One of the growing trends in fashion is called up-cycling. Up-cycling gives old or discarded clothing a better purpose through a process which converts it into something useful and often beautiful.
Design Challenge 31: Up-cycling Fashion
Design Challenge 22: Developing Historical Empathy
The study of a country’s history and evolution requires more than the memorization of dates, names and facts. Historians need to develop a deep understanding of the confounding circumstances of events, including people, places, cultures, politics, and many other factors. Coming to know why things happened the way they did is as important as knowing what happened and when. As Jill Lepore said, “The study of our history requires investigation, imagination, empathy and respect,” (The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle over American History, 2010).
Design Challenge 3: Considering Maslow’s Hierarchy Through a Refugee Lens
Imagine making the decision with your family to leave your home and walk in the pursuit of a better life. Globally, refugee families are making the decision to leave what they know and walk through dangerous terrain, often taking only the clothes on their backs and a few personal items. In 2015, the United Nations reported that one in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum (https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=51185#.VvXL9PHDlyV).