What exactly is Deconstruction - Reconstruction?

Welcome to Deconstruction-Reconstruction! We are a group of art students hailing from various areas of study including fashion, fibers, and metals at Virginia Commonwealth University. We are researching recycling fibers as a response to the large amount of muslin scraps wasted each day in the fashion design department. Throughout our project, we will be collecting muslin scraps from the design studios in recycling bins, keeping track of how much is wasted, in hopes of creating a continuing fabric recycling program. During our research, we will be meeting with designers working with eco-friendly or recycled materials. We will also use the scraps in combination with found and recycled metals to create one of a kind garments and accessories in order to reuse the wasted scraps. These pieces will be featured in a final show in May 2008.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Information about the life of materials

This is kinda long video (20 mins) but its a lot of really interesting information about the life cycle of materials, especially in America...

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

PA-LEEZE check this out...its really interesting
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casey bianco said...

I finally had time to sit down and watch this video and it was very eye-opening. Can you believe people conciously think about how to make things that don't last very long or have to be upgraded so you have to get new ones? It's definitely time we as a nation start re-evaluating what's important - money or trying not to trash our country and this planet.

February 20, 2008 at 11:59 PM

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