{"id":3127,"date":"2020-10-19T18:15:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T22:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/?p=3127"},"modified":"2020-10-20T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T17:18:51","slug":"encoded-cloth-from-the-future-rachel-lu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/encoded-cloth-from-the-future-rachel-lu\/","title":{"rendered":"Encoded Cloth From the Future &#8211; Rachel Lu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.dezeen.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/citicape-sheppard-robson-architecture-green-walls-london-uk-england-_dezeen_1704_col_1-852x569.jpg\" alt=\"Citicape House with Europe's largest green wall in London by Sheppard Robson\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2030, I imagine (or I guess hope) that we will have taken action against climate change. We will be composting and planting more trees and there will be greenery everywhere. We will decrease the amount of waste in the world, and upcycle to turn waste into something more useful and beautiful. An example would be these marbled tiles from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2019\/11\/19\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles-recycled\/?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=bottom_block_1\">post-consumer plastic waste by Enis Akiev<\/a> or even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/polluted-water-popsicles-06-08-2017\/\">Pollution Popsicles<\/a> which was a warning of water pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles_dezeen_2364_col_0-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles_dezeen_2364_col_0-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles_dezeen_2364_col_0-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles_dezeen_2364_col_0-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles_dezeen_2364_col_0-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles_dezeen_2364_col_0-2048x1449.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/enis-akiev-plastic-stone-tiles_dezeen_2364_col_0-1200x849.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Kazakhstani designer Enis Akiev has developed a method for turning single-use&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging into&nbsp;tiles, by emulating the organic process of rock formation.<br><br>Metamorphic rocks such as marble develop their flowing, irregular patterns through heat and pressure, and Akiev&#8217;s&nbsp;Plastic Stone Tiles&nbsp;are subjected to similar conditions to achieve the same effect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/polluted-water-popsicles-06-08-2017\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"818\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/polluted-water-popsicles-designboom-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/polluted-water-popsicles-designboom-002.jpg 818w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/polluted-water-popsicles-designboom-002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/polluted-water-popsicles-designboom-002-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pollution Popsicles <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An ecoded cloth could be showing the possible solutions to waste and upcycling: how we could make something beautiful out of something people no longer want. We could quilt together old plastic bags, or scraps of fabric, or use dried flowers or dried tea leaves for embellishment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2030, I imagine (or I guess hope) that we will have taken action against climate change. We will be composting and planting more trees and there will be greenery everywhere. We will decrease the amount of waste in the world, and upcycle to turn waste into something more useful and beautiful. An example would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/encoded-cloth-from-the-future-rachel-lu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Encoded Cloth From the Future &#8211; Rachel Lu&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3158,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions\/3158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/62-150\/f2020a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}