How I became the fashion industry’s dumpster | Nicole McLaughlin | TEDxPenn
Nicole McLaughlin highlights the beauty and accessibility of upcycling. In the fashion industry and beyond, she shares practical examples of seeing opportunity where others see waste. Take your creative heart and innovative mind to promote sustainability and have fun doing it. Nicole McLaughlin is a multidisciplinary designer. Since 2018, Nicole has explored greater possibilities for sustainability through self-initiated and collaborative efforts. While sustainability is often used as a marketing buzzword because of its PR value, Nicole's accessible, witty, and functional practice serves as a reminder that sustainability is actually an operational philosophy. By transforming discarded miscellanea into objects with new, imaginative, and often unexpected utility, Nicole shows how a circular approach to design and manufacturing can help us reframe waste as an opportunity.Nicole has partnered with companies such as Hermès, Nike, eBay, Gucci, Vans, HBO, Calvin Klein, etc.Her work has been displayed at the Design Museum in London in conjunction with her nomination for the Beazley Design of the Year in 2020. Her works have most recently been shown in the Berman Museum in Pennsylvania, Cornell University (NYC), and the Anchorage Museum in Alaska.In 2022, Nicole was announced as a Forbes 30 under 30 member within art and design.Her work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times, Vogue, Footwear News, GQ, InStyle, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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