Kate Fletcher

Design and Nature book call for contributions

Just announced: a call for contributions to a new edited book about design and nature! We welcome many types and formats of pieces and many different perspectives. More…

Post date September 25, 2017

New book ‘Opening Up the Wardrobe’ just out! Join us for a fortnight of activities!

A new book, a veritable smorgasbord of research methods examining what happens to clothes after they have been bought, is fresh off the press! It is available to…

Post date September 6, 2017

Laundry Pile, 20 September 2017

Love it or hate it, laundry is part of everyday life. Join us to rifle through the Laundry Pile on 20th September in a London launderette (where else?!)…

Post date September 6, 2017

Call for papers on Fashion Localism

Call for papers for special issue on Fashion Localism in Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process & the Fashion Industry Localism is a growing movement of place,…

Post date January 31, 2017

Conference in and with nature

Dartmoor, UK, 5-7 July 2017: a nature-immersed exploration of fashion sustainability with myself and Liz Parker. Log off your email, shut down your laptop, and join us for a…

Post date January 31, 2017

9 November 2016 – A conversation on Craft Culture

As part of a week of events called Craft Cultures exploring the contemporary significance of craft at the University of Leicester, I’ll be giving a talk about the Craft…

Post date October 13, 2016

Recent interview for Current

Recently I was interviewed by Louise St.Pierre for Emily Carr University of Art + Design‘s design research journal Current. Louise and I have known each other for quite a…

Post date July 5, 2016

Craft of Use + Hay Festival

I’m going to be at the Hay Literary Festival at the end of May to talk about the Craft of Use book, please come and say hello… KATE…

Post date May 16, 2016

NOW AVAILABLE Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion

With huge delight I can announce that the much anticipated book the Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion is now published! It features many of the stories of using clothes…

Post date April 5, 2016