ECO FACTORY at Oxo Thanks!

Many Thanks to everyone who helped make eco factory at the oxo gallery so fantastic! I will be writing reviews of everyones contribution in the next few days, so watch this space!

eco factory workshops with TRAID and Amadis Sidamo

LAST DAYS AT OXO

the last 2 days at the oxo gallery are on the horizon.. come come and join us tomorrow.. saturady and sunday from 11 to 6!!

bikes with knitty gritty seat covers

Raising the understanding of textile waste issues in soho.. knit bombing guerilla style with knitty gritty.. the bike seat covers of Boris were covered with hand knitted seats and labels to tell everyone about the profligate textile waste the country dabbles in currently..

knit bombing guerilla in disguise

Seat covers for the Boris Bikes .. we put them onto bikes in soho on wednesday.. waited for the bikes to arrive! (the docks were empty when we arrived at 5.50 that morning) each knitted cover had a message about the amount of textiles wasted by going into landfill..

Faizel, his imaginative chairs and collaboration with kids

Faizel talks about creating new structures to reuse ancient deck chairs. 3 methods are in the show, an articulating structure using laundry pegs, which is beautiful and comfortable: The most comfortable piece made from recycled bags, and the witty use of balls in the third deckchair.

These pieces were also part of a self initiated project to engage the interests of, input and skills of youngsters in a school with no DT dept. The kids are really exited to have work that they have collaborated with in a London gallery. Sadly the complexities of bureaucracy has meant they could not visit themselves, but we hope they will enjoy this video clip. .

Pernille talks about her workshops at eco factory

Thankyou Pernille for your series of workshops which have been enjoyed by visitos to eco factory at the Oxo gallery this week.

another inspiring and inspired teacher and his students

From tunbridge wells, a group of students and their teachers.

A teacher is inspired by eco factory

A secondary school teacher was inspired by our exhibition and talks about what she is taking back to her students.

sanjay and his work

Sanjay talks about his design work at the eco factory exhibition at the oxo tower.

beading workshop at the eco factory exhibition at the oxo gallery

Preeti did a beading workshop with Annie today at the Oxo gallery eco factory exhibition and kindly allowed Sanjay to video the event..

transcendental gypsy caravan of creativity

Hi Everyone.. the Transcendental Gypsy Caravan of Creativity will sadly not be appearing t the end of the London Design Festival because it is a bit poorly.. we need to mend its pivot. Thankyou to everyone who turned out to see it at Goodwood, Bermondsey, Camden and on the South bank! we will however, be working on her over the winter, and trying to find a horse so that next time she will be rolling in the traditional way through the streets of London.

Please contact us if you would like to have updates, or even join us to visit her in her new home while the work continues. we thought a small drinks party and view for all those who have been disappointed not to see her on the road this week.

till 3rd october show at oxo gallery

Hi all change here.. we were and still partners of the brilliant London Design Festival, but we now have ALSO negotiated the Oxo gallery at the Oxo tower and have a big show, lots of great designers, and the opportunity to do co design workshops with us! come from 11 to 6 every day till the 3rd Oct!

eco factory on the south bank 22.9.10

report from London Design Festival..

We were at the Tanneries in Bermondsey on saturday, Camden high street on sunday and then on the south bank on wednesday. The Transcendental Gypsy caravan of Creativity captivated and amused everyone, surviving high winds in Camden, and then sparkling in the single glourious sunny autumn day that was this Wednesday.

Se the video of Amadis Sidamo, playing to people as they passed, and to the guys from TRAID (clothes charity) who were conducting SEW GOOD workshops.

Meanwhile, in the Oxo gallery, we opened the accompanying exhibition of co-design. Come and see us, we will be there beyond the design festival, until 3rd of october.

from 11.00 to 6.00 every day.

Designers include

Junky Styling

Jessie Chorley,

We Wear Wool,

Lauren Shanley,

Annie Sherburne

Kate Morris,

and more to be announced in the next blog

(I have to run downstairs to the gallery to check spellings of peoples surnames!!)

transcendental gypsy caravan and Amadis

EcoFactory at London Design Festival

We would just like to take this opportunity to tell you about our work at this year's London Design Festival. This year, the festival takes place between the eighteenth and twenty sixth of September, and in conjunction with our partners, TRAID, who will be running their famous Sew Good workshops and Contemporary Applied Arts, we will be running a series of Co-Designing workshops.

Annie Sherburne, an internationally renowned designer who has work on display in The Louvre and the Rockerfeller Center in New York, is the founder of EcoFactory, and she invites us all to share her vision.

EcoFactory aims to create an ideal of Heaven on Earth, with our fabulous gipsy caravan being towed around London, we aim to re-create all the magic of your childhood, taking you into a perfect dream state.

The Co-Designing workshops will encourage members of the public to bring old or unwanted garments to the workshops and have them re-designed by the biggest names in UK design, as well as the finest in new, young design talent. Annie has put together a fantastic collective of young designers, including the exceptionally talented Hannah Jefferies, winner of the 2008 Textprint Print Prize

EcoFactory's vision is to ensure that members of the public can create new garments out of old ones, therefore recycling and recreating new garments and designs we can love forever. As well as securing employment for UK fashion and design graduates.

An Introduction To EcoFactory

Hi there,

Thanks for stopping by.

EcoFactory is a brand new Co-Designing Initiative from internationally renowned designer Annie Sherburne. We have a wonderful gipsy caravan, which has been lovingly painted by Annie and her amazing collective of exceptionally talented young artists and designers, which will be towed around London using eco friendly methods of transportation.

At this year's London Design Festival, Secret Garden Party and the Vintage at Goodwood festvial, EcoFactory will be holding co-designing workshops allowing members of the public to bring along old garments of theirs and have the opportunity to work with top designers giving their clothes a new lease of life.

Working with our partners TRAID who will be hosting their legendary Sew Good workshops, and Contemporary Applied Arts. EcoFactory will be teaching people the skills required to design their own clothing, even if they have no previous experience.

All participants at the Co‐Designing workshops are contributing their unique
creativity in experimenting with a new model of environmentally friendly
designing, which demonstrating by using talents and gifts given to us, we can
find solutions to stimulate new vibrancy in the economy. For example, the reintroduction
of horses as a part of carbon neutral transport alternatives. .
Another example is offering alternatives to the enjoyment of the shopping
experience, where we can develop ideas to transform what we already have in a
fun, useful and stylish way, instead of relying more and more of the plants swiftly
diminishing resources.

This is not recycling, it's re-creation.

Thanks for reading.

EcoFactory