The Journey so far – A presentation on my Professional Engagement By Adey Thani.

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The Journey so far – A presentation on my Professional Engagement By Adey Thani

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The Journey so far – A presentation on my

Professional EngagementBy

Adey Thani

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My position – where I stand

• Ethical living is the way forward.• Social responsibility as a designer.• Sustainability Exhibition.• Sustainability workshop.• Its not all about reduce, reuse and recycle.• Disadvantaged communities.• How designers can make the world go round.• Whats been happening.

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A World in Peril?

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So much needless waste and plundering.

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Exhibition Flyer.

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Waste to Glamour Exhibition II ( What can be made from rubbish)

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The Workshop on sustainability

• Who is it for?• What was the objective of the exhibition?• What preparations were made?• Time projection.• The participants.

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Workshop Snaps

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The result

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Is reduce, reuse and upcycle enough?

• Sustainable living is not all about the environment or is it?.

• Stop exploitation of disadvantaged people in all societies.

• Everyone has the right to earn a fair standard of living.

• Shouldn’t designers like you and I give craftsmen and women in disadvantaged societies a fair chance?

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Hand-woven fabrics from other cultures.

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What is wrong with these fabrics?

• They are durable• Colours are vibrant• Handmade• Cheap to produce compared to industrially

finished ones.• They are versatile and can be made into

anything modern and contemporary.

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Thinking outside the box

• Local designers have been trying to change the end use of the products.

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Letting the world go round.

• If designers in the West start using products from disadvantaged communities, they earn a living wage.

• No more Arab spring or civil unrests • Everybody is happy.

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Where do i come in to this?

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How did this come about?

• The 2012 Olympics• Cashing in on the Olympics• Tote Bags• Sales and Marketing/Advertising• Spitalfields Market• ‘Source’• My Iranian Friend

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Samples of my tote bags

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Necessity being the mother of invention.

• Funding my masters degree• Introduction to Jajim• Nostalgia• Outsourced• Designed messenger bags and rucksacks• Making samples• Finance

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Contacting retailers

• Topshop• Urban outfitters• H&M• Charlotte Reid• Camden• Westend

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Press & Networking

• Fashion Affair Magazine• Fashion show (Fashion meets Music)• Anglo-Nubian Fashion show• Uel Christmas fair (start-up Britain)

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Fashion meets music

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More Press

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Networking

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Christmas fair

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More to come

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Calculated risk

• Following my gut feelings• Not knowing whether I would get my

investment back• Following my passion• Research

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Appreciation

• Thank you for listening!

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Bibliography

• www.bbc.co.uk • Morris, S. -Fashion photographs• Braungart, M & Mcdonough, W (2009) ‘Cradle to Cradle’: Vintage

Books, London.• NOAA reports (2008,May 19) – ScienceDaily, retrieved December

13, 2011 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080519134306htm

• -Carnegie Institution (2011, December 12). The case of the dying aspensScienceDaily. Retrieved December 14, 2011, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111212153127.htm

• Environmental protection Agency.