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The Organic Imperative
Author Info
McClellan, Kelsey Erin
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1304604481
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2011, BA, Kent State University, College of the Arts / School of Art.
Abstract
Architecture and fashion have historically been considered somewhat parallel disciplines in that both fulfill a unique role in dual service to human functionality and artistic expression. However, this so-called “timeless relevance” is largely lacking from the modern practice of fashion as evidenced by rampant consumerism, consumer frustration, and a growing quantity of textile goods in both landfills and thrift store donation bins. This thesis proposes that fashion can meet its promise for relevance, expression, and functionality through the application of organic principles. This argument requires examination of the body-clothing connection, critique of contemporary fashion’s implementation, exploration of the origins of ‘Organic Architecture,’ and application of these principles to fashion. By realizing the organic imperative in design, fabrication, production, and even consumer purchase, fashion can take on a timeless relevance, and be worthy of the high platform modern culture lends to it.
Committee
Jean Druesedow (Advisor)
Noel Palomo-Lovinski (Committee Member)
Diane Davis-Sikora (Committee Member)
Elizabeth Howard (Committee Member)
Pages
101 p.
Subject Headings
Design
Keywords
sustainability
;
fashion design
;
fashion
;
second skin
;
organic architecture
;
organic
;
Frank Lloyd Wright
;
organic design
;
consumerism
;
mass-production
;
green initiatives
;
slow fashion
;
eco-design
;
fashion ethics
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McClellan, K. E. (2011).
The Organic Imperative
[Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1304604481
APA Style (7th edition)
McClellan, Kelsey.
The Organic Imperative.
2011. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1304604481.
MLA Style (8th edition)
McClellan, Kelsey. "The Organic Imperative." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1304604481
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Kent State University Honors College and OhioLINK.