Ahimsa: Showing Kindness to Dresses

A recent conceptual fashion design exhibition Ahimsa has been displayed as a critical response against the rapacious growth of the fast fashion system through its means of production, design and consumption. The exhibition’s importance comes not only from positioning ethical fashion within the conceptual fashion design practice, but also from its status as the first critical fashion design exhibition in Turkey, which has been conceived and curated by academic and designer Şölen Kipöz in Izmir Ahmet Adnan Saygun Art Center, Izmir, Turkey, from 18 October to12 November 2012.

Papairlines Inaugural Flight from Greece

Vasso, Costas and Loukas created papairlines, a creative platform that focuses on exposing the methodologies and process behind all things designed. This article describes their initial steps through ‘Once Upon A Sponge’ project in order to showcase how creativity and teamwork can be used as assets to overcome budget constrains and lack of recourses. Based on the public’s response the project also illustrates the outreach of design in everyday life.Vasso, Costas e Loukas hanno creato Papairlines, una piattaforma creativa focalizzata sulle metodologie e i processi che stanno alla base di tutto ciò che è progettato. Questo articolo descrive i loro primi step nel progetto “Once Upon A Sponge”, promosso al fine di mostrare come la creatività e il lavoro di squadra possono essere attività che aiutano a superare il problema dei budget limitati e della mancanza di risorse che spesso vincolano i designer. In base alla risposta del pubblico, il progetto mette in evidenza l’ampio raggio d’azione che il design ha nella vita quotidiana.