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AI and the PhD Adventure: Tool for Digital Daydreaming
I enjoy using AI during short coffee breaks as a Digital Daydreamer tool! It’s entertaining to see how it translates our mental doodles into vivid images without much effort in language or artistic skills.It’s a bit sad that much of my professional career was spent visualizing and translating ideas for audiences, but the good side is that AI challenges us to think beyond aesthetics and fancy…
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Ideas Unleashed Weekend Workshop 2023
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Fashion Students exhibition at BUFT
Fashion Students exhibition at BUFT
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Local International - Exhibition & seminar at Dhaka April 23- 28, 2019
Local International – Exhibition & seminar at Dhaka April 23- 28, 2019
Successfully completed the showcase of Local-International project – running from 2015 to present and facilitating German Bangladeshi fashion designer, professional and educator to promote Sustainability and fair productions.
LOCAL INTERNATIONAL focusses on sustainability and raises an awareness for both the wide range of options that fashion designers will face in their future careers, as well…
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Interview at BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline
Invited to a discussion at The Cultural Frontline – a program by BBC World Service. The program is about the current scenario of fashion business and how personal views can make changes to this system.
Please visit the link to listen to the interesting program, you can find me from 6:25-12:20 min.
You are what you wear? We discuss whether we can tackle environmental and humanitarian crises…
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RUKIA BEGUM
Rukia is a fashion designer and textile artist .
While she has been living in London for the past 20 years, she is originally from Bangladesh and in many ways, says she never left.
she has always loved textile ,screen printing and creating patterns on textiles. She loved the idea of creating prints that were not just pretty but gave one something to think about as well.
Inspired by her visit to Dhaka and the local culture, Rukia fashioned her current collection. The three wheeled rikshaws and their owners who reflected the vibrant culture of Dhaka, proved to be so visually stimulating to Rukia, she used these in many of her prints and silhouettes.
“ I tried to reinvent the gamsha (fabric skirt), which is often used by rickshaw drivers along with working with Banarasi weavers in Mirpur, Bangladesh. What you see now is that result ”
For more on Rukia , visit her webiste: http://www.rukiaullah.com
Well-worn Kanthas are individual time pieces of high emotional and aesthetic value. The Frail top layer allows inside layers to come out with glory. Various prints and motifs shared a matching color tone because of having in contact for long time. Each individual threadbare kantha can be consider as an unrevealed art.
The main concept behind the collection is to give a new life to worn out Kanthas. The collection Heartfelt Stitches gives a new life to old Kantha, upcyling this already recycled product as an approach towards sustainable fashion. “Heartfelt Stitches” allow the customers more time with the traditional Kantha material while keeping them warm with an individual story.
Heartfelt Stitches is a collection of outerwear designed to reduce the need to consume. Two-side wearable wraps, capes and coats are made from collected timeworn kanthas. Minimum wastage of materials and slow fashion concept were in focus during designing of the garments. Simple cut and oversized patterns have been introduced to bring back the tradition of homemade clothing where imperfection is a part of beauty.
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Hearfelt Stitches _ Poetry through needle point Well-worn Kanthas are individual time pieces of high emotional and aesthetic value. The Frail top layer allows inside layers to come out with glory.
Last week I had super rush for my first ever join publication “Proudly Made in Bangladesh- Approaches towards Sustainable Fashion in a developing country“. Alhamdulillah the Demo version is ready for the “Local International” exhibition at Berlin. I am glad that the co-author of this book is my friend, classmate and colleague Md. Shamsad Hasnine. Herewith some great photography of the book is done by him.
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The traditional craft culture of Bangladesh has been practicing sustainability for decades. Traditional practices such as recycling old clothing and fabric scraps into housewares and toys have been commonplace for centuries. Also, many traditional practices within Bangladesh’s textile heritage are environmentally friendly and energy saving, such as hand weaving or the use of natural dyes. Currently, an even more sustainable fashion industry is growing in Bangladesh as the national ready-made garment (RMG) sector explores many forward-thinking practices.
The programme “Local International” provided an opportunity to connect with numerous local fashion brands and industries. During the course of our project research we collected articles, documentaries, and best practice examples of sustainability-related initiatives within the Bangladesh clothing and fashion scene.
The book “Proudly made in Bangladesh” is a showcase of these findings. This exhibition presents a preview of the forthcoming book. “Proudly made in Bangladesh” illustrates different ways sustainability is interpreted in the local clothing sector of Bangladesh while offering a critical view on the barriers currently obstructing a sustainable practice. A discussion of opportunities to overcome these challenges will also be a part of this book. Moreover, an interactive map and contact details will be included to offer the opportunity to directly connect with sustainable companies and practitioners. For future editions we plan to update and successively expand the contents with involvement from other collaborators.
