When we speak of sustainable consumption, what do we really want to sustain? What emotions do we value, what behaviors, what abilities, what relations with others? How about fashion? Celebrity culture? Cheap accessibility? Taking a step back, we can rethink the way we reproduce consumerism. How can we make fashion not only sustainable, but imagine ways designers also help consumers become fashion-able?

Dr. Otto von Busch is associate professor in Integrated Design at Parsons School of Design, where he explores how design can mobilize community capabilities to work towards social sustainability, peace, and justice.

The talk will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in room 2235 of Nancy Nicholas Hall, located at 1300 Linden Drive. This event is co-presented by the American Craft Council and the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.