COLLECTIVE COLLECTION

COLLECTIVE
COLLECTION

Open design

Iris Heerkens & Inouschka de Nooijer

The Collective Collection is an open design project. We presume that open design gives consumers an opportunity to participate in design and making process. The concept of Open Design changes the relation between consumers and designer. The consumer becomes the producer. We wanted to emphasize this in our concept.


We create a fashion collection that consists of different components. These components, for example a sleeve, have connections which connect to another component. Each component has got the same connections, so you can connect them to other parts. This allows the producer/consumer to vary endlessly; from a long dress, to a T-shirt, to a cocktail dress. By choosing different kinds of fabrics, you can also change constantly the look from the garments.

The colelction is easy to design and make so that it would be possible for everyone to create its own collection.

Our design is open, in order that anybody can make something and change it again. It offers the possibility to change the connections of the pattern and to upload again. Anybody can influence their own makings by using different cloths and different connections.

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CONCEPT

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This is an example from the template. When you click on the make button you go to the how to make site. Here you can find the .ait file and instructions.

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