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This project is amazing. A very pragmatic approach to disassemble garments but also used in different field of textile industry as well.
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One of the sustainable fashion example is the brand LEM LEM that produces by craftsman community in Ethiopia with sourced materials. It is a great way promote cultural knowledge and craft community to meet global market.
https://www.lemlem.com/collections/mens -
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https://www.uniqlo.com/fr/fr/homme/collections-speciales/airism#
The Airism product line of UNIQLO is for me an example of innovation in clothing industry as the Inner wear textile present a fine and smooth touch making the breathability of the textile the core of their communication. It has used micro-polyester and micro-fibre from cotton for manufacture... -
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Internet, Social Media and Smartphone are opening doors to news shopping experiences for consumers conveying at the same time consumers needs and future trends of the clothing industry. Here in Japan, UNIQLO is the most successful brand which provides quality product which last more than a season at affordable price.
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In this time, sustainability (traceability, transparency, ecological processess etc.) is a keyword because social, economic and environmental impacts of products and business models are some of the interest the customers is requesting about as responsibilities any fashions brands should assess in their development strategies and communications.
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I think that the awareness in the fashion industry about the ecological and ethical footprints has raised innovations in fibre , textiles processing and design that leads to improvement of traditional techniques of natural fibres from bananas leaves, bananas etc. whose known since ancient time but abandoned from man-made fibre as synthetic fibre. New...
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Hello, I am a designer and lecturer from DRCongo learning textile craft in Japan. I'm here to learn about innovation in fashion industry.
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I do like technology when it comes to learn but as soon as personal information has to be shared I'm scary. But frankly, I'm getting less and less "hard paper driven " so I will prefer to be reached by digital than traditional advertisement
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Employing Digital media to promote product or services is Digital marketing for me. I'm here to learn about as I had received the responsibility to promote and share on social media information about products I designed.
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Thank your very much for this meaningful course, I had learnt many facets of fashion and sustainability , through concret actions to tackle issues of the fashion industry. Yet, more deepening are required but basically a clear path is opened to be reinforced.
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As a Designer and Educator :
KeyWords :
Educate - Empower - RespectI will raise awareness for conscious consumerism by providing high quality product ;
I will work to create positive cultural , social and environmental change within craft and academic communities ;
I will incorporate Sustainability into my Design process regarding materials,... -
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Educate - Empower - Respect
I will raise awareness for conscious consumerism by providing high quality product ;
I will work to create positive cultural , social and environmental change within craft community ;
I will incorporate Sustainability into my Design process regarding materials, embellishment and manufacturing techniques.I will create...
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My draft manifesto still reflect my values and experiences of sustainability and Fashion. It does reflect what I have learnt so far during this course. I will work on a shortest version, which include key words learned.
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It is very important for Compagnies involved in Fashion to Share their core value and commitment to sustainability and theirs realizations achieving them. It is a Journey with effort that all ( actors : customers , retailers , buyers, manufacturers , designers producers...) , at every stage of the chain should be be able to commit and share to see our impact.
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The framework is an efficient tool to ass ess any project related to fashion and sustainability. It let me understand for each context issues within and find opportunities to resolve.
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Merci
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Inspirant and Mots sincères. love it
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Thank IFM for this course. I’m looking forward learning from your perspectives
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I think that Reframe and Ideas generation was the most interesting part for me , because as soon as you understand the matter , pick some participants , you can visualize how they will interact together by formulating ideas.
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This assignment was really a good way to put our ideas into a real design project. I really appreciate it.
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Nowadays with the sustainability awareness taking the fashion industry, I'm really amazed of the integration of living organism in the process of making fabrics. Bacteria Cellulose is one of the innovation.
If we consider the evolution of textile materials in fashion, from natural to synthetic fibre, the level of change was on the new substance created to...
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Lecturer at the Arts and Crafts Institute of Kinshasa ( DRCongo) , I’m Living in kyoto Japan where I’ve pursued a Master in Textile Craft And now preparing a PhD. As a fashion designer , I have been interested in sustainable development, so I always wanted to understand environmental impact of the textile industry , especially fiber production processes (...
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Really interesting way to design a project related to the issues we have studied.
