COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SUSTAINABILITY IN TEXTILE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TMA 6137 SUSTAINABILITY IN TEXTILE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Textile and Fashion Design

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ŞEHRIBAN ÖZLENEN IŞMAL

Offered to

Textile and Fashion Design

Course Objective

To teach concepts in textile design and production, environmentally friendly clean production methods, organic textiles, ecological assessment criteria for textiles, current approaches/applications in this fields, organic/eco/sustainable textile certificates and labels.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. define sustainability and ecological concepts
2   2. define properties and ecological assessment criteria of environmentally friendly/eco/organic design and textiles.
3   3. define environmentally friendly clean production methods and technologies
4   4. define current approaches/applications to ecological textile design and production
5   5. define organic/eco/sustainable textile certificates and labels

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is sustainability Major concepts in sustainable textile design and production
2 Properties and assessment criteria of environmentally friendly ecological/organic textiles
3 A general overview: Sustainable applications and clean production methods in textile industry
4 Organic cotton, eco friendly fibres, fabrics and materials
5 Ecological approaches to textile pretreatments and finishings
6 Ecological approaches to textile dyeing and printing
7 Environmentally friendly Technologies; ultrasound (US), enzymatic, plasma, ultraviolet (UV), microwave, ozon etc. treatments and their advantages
8 What is Life Cycle Assesment (LCA)
9 Current trends in sustainable eco friendly textile design, relevant designers and projects.
10 Recycling and upcycling in textile design and production
11 Mid-term exam
12 Initiatives, foundations and projects for sustainability in the world and Turkey
13 Organic/eco/sustainable textile certificates and labels
14 Organic/eco/sustainable textile certificates and labels

Recomended or Required Reading

Tarakçıoğlu, I., 2008, Organik Pamuk ve Tekstil Sanayii, Istanbul Ticaret Odası, Yayın No:7
Işmal, Ö.E., Yıldırım, L., Tekstil Tasarımında Çevre Dostu Yaklaşımlar , Akdeniz Sanat Dergisi, I. Uluslararası Moda ve Tekstil Tasarımı Sempozyumu Bildirileri Özel Sayı-II, 9-13, 5 (8), 2012.
Bayraktar T., Türkant B. , Parıltı H., Tekstil Ve Konfeksiyon Sektöründe Ekoloji Ve Ekolojik Etiketler, ITKIB AR&GE ve Mevzuat Şubesi, Mart 2005
Biodegradable and sustainable fibres, edited by R S Blackburn, Woodhead Textile Series No 47, 2005
Recycling in Textiles, Edited by Y Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Woodhead Textile Series No 50, 2006
Ecotextile 98, Sustainable development proceedings of the conference, Ecotextile 98 April 1998, Bolton UK, edited by A R Horrocks, University of Bolton, UK.
Ecotextile, The way forward for sustainable development in textiles, Edited by Misaftab and A R Horrocks, University of Bolton, UK, 2004
Environmental aspects of textile dyeing, by R M Christie, Herriot-Watt University, 2007
Eija Nieminen, Michael Linke, Marion Tobler and Bob Vander Beke, EU COST Action 628: life cycle assessment (LCA) of textile products, eco-efficiency and definition of best available technology (BAT) of textile processing, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 15, Issues 13-14, 2007, Pages 1259-1270
Seventekin N., Ayaz Ö.Y., Tekstil Terbiyesinde Çevre Yükü, Tekstil ve Konfeksiyon 4/1998, 258
Clark G., Kosoris J., Long Nguyen Hong and Marcel Crul, 2009, Design for Sustainability: Current Trends in Sustainable Product Design and Development Sustainability, 1, Redesign Case Study: Wai Tui, Fiji, 409-424
Dawson T., 2011, Progress towards a greener textile industry, Coloration Technology, Society of Dyers and Colourists, 128, 1 8.
Goedkoop M., Effting S. Collignon M., 2000, The Eco-indicator 99 A Damage Oriented Method for Life Cycle Impact Assessment Manual for Designers, Second Edition,
Koskela M., Vinnari M., 2009, Future of The Consumer Society, Proceedings of the Conference, Future of the Consumer Society, Tampere, Finland, 129, http://www.tse.fi/FI/yksikot/erillislaitokset/tutu/Documents/publications/eBook_2009-7.pdf
Lewis H., Gertsakis J., 2001, Design + Environment: A Global Guide To Designing Greener Goods, Greenleaf, 141
Niinimäki K., 2006, Ekodesign and Textiles, RJTA, 10, No:3, 67-75
Smith B., 1994, The Future of Pollution Prevention An Alternative to Costly Waste Treatment, NC State University, http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/01/00386.pdf
L. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty Application of Eco-friendly Vegetable Dyes on Cotton fabric, http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/19/1882/application-of-eco-friendly-vegetable-dyes-on-cotton-fabric1.asp
Daniel Collado, Hesamedin Ostad,Ahmad-Ghorabi Influence of environmental information on creativity Design Studies Vol.31 No.5 September 2005

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.35 + FCG * 0.35
5 RST RESIT
6 RST RESIT MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.35 + RST * 0.35


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ozlenen.ismal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 90 90
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.455555555
LO.555