Fashioning The Future

Project Outcomes

2008 - 2011 – Fashioning the Future Awards 

2008 - 2009 – New Definitions of Luxury 

Categories include Enterprise and Communication, the Role of Materials in Fashion, Systems for a Sustainable Fashion Industry and Design in a Thriving World.  Finalists were selected to take part in catwalk show as part of a CSF global Summit exploring new definitions of luxury. 

2009 - 2010 – Water: The Right for All Citizens of this Planet

Finalist’s work was featured in an exhibition, held in the LCF Fashion Space and at City Hall, as part of Professor Frances Corner’s role as a London Leader. 

2010 - 2011 – Unique: Honouring Biodiversity 

As part of the decade of biodiversity and partnering with UNCTAD, finalists were selected to be featured in an experimental multimedia exhibition and catwalk show supported by Canary Wharf and held in the imposing East Winter Gardens. 

January, 2013 – Fashioning the Future Summer School 

9 partner institutions sign up to be part of the first Fashioning the Future Summer School. The participating universities include: 

• London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London

• Central St Martins, University of the Arts London

• Goldsmiths College, University of London

• University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 

• Textilhögskolan, Högskolan Borås, Sweden 

• The Robert Gordon University, UK

• Aalto Korkeakoulusäätiö, Finland 

• KEA/Copenhagen School of Design & Technology, Denmark

• Hogeschool Gent, Belgium 

June, 2013 – City Maps 

Selected participants captured images of their home cities and embark upon daily tasks under identified themes of seeing, knowing and doing. Each participant documented their daily experiences, creating a personal map of their city and sharing their reflections through a blog.

July, 2013 – The Brief 

Participants were asked to consider some of the world’s fastest growing cites and the environmental challenges and opportunities of urban cultures. Working in inter-disciplinary groups, they were challenged to imagine London in 2025 and to use fashion as the starting point for developing a ‘City Survival Pack’. Over the course of the incubator, students worked with researchers and tutors from CSF, European partner universities, Forum for the Future and the Sustainable Angle to support the ideation and prototyping process. 

July, 2013 – Nike Making App Challenge 

Participants were invited to the launch of Nike’s Making App and were briefed by CSF and Nike on the 2025 London Making App Challenge. Working in their groups with guidance from either a member of CSF or the Nike design team, they explored and use the newly launched Making App. Their challenge was to redesign a single item from ‘the urban uniform’ based on the needs of the wearer in London 2025. Outcomes were presented to Nike’s Sustainable Business Innovation team. 

July, 2013 – Final Concepts 

Each team presented their City Survival Pack Concept and Prototypes to a panel from academia and industry as well as their peers and other guests.  Successful students received a Fashioning the Future diploma and research from the summer school is collated as part of the Habit(AT) project.