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The social agenda \ Wellbeing issue covers natural and human , but in the explanation of the issue only human facts regarding workers wellbeing is taken in account. How about the natural wellbeing? What is it about ? I do see the wellbeing as a whole prospecting the natural system within human , animal, plants , minerals are all connected then take the...
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IT is very important to enlight such practical fact about fashion and sustainability. Not as a trend but as our new way of "making" business and our daily life goods.
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Surprising to see how Nike is working to improve the sustainability of their products.
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Meni Mbugha replied to Cat Heraty
Thanks for sharing. I'm sure that soon or later we will face the truth that our unsustained consumption have to change, giving more values to products we buy or sell.
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The application sounds good, but still not covering many options and kind of garments. Can't wait for improvements.
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living in a developping country where the basics needs as food, access to healthcare, education still a big issues. Talking about sustainability in fashion it is just difficult to grab. But talking about fashion, mainly depending of imports of Chinese cheapest goods, the market live also from 2nd hand clothes and locally tailored garments. But as for the...
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Fast fashion brands are the players of the industry nowadays so they might be the target of all actions made pushing them to revise their actions but still questions of the mass production and the consequent waste still arose in my mind. Even if processes get cleaner, reducing social and environmental footprint and still growing means to me slowing down....
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Meni Mbugha replied to Carmen Eco
For Zero emissions of green houses gaze @JudithKinghorn
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Meni Mbugha replied to Sabine Moormann
Do we need to stay involved in the same speed in that evolution ?
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Thank you very much
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I'm for sustainable use of leather and alternative materials. I think that as human we should reduce our negative impacts of the welfare of any living being we are connected too. So each of our activities might be regarded with the footprint. I think that leather could still be used , processes improved and alternatives be founded.
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I do wear in footwear and bags . The durability, uniqueness and appeal of the leather as natural and expensive material connect it to the luxury fashion. Both, ethical and environmental issues are connected to the leather industry. Leather for luxury fashion required high quality that resulted through a particular environment for the animal but also while...
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Some organization actually give support pot to farmers willing to shift. But I do consider that the market at the first dictate. It looks much easier to start with ecologically decisions than changing a business model which has remained in lack of information about the supply chain.
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Sourcing fabrics is a real though process in Kinshasa DRCongo where the "wax" (cotton printed with African print mainly Asian imported products) is still the standard of fashion. Designers who want to express themselves face rarity or have to switch on linen or ramie as natural product. Nylon and polyester and order mixed fabrics are another choice. None of...
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@BeckyHarris that's meaningful, entering the market with new policy and decision making for this purpose. It can have a big impact. As soon as you take the path of circular economy. I think that you will be campaigning for your consumers to use carefully the product and find way to encourage them to fill up your sourcing point with the fabrics and garments...
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Yes, people need to understand. Using all type of media to spread the awarness Will let thèm know.
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Great vidéo and informations shared. I Will watch the following year talk as well to learn much on the matter. what I had noticed so far , that personal values impacted our single choices as designers, entrepreneurs or consumer .
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The Congo's basin Forest is one of the planet 's lungs. Home for the millennial culture of Indigenous peoples whom the role for its conservation is crucial, those people living rooted in the forest shows us the Harmony of living with Nature and translate this philosophy through stunning designs that we had chosen to valorise , promote, by empowering their...
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Thanks a lot
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This introspection time gave me clear view of what my values are, that are the fact that I had seen til now and which directions I want to take.
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Thank you for sharing
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Meni Mbugha replied to Vaiva Girdziunaite
As we want that to stop, as said create awareness is the key and change into our behaviors. Soon or later, businesses will also step down when consumer will not agree to follow that throw away culture.
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Very interesting way to describe the issues with simplicity for more understanding.
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Now it is important to work for solutions !
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Good pointing that exploitation of resources (natural and humans) target market in developed countries nowhere else the consumption and waste has proven an unsustainable way of life. I think that the Earth has enough food to feed us all. We just need responsible actions so we can share all the resources.
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Many are just ignoring, or ignorant of the hugeness of the issues.
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Meni Mbugha replied to Mohammad Aziz
I think that well beings resumes all the issues we are talking about now, because it doesn't take only wage issues of workers in the supply chain but human communities, wearers (consumers), animals and the environment. All the resources involved into the industry and its life cycle. When hazardous chemicals have polluted a river , it will also have an...
