The Transformers: The Future of Materials
Course overview
Materials are at the forefront of sustainable and innovative design. This session explores groundbreaking advancements and how they are revolutionizing the way we create. Attendees will learn about the critical role materials play in addressing global challenges through design.
Certification included
Validated by SAIAT as a Category 1 CPD talk. Attendees will earn 0.1 credits.
Meet the SPEAKERs
Hend Riad & Mariam Hazem
Founders, Reform Stduio
Reform is an international award-winning design studio. Its goal is to design creative responsible products that benefit the environment, have a positive impact on the society and satisfy a user need. Currently its work is mainly in the fashion, and textiles, while focusing on its first product, Plastex. Plastex is 100% eco- friendly handmade fabric that translates the need for environmental sustainability.
The fabric is made out of wasted plastic bags or food packaging waste interwoven with polyester threads. The focus of innovation lies in transforming discarded wasted plastic bags and food packaging into new raw materials that have environmental, social, and economical benefits Read more...
Nqobile Carol Sibiya
Designer
A qualified designer born in KZN, she seamlessly bridges the worlds of fashion and technology. With over six years of experience in the fashion industry—including running her own clothing manufacturing company in Cape Town—she applies her creative and technical skills as a UX designer and front-end developer as well as leading the technical design process at NUUN.
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