Places in the Making: How Fashion Design Transforms the Multitude of Scales

Namkyu Chun

doi:10.21606/nordes.2021.45

Places in the Making: How Fashion Design Transforms the Multitude of Scales

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This short paper questions what it means to make a sense of place through fashion design. The notion of placemaking has been discussed in the literature of design and fashion yet remains fragmented, especially due to the complexity of fashion. The nuances of place should be carefully examined when relating to fashion design. The ways in which the notion of place is conceptualized in fashion are introduced to explore impacts of designing fashion in two very different scales: the geographical space, such as cities and nations, and the human body. Fashion design transforms these spatial and bodily scales continuously through its dual system of material production for clothes and meaning production for fashion. Conceptualizing multiple scales of placemaking in fashion design can contribute to the understanding of its impacts in geographical and personal levels.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Nordes 2021
Subtitle of host publication	Matters of Scale
Editors	Eva Brandt, Thomas Markussen, Eeva Berglund, Guy Julier, Per Linde
Publisher	Design School Kolding
Pages	408-412
Number of pages	5
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2021.45
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	Nordic Design Research Conference - Kolding, Denmark Duration: 15 Aug 2021 → 18 Aug 2021 Conference number: 9 http://conference2021nordes.org https://conference2021nordes.org/

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Name	Nordic design research conference
ISSN (Electronic)	1604-9705

Conference

Conference	Nordic Design Research Conference
Abbreviated title	NORDES
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Kolding
Period	15/08/2021 → 18/08/2021
Internet address	http://conference2021nordes.org https://conference2021nordes.org/

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fashion design
placemaking
geographical space
human body
fashion system

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Chun, N 2021, Places in the Making: How Fashion Design Transforms the Multitude of Scales. in E Brandt, T Markussen, E Berglund, G Julier & P Linde (eds), Proceedings of Nordes 2021: Matters of Scale. vol. 9, Nordic design research conference, Design School Kolding, pp. 408-412, Nordic Design Research Conference, Kolding, Denmark, 15/08/2021. https://doi.org/10.21606/nordes.2021.45

Places in the Making: How Fashion Design Transforms the Multitude of Scales. / Chun, Namkyu.
Proceedings of Nordes 2021: Matters of Scale. ed. / Eva Brandt; Thomas Markussen; Eeva Berglund; Guy Julier; Per Linde. Vol. 9 Design School Kolding, 2021. p. 408-412 (Nordic design research conference).

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