Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
From Regulation to Real-World Design
Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Reihe: Routledge Advances in Sustainable Fashion
ISBN: 978-1-041-35947-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Addressing the growing gap between sustainability theory and real-world design and production practice, this book provides a practical and design-led framework for implementing eco-design and circular fashion within contemporary fashion systems shaped by European regulation, digital transformation, and evolving sustainability expectations.
Fashion designers and product teams are increasingly required to respond to regulatory frameworks such as the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), Digital Product Passports (DPP), Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), and traceability obligations, while continuing to operate within complex global supply chains. Yet existing literature often explains what circular fashion is without demonstrating how it can be implemented inside real design workflows, material decisions, and production systems. This book responds to that challenge by placing the designer at the centre of interconnected ecological, technical, and organisational systems. Drawing on systems thinking, circular design methodologies, material innovation, and Industry 4.0 technologies, the book offers visual frameworks, case-based insights, and practical tools that support the transition from linear to circular fashion systems. Topics include material health and monomaterial design, upcycling and regeneration at scale, digital prototyping and smart production, traceability and data flows, and circular business models for both start-ups and established brands. Bridging creativity, policy literacy, and operational decision-making, this book offers a structured and applied contribution to sustainable fashion education and practice.
This book will be of interest to postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students in sustainable fashion and design, as well as fashion professionals, educators, and sustainability practitioners seeking applied, EU-aligned approaches to circular design and product development.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction Part 1: Foundations for Change 1. The Need for Systemic Change 2. The European Regulatory Turning Point: The Operational Framework of the New Fashion Economy 3. The Designer as a System Thinker: Implementing Circular Fashion in a Regulated Era Part 2: Designing for Circularity 4. Designing Smarter: Materials, Innovation, and Circular Flows 5. Designing for Circularity 6. Smarter Production Systems and Supply Chain Integration Part 3: Business and Innovation 7. Designing Circular Systems: From Product to Value in Fashion 8. The Industrialisation of Upcycling: From Creative Repair to Scalable Regeneration 9. Scaling Circular Innovation: From Pilots to System Integration Part 4: Implementation 10. Building a Circular Fashion Venture: Designing with Foresight in a Regulated Market 11. From Linear to Circular: Transition Pathways for Existing Fashion Systems Conclusion - The Shift Has Already Begun Appendix: EU Regulatory Framework
