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The Kering Award winners 2017 (L-R: Jenni Kusowski, Laure Fernandez, Charlie Wilkinson & Dianjin Lin) At times, it feels as though, the more that you learn – the less you think that you know. As our work in fashion, design and sustainability develops – so we realise the great range of disciplines and bodies of knowledge that our work touches draws on. But at other times, it feels as though we can really make a tremendous contribution to change towards a more wonderful world –

‘I love watching everyone’s presentations rehearsals and hearing about their projects,’ one Kering Award finalist stated last week. ‘It’s like doing a Master’s degree in sustainability!’ I have to agree. I’ve worked at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion for three months, the final three months of the 2016 Kering Award for Sustainability, which culminated in presentations by nine exceptionally talented and creative students at Kering’s London headquarters last week. It really

As COP21 talks draw to a close and we wait to see a new global agreement on climate change, it seems the perfect time to visit the last in a series of four podcasts exploring the voices and opinions of the UAL student body. Introducing Podcast #4: Solutions. In this final chapter we hear a range of thoughts from students on the possible solutions to climate change. What is needed from government? What responsibility do education institutes have? What is the role of design in

Podcast producer Alix Hayhurst a UAL alumna and a selection of UAL students who contributed to the podcast Today we release Podcast #2: So Much Stuff. UAL students consider the problems related to all the stuff we have and look for ways to consider it and use it in their work. And below, we hear from the podcast producer Alix Hayhurst, a UAL alumna of Fashion Promotion: Broadcast about her thoughts on the topics she talked to current students about. CSF: As a UAL alumni, did

Melting Icemen by Néle Azevedo As the first generation to really understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it students at UAL (and of course the world over) are in a unique historical position. Climate change will affect our future lives, it is already doing so, but, to paraphrase Naomi Klein: Has the future become just a luxury that we cannot afford? The future will reflect what are doing now, and solutions and change in this present

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been talking manifestos both in the office and with students here at LCF. With the political parties about to release their election manifestos we are waiting to see what promises these will contain and how they will affect us from both a fashion perspective and as an educators. Manifestos have been in the fashion news too with trend forecaster Li Edelkoor publishing her anti-fashion manifesto, explaining why fashion is now obsolete and now