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https://www.fashionrevolution.org/manifesto/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgPSDh3XXpA
https://edun.com/pages/mission
https://www.stellamccartney.com/experience/en/sustainability/mission-statement/
Pursuing the Cultural agenda, I found myself very close to the values shared by each of those organizations and brands. Values that every consumers...
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THat is one of my priority ! Thanks letting me the chance to work on it .
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My chosen agenda is the “CULTURAL” one.
As an educator , I think that Fashion as a result of our behavior might be regarded as a set of “values” that people share together in community and as individual.
While understanding the negative impacts of Fashion industry on the Environment ( Ecological view) , I personally questioned myself about my contribution... -
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•Wǒ ài nǐ。— I love you
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Very interesting introduction and I look forward learning about Chinese culture.
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Interesting story , talking about Textile and Apparel , The benefit of the pollution in China is mainly for the western world because China became the world's factory. I wonder why now the same people who got benefit taking against the system who made them enjoy consumption.
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Media first has forged my view of China (Movies), before I had the chance to meet Chinese tourist and researcher living in Japan. Actually, most of the media are westerner . The younger generation, for the most, have left China to find a way to live better in Japan taking advantage of the labour shortage on Japan to get job and the lack of chances for tem to...
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/china-watch/culture/west-understanding-chinese-culture/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9XN0sAB9co
The Sky Cradlehttps://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/documentary/20190707/4001332/
US China Tech WarLiteracy, Technology ( Internet-Media- Transportation-Industry) are the forces of the contemporary Chinese culture...
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I think that The hugeness , social disparity and the over all control of media by the government in China make difficult from the outside even in the inside to understand the " Chinese culture ". I've been told that Shanghai is actually not a representation of China on its own because of the international statute it has got since ancient time.
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Getting the final tone solely is quite difficult while putting it with initials.
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Some YouTube videos of Pinyin Learning can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLioS_-8erSI1B8dEErLr28sdgsHMui1d-
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Meni Mbugha replied to [Learner left FutureLearn]
The sound looks downloadable , you can listen to it if you download it.
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Pinyin sounds complicated at the beginning. With a good and long lasting practice it gets very easy
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I'm Mbugha MENI from DRCongo. After visiting China a year ago I felt in Love of the culture and the dynamics I encountered . As Foreign student in Japan, I had also met many Chinese from different background. In the mid term I would like to study or work in China, at least get an professional experience.
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There is in my sense an Unbalanced between the image and the reality of today 's China is a huge country with disparate realities: Rural vs Urban. As living in Japan the last few years, I could say that Harmony and beauty has been achieved in every part of the country. So I think that China is on the way to create the He and Mei as ideally preach by Confucius.
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Thanks for sharing this with us. From my last visit in China, I had aN image of big cities well urbanized such what everyone can see in major cities. But I could not imagine that only hundred kilometres from Beijing rural area could be as miserable as the rural areas in Congo. I had experienced smog during my last visit day and knew also about water pollution...
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had choosen the cultural agenda, because i've always thought that the value that we are giving to the cloth has changed during the last 60 years.
I can remember that I had wore some of my older brothers and relatives shoes or clothes when i was younger which is not the case now. I'm just 38 years born in France and growing in Congo. I do understand that... -
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I value a beautiful environment in which all beings are living in Harmony.
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As an academic and a designer, sustainability is a important topic because I have the responsibility of the empowerment of the future generation, I should lead them to think about how to keep viability in the social and environmental impacts of fashion (all activities) . As a designer, my goal is to make as beautiful as possible garments that can be wear...
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As a business, sustainability is way to growth , because resources involved into the business need to stay available in other to fulfil the purpose of the business and being profitable. As soon as, one the practice tackles down the long lasting of a business it is important to question decisions and actions for sustainable ones. Designer as businessman put...
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Quite well presented and identified. I'm looking forward learning about new opportunities.
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100% true !
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I'm MBUGHA MENI , from DRCongo, fashion designer and lecturer at The Arts and Crafts Institute of Kinshasa. I have travelled 4 years ago to Japan, in order to learn textile craft dyeing techniques in order to apply it back in DRCongo to promote and protect traditional patterns of Indigenous peoples living in the rainforest as a part of my scientific research...
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@LindseyWannenmacher Maiwa.com has many recipes shared freely on the dyeing process. I can recommend wildcolours.co.uk also .