Proudly Made in Bangladesh - Approaches towards Sustainable Fashion in a developing country Last week I had super rush for my first ever join publication “Proudly Made in Bangladesh- Approaches towards Sustainable Fashion in a developing country…
Proudly Made in Bangladesh
Proudly Made in Bangladesh
Last week I had super rush time for my first ever join publication “Proudly Made in Bangladesh- Approaches towards Sustainable Fashion in a developing country“. Alhamdulillah the Demo version is ready for the “Local International” exhibition at Berlin. I am glad that the co-author of this book is my friend, classmate and colleague Md. Shamsad Hasnine. Herewith some great photography of the book…
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Process revealed: The back of a cross stitched... via Process revealed: The back of a cross stitched....
Process revealed: The back of a cross stitched nakshi kantha bedcover, hanging to dry in Thanapara village, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Process revealed: The back of a cross stitched nakshi kantha bedcover, hanging to dry in Thanapara village, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Eco friendly furniture made locally from Rattan Plant
Rattan Furniture Launched in Select Outlets of Aarong. Source: http://www.aarong.com/ June 22, 2015. Go Green. Aarong is introducing a rattan furniture line with a full range of products for the living room, bedroom and dining room. All furniture products are handmade by skilled artisans who produce each piece with individual care and attention.
Rattan, a vine-like plant from the family of…
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Lohori Kantha
Lahori Kantha is another traditional kantha maily associated with the Rajshahi area. The name of this kantha is derived from the Urdu work “Lehr”, which indicaes the popular weave pattern in these kanthas.
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So that’s it! All 16 candidates for 2015/16 have… – Equity and Merit Scholarships, The University of Manchester. The list of final selection has been published in their Facebook page, and I am overwhelmed to be one of them from Bangladesh.
I am really thankful to The University of Manchester and its alumni for the funding. I also appreciate the generosity of Tim and Judith Sear, The North American Foundation for The University of Manchester, The UK Alumni Fund, The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust, The Don Hanson Foundation and The Alan Gilbert Memorial Fund.
Because of the Equity and Merit Scholarship my lifelong dream of higher study from a reputed university is moving forward. Even my plans of developing clothing sector of Bangladesh will not be able to move much forward as there is no higher study opportunity available in International Fashion Retailing or related subject in our country. Please keep me in your prayer so I can follow my dreams to work for bringing desired changes in our clothing sector as well as the socioeconomic development of Bangladesh.
Eagerly waiting to join the university this September. Excited about their 190years old history and amazing library and halls. Here is a glimpse.
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/
The University of Manchester is a research-led university and its research is academically ranked third in the UK. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER FACEBOOK PAGE
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/history-heritage/history/buildings/
more at:
Equity & Merit scholarship: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/funding/international/equity-merit-scholarships/
The subject i am going to study: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/07689/international-fashion-retailing–business-process-improvement-msc/
History of The University of Manchester: http://ddar.manchester.ac.uk/memories/timeline.html#vars!date=2013-04-23_01:29:17!
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheUniversityOfManchester/timeline
So that’s it! All 16 candidates for 2015/16 have… – Equity and Merit Scholarships, The University of Manchester So that’s it! All 16 candidates for 2015/16 have... - Equity and Merit Scholarships, The University of Manchester…
Kantha is a indigenous quilting art of Bangladesh. The kantha mainly developed for the need of covering individuals in the mild winter or cool Moonsoon nights. Now It becomes a part of daily house-wear for most of the Bangladeshi. Apart from being functional, the kantha is also an example of folk art, particularly women’s art.the long rainy days gave the women of Bengal the much needed leisure to stitch together the several layers of cloth that make up the kantha. Mainly the materials are the layers of cotton textile, traditionally old saries, lungies or dhoties that had been through many washes and become too frail for wear.
Not only the main material, the hand stitches are the another special feature of kanthas. There are thousand different kind of stitches. Even the techniques of stitching is the identity of different places of Bangladesh. In this post you will find some of the beautiful stitch technique I have found in a single piece of kanthas. Though i am not sure about the name and genre of all this stitches, but my interest in kanthas will help me to learn more about it in near future.
Please let me know your feedback. i would love to know if you have any experience or knowledge about kanthas or quilting.
Bibliography:The art of Kantha embroidery by Niaz Zaman
Shamuk (sea shells) taga
Draning stitch, floral motif
Dheu taga variation
different motif and stitch combination
different motif and stitch combination
Dheu (wave) taga variation
Draning and back stitch
Rens (wrench border) taga variation
Chokh (eye) taga variation
Kantha 1 Kantha is a indigenous quilting art of Bangladesh. The kantha mainly developed for the need of covering individuals in the mild winter or cool Moonsoon nights.
