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Week of June 8th: Reflecting on Creative Process

Last week, you submitted an artwork! This week, you will continue your work as an artist by reflecting on (thinking about) the process you took to create your artwork. Read each question carefully and think about how it connects to your work as an artist. Complete each answer in complete sentences and submit.

1. How did you use your own ideas in your artwork?

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2. What challenges did you encounter during the creative process? How did you overcome or respond to the challenge?

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3. What would you like to change about your project?

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4. What are some of the most significant things you have learned through art making?
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5. What are you most proud of in this project?
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LESSON #7

School Uniform Design Post-Pandemic

Week of May 4, HANDOUT #1

Directions: Over the next few weeks, you will be creating a design for school uniforms! This week, you will learn about other designers who are using innovation to design fashionable and functional clothes. Review the vocabulary below before reading.

• • Refugee - a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.

  • Humanitarian - someone who actively engages in promoting human welfare and social reforms, and who has no prejudice with human suffering on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or national divisions. A humanitarian's goal is to save lives, relieve suffering, and maintain human dignity.

Today’s Tasks:

1. Read the article below about Angela Luna and her clothing designs.

2. Answer the questions about the article (you will type directly into this document).

A student at Parsons School of Design, Luna considered switching majors to study something more humanities-based where she could develop the skills to make a difference, but she was already three years into her degree.

"My skill set has always been with creativity and design," Luna told Business Insider. "In the end, yeah, I am going to school for fashion and I [thought] it could be more interesting and could actually be a more innovative way to create a solution if I use my skills in design."

After speaking with humanitarian workers, Luna quickly discovered another benefit to staying in the fashion industry: that's where the money is.

By looking through images of refugees sleeping on sidewalks, reading interviews, and speaking with humanitarian agencies, Luna identified the most prominent challenges faced by refugees that she could address through design, such as the need for warmth and protection from the elements. Luna then applied her research to develop a collection of seven pieces for her senior thesis design project at Parsons, simultaneously establishing her apparel company ADIFF, with the tagline "design intervention for global issues."

Globally, fashion is a $1.2 trillion industry. Luna found a way to tap into that cash flow by designing these multipurpose garments that people would be interested in wearing recreationally, and then turning around those profits to donate modified versions of the garments to refugees for survival gear. Luna hopes to establish a business model similar to Tom's Shoes, which donates a pair of shoes for every pair purchased. Luna says she is currently in talks with potential investors and manufacturing partners. She hopes to launch the collection commercially by early next summer.

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The collection is called "Outerwear Anywhere."

Instead of attempting to design jackets that transform into survival tools, like the ones she found online, Luna focused on working backwards. For example, building a tent that works as a jacket rather than a jacket that works as a tent.

Or a sleeping bag that doubles as a jacket for maximum warmth.

She said she tried to think of new ways to make things look good on the body as well. This jacket converts into a backpack.

Luna said that designing the collection was a long process, taking as long as months to figure out some of the garment.

This jacket has a built in pouch for carrying a child.

"Since I've put the website online, I've been reached out by a bunch of people who enjoy hiking or camping or doing long-distance treks through the mountains," Luna said. "There is an interest and there is a need there."

Luna said that she understands that the consumers wearing these clothes recreationally have different needs than those wearing her designs for survival gear.

"This whole collection was also about finding a way to prove that fashion could be more than just clothes," Luna said. "I feel like, in every industry, there's opportunities [to make a difference], it's [just] up to you to figure out how you can kind of make that opportunity yourself."

She said she tried to think of new ways to make things look good on the body as well. This jacket converts into a backpack

Luna said that designing the collection was a long process, taking as long as months to figure out some of the garments.

"Since I've put the website online, I've been reached out by a bunch of people who enjoy hiking or camping or doing long-distance treks through the mountains," Luna said. "There is an interest and there is a need there."

Luna said that she understands that the consumers wearing these clothes recreationally have different needs than those wearing her designs for survival gear.

"This whole collection was also about finding a way to prove that fashion could be more than just clothes," Luna said. "I feel like, in every industry, there's opportunities [to make a difference], it's [just] up to you to figure out how you can kind of make that opportunity yourself."