{"id":576,"date":"2017-03-06T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/?p=576"},"modified":"2019-02-19T03:20:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T03:20:05","slug":"tents-turn-into-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/2017\/03\/06\/tents-turn-into-jackets\/","title":{"rendered":"Tents turn into jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wall full-width-video-layout\">\n<div id=\"video\" class=\"wrap cf\">\n<div class=\"entry-header cf\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"screen fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tlhpQMdONCY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"footer-rainbow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"wrap cf\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"post-33984\" class=\"post-33984 post type-post status-publish format-video has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cat_buildingshelter category-cat_solutions category-cat_textiles tag-design tag-fabric tag-fashion tag-ideas tag-innovation tag-problem-solving tag-safety tag-shelter tag-solutions tag-students tag-textiles tag-travel tag-weather\">\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"section-box\">\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<div id=\"info\">\n<div class=\"entry-content rich-content\">\n<p>In 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.newschool.edu\/news\/2016\/07\/parsons-student-designs-solutions-for-refugees-as-senior-thesis\/#.WLXrBhLyuRu\" target=\"_blank\">Parsons School of Design graduate Angela Luna<\/a> designed a utilitarian collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tlhpQMdONCY\" target=\"_blank\">transformable outerwear<\/a> to help address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/07\/21\/fashion\/solution-based-design-disabled-refugees.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">shelter, flotation, and visibility<\/a> challenges that confront <a href=\"https:\/\/en.oxforddictionaries.com\/definition\/refugee\" target=\"_blank\">refugees<\/a>, \u201cpeople who have been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.\u201d The weatherproof coats, jackets, and capes can convert into tents, backpacks, sleeping bags, child carriers, and inflatable floatation devices. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.newschool.edu\/news\/2016\/07\/parsons-student-designs-solutions-for-refugees-as-senior-thesis\/#.WLXrBhLyuRu\" target=\"_blank\">From NewSchool.edu<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI want to make clothing that does something, as opposed to making clothing that\u2019s beautiful or just to be worn,\u201d says Luna, who created her collection Design for Difference to help Syrian asylum seekers on their journey to find peace. \u201cTrying to solve problems and be relevant to the fashion market was a major challenge, but it worked out in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna, Fashion Design \u201916, who was named Womenswear Designer of the Year at the 2016 Parsons Benefit, embodies the school\u2019s commitment to using design for social good. She has earned praise from the fashion world and proved that designers can do more than just make beautiful clothes\u2014they can change lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thekidshouldseethis.com\/post\/www.adiff.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34015\" src=\"http:\/\/thekidshouldseethis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Full-picture-1000x463.jpg\" alt=\"Full-picture-1000x463\" width=\"1000\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luna is now the founder and president of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adiff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adiff<\/a>, a humanitarian fashion startup. Her company is working to design and distribute the innovative garments, as well as educate and raise awareness of refugee crises around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Luna\u2019s efforts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3064820\/change-generation\/why-this-young-designer-left-behind-couture-and-evening-wear-for-ethical-f\" target=\"_blank\">Why This Young Designer Left Behind Couture And Evening Wear For Ethical Fashion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/thekidshouldseethis.com\/post\/tents-that-turn-into-jackets-humanitarian-fashion-by-angela-luna\">TKSST<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, Parsons School of Design graduate Angela Luna designed a utilitarian collection of transformable outerwear to help address the shelter, flotation, and visibility challenges that confront refugees, \u201cpeople who have been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.\u201d The weatherproof coats, jackets, and capes can convert into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","category-product-design","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/eidersuso.net\/design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}