Tools and Best Practices for the Sustainable Fashion Industry
HackThatFashion launches a support programme for the sustainable and digital transition of European fashion brands.
On March 1st, a free online workshop introducing sustainable fashion tools.
February 13th, 2023 – HackThatFashion (https://hackthatfashion.eu) is a brand new project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union for the sustainable and digital transition of the fashion industry. Over its two-year duration, the project will offer a free support programme consisting of hands-on tools, workshops and hackathons for fashion brands, designers, startups and SMEs that are in the early stages of defining their business models.
On March 1st, 2023 at 16:00-17:30, HackThatFashion launches its first capacity-building activity. In this online workshop, participants will learn more about the HackThatFashion project and how they can benefit from it, as well as join a collaborative session in which they can acquire and test different tools for sustainable fashion, curated by HackThatFashion. This set of 16 different tools apply the 4 steps of Design Thinking (Understand, Define, Make, Release) and will provide intuitive exercises for fashion enterprises to further integrate sustainable approaches into the way they do business. Liis Tiisvelt, founder of the Estonian sustainable and carefree brand iLLIMOR, will join to discuss finding the right balance between a comfortable design, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility.
Register for free to participate in the digital workshop via zoom here: LINK TO REGISTER.
The HackThatFashion journey is led by an experienced team from different European countries: Envolve Entrepreneurship (Greece), business and innovation experts; IED Istituto Europeo di Design (Spain), fashion and design experts; and Tartu Centre for Creative Industries (Estonia), creative industries experts. By joining the programme, participants from all over Europe will be able to improve their capacities in two main areas: first, the coherent use of digital technology, and second, the effective use of more sustainable practices.
What: HackThatFashion Workshop: Tools for Sustainable Fashion
When: Wednesday March 1st, 2023 from 4:00pm – 5:30pm CET
Where: Via Zoom (LINK TO REGISTER) – limited participation: first come – first serve
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About HackthatFashion – Synergies for a Sustainable Fashion Sector
HackThatFashion is a cross-sectoral platform where the fashion industry will connect with the technology and innovation industry at carefully curated hackathons and matchmaking sessions.
Through learning and applying design thinking methods and tools, fashion designers will be supported to practice and build concrete results towards technology and sustainability integration and adoption.
HackThatFashion is looking for fashion designers and small and medium fashion companies in Europe interested in participating.
The HackThatFashion project is led by an experienced team from different European countries: Envolve Entrepreneurship (Greece), business and innovation experts; IED Istituto Europeo di Design (Spain), fashion and design experts; and Tartu Centre for Creative Industries (Estonia), creative industries experts.
For Further Details and Contact: https://hackthatfashion.eu/
With the contribution of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union under the Call for proposals: European Cooperation projects Small Scale CREA-CULT-2021-COOP-1.
