A company in Taiwan has recently turned the well-know coffee bean into a “super high-tech eco fabric.” The process, created by Singtex Industrial Co.,  can produce two shirts from the amount of coffee grounds needed to make just “one medium cup of coffee”. The fabric is also said to be “quick-drying, odour controlling,  and UV-protective.”

The Uniform Project is  a year-long fundraising project for the Akanksha Foundation, a grassroots movement that is revolutionizing education in India. At the end of the year, all contributions will go toward Akanksha’s School Project to fund uniforms and other educational expenses for slum children in India.

Sheena Matheiken wears a single dress – designed by Eliza Starbuck – every day for the next year. Each day, the dress is customized by several accessories.

Fernando Brizio – a portugese artist -  created this stunning dress as part of the Turin-based exhibition “flexibility – design in a fast changing society” last year.

The dress has little pockets and by placing coloured felt-tip pens in them, the appearance of it changes over time. Since the coloured ink bleeds into the fabric and creates a one-off design each time. After cleaning it, the owner colour it in a different way for each time they wear it.

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Last month, I visited the Paper Fashion exhibition in the Antwerp Fashion Museum.
Especially for this exhibition, La Redoute and the Antwerp Fashion Museum present two paper dresses, designed by Walter Van Beirendonck and Dirk Van Saene and inspired on the famous paper dresses in at the end of the ’60.

If you don’t have the opportunity to visit the exhibition, but would really want a gorgeous paper dress … thanks to the internet, you can buy it online at //La Redoute Paper Fashion Dress, where you can find additional information and ideas on how to wear the dresses.

However if you can, I advise you to visit the exhibition  … and buy the dress in the museum of afterwards online.

Ikea Germany launched a campaign in 2007 which put personalisation central. In several shopping malls, the cover of the catalogue was rebuilt. Shoppers were invited to take place in the real life cover and their picture was taken. Five days later, one could pick up their personalised custom example at the nearest Ikea store.

In my opinion it’s a nice example of how a company involved with mass production, finds opportunities in this era of mass customization!

We all know the Nike ID configurator which enables you to build your own Nike shoe. And now – after the shoe – the rest follows! In the new BootRoom at London Oxford Street’s NikeTown, you can create your own customised  Nike football kit for the entire team.

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