Co-design com Prática Sustentável no Ensino de Design de Moda

Resumo

The issue of sustainability is presented today as one of the main challenges facing hypermodern
society. Fashion designers and educators have the opportunity to adopt a fashion design
paradigm, which departs from the classic structures of fast fashion and can guide them
towards a new concept of ethical and sustainable fashion. From this approach it is possible to
work with design, manufacturing and consumption criteria; but also reactivate the longevity
of the garments, improving the user experience and the consideration of fashion waste. Our
research is based on the concept of slow fashion and the application of co-design methods
in classrooms, to encourage the development of sustainable practices and new collaborative
methods in education, involving designers, researchers, craftsmen and different social groups and non-governmental organizations in the generation and development process.
The qualitative methodological view was approached from the practice of participatory
design in offline communities, where various design strategies for sustainability were implemented,
such as; piracy, decoding and recoding techniques for second-hand clothing, all
based on criteria of optimization and quality improvement of the garments.
The sample included 30 participants divided into 5 groups, whose members adopted different
roles and actions within the groups. Various data collection instruments were also used
that measured awareness levels and sustainable positive impacts on workshop participants