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of a more complex whole. Her clothing promotes the rejection of consumerism. She always produces something ‘different’ in order to advocate a return to simplicity and sustainability. Her work breathes a feeling of freedom, autonomy and selfdetermination; we can read in it a responsible attitude to life. She also organises her daily life and activities in such a way as to foster conservation as far as possible. Zittel views concept, method and praxis as one and the same; care for one’s self and for the environment is a way of giving meaning to life in a world in which micro and macro, the individual and the environment are all organically linked.
Andrea Zittel