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Maarit Aakko is a PhD candidate in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Finland. Her research interest is mainly in “slow fashion”, particularly in artisanal fashion creation, focusing on aesthetics and quality and involving ecological and ethical considerations in fashion.
ternative economies’ which nourish Our Commons. You can read some of his thoughts on his collaborative blog, Window 874, http://window874.com. He is a founding member of the Open Fashion Design Network, www.modeuncut.wordpress.com.
Cosette Armstrong, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Design, Housing, and Merchandising at Oklahoma State University, USA, where she teaches courses related to sustainable design and visual communications. Her research has focused on sustainability education and sustainable design. She has explored pedagogical strategies, curriculum design and engagement tools for the integration of sustainability into textiles and clothing education. Most recently her work has also explored the potential for product-service system development for the fashion industry as well as the use of emotional attachment in clothing design.
Anja-Lisa Hirscher is a designer and activist with a background in graphics and illustration. She graduated from the MA programme Creative Sustainability at Aalto University, Finland, and is now engaged with her project Make{able} – participatory clothing design workshops to encourage sustainable fashion consumption. Besides this, she supports Emerging Design Practices with research and teaching activities at Aalto University.
Anu Corin is a young Finnish fashion designer with a serious interest in sustainability and a Bachelor’s degree from Novia University of Applied Sciences, Finland. With an honest and holistic approach to sustainability her work tries to examine our times and ascertain what sustainable fashion could be. Alastair Fuad-Luke is an international sustainable design facilitator, consultant, educator, writer and activist and is currently Professor of Practice, Emerging Design Practices, in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Finland. His books include Design Activism (2009) and The Eco-Design Handbook (2002, 2005 and 2009). Currently his research interests include developing open source methods and tools for ‘design(ing) for social innovation’ and applying design approaches to exploring ‘al-
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Essi Karell, MA, is a fashion designer and research assistant in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Finland. She has been working on projects related to fashion-oriented Product-Service Systems and future service concepts around digital textile printing. Her interest lies in design for sustainable behaviour and servitisation of fashion. Anika Kozlowski is a fashion designer and PhD student in the Environmental Applied Sciences and Management programme at Ryerson University, Canada. Her dissertation work specifically examines how the design process can develop to be sustainability-driven and begin to induce sustainable consumption behaviours through consumer engagement, innovation and sustainability-driven business models within the fashion industry. Her research pulls from her experience working as a fashion designer and travelling and working with women in factories in India and Africa. Anika takes particular interest in how the urban running crew culture, social media, DIY, big data, smart materials and hacktivism can influence emotionally durable design and brand value creation.