Epson’s Project With The Aldo Galli Academy Of Fine Arts In Como Focuses On Upcycling For Sustainable Fashion
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It's called "Upcycling:
Fashion becomes sustainable with Epson ", its goal is to rewrite the destiny of pre-loved clothes, putting technological innovation at the service of sustainable creativity, and it was just launched by Epson.
The project involves the Aldo Galli Academy of Fine Arts - IED Network of Como and the Italian greenchic marketplace, which will work together under the coordination of Professor Fluvio Alvisi, coordinator of the Academy's "Textile: Design, Innovation, Sustainability" master.
Nine students will select some garments made available by greenchic, the first pre-loved fashion marketplace in Italy based on the circular economy, and will compete to give new life to clothes, transforming them into unique pieces thanks to the prints on the fabrics.
In fact, students will have at their disposal an Epson SureColor SC-F100 sublimation printer that will allow them to reinvent garments, creating new and original models.
At the end of the work, the outfits created by the students will become the protagonists of a greenchic survey: the community of the fashion platform will be able to vote for the favorite model and the winning dress of the challenge will then be an inspiration for a creation by greenchic designers.
About The Epson SC-F100
This is Epson's first A4 dye sublimation printer. With the footprint of an A4 desktop printer, the SC-F100 is perfect for producing promotional goods and personalised gifts such as mugs, key fobs, phone covers and other small merchandise items, when space is at premium.
It also meets the needs of textile producers who want to create bespoke products such as, small bags, aprons, lanyards and cushions.
This compact dye-sublimation printer is designed to expand business opportunities with high-quality printing on a wide range of gifts and promotional goods.
The quality and consistency levels are achieved through Epson's PrecisionCore MicroTFP printhead and a look up table (LUT) that's designed for promotional goods and gifts, as well as rigid substrates.
Comments
“Epson has always been focused on the sustainability of its products and on the development of compact, energy-saving technologies that guarantee the possibility of realizing one's ideas,” comments Renato Sangalli, Epson's Pro-Graphics sales manager. “Thanks to the combination of creativity and innovation, Epson sublimation printing, offering the same technology both with the SureColor SC-F100 desktop printer and with industrial machines, allows to interpret upcycling in a new way: that of creatively renewing a consumer good so that it continues to be used according to the principles of the circular economy ".
Nicoletta Castellaneta, Director of the Galli Academy, also emphasizes the importance of upcycling: "This project puts at the center of the research the perspective with which in the future we will approach consumption and production in the textile sector and therefore also in clothing". Upcycling intended not only as recovery, but also as a new value, as underlined by Eleonora Dellera, co-founder of greenchic who, says "has in its DNA not only the lengthening of the life cycle of pre-loved garments but the creation of new value, by recycling 99% of all clothes and accessories. An initiative like this, linked to the development of upcycling that involves and brings aspiring young designers to the green world, immediately seemed very appreciable, as well as the idea that training courses focused on the union of technology can be undertaken, inspiration and sustainability "
