Imagineering Sustainability
A
Zero Waste Design
Patterning, cutting and constructing without leftovers.
An open toolkit for
Sustainable
Textile Futures
Connecting material science, design education and industry practice through open resources, workshops and a shared method.
imasus.eu · app.imasus.eu
A starting point
What would help the textile industry move from scattered good intentions to shared, usable change?
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In one sentence
IMASUS is an open learning and workshop toolkit for people working on sustainable textile futures.
It connects material knowledge, sustainable design strategies, challenge framing and collaborative workshop methods — for designers, educators, researchers, industry and policy.
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Sustainable design strategies
Four open modules for sustainable textile design.
B
Design for Recyclability
Materials and seams that can be unmade and reborn.
C
Design for Modularity
Garments that adapt, repair and grow with their wearer.
D
Design for Longevity
Pieces designed to last, age well, and stay loved.
imasus.eu/training-modules
imasus.eu/training-modules
Where to start
Ten challenges drawn from real industry tensions.
Material
C1
How might we reduce virgin-material use in production?
Material
C2
How might we recover value from post-industrial waste?
Design
C3
How might we design garments for longer use phases?
Design
C4
How might we design for modular repair and adaptation?
Design
C5
How might we design for end-of-life disassembly?
System
C6
How might we close material loops at a regional scale?
System
C7
How might we improve traceability across supply chains?
Business
C8
How might we build models around longevity, not volume?
Business
C9
How might we make sustainable options accessible across price points?
System
C10
How might we align practice with upcoming EU regulation?
imasus.eu/challenges
The Imagineering framework
The Loom
A practical framework for working with complex sustainability challenges — from scattered tensions to a shared direction, then a concrete proposal teams can build on.
Connecting three worlds
Science meets industry, in the hands of students.
01 · Science
Material Knowledge
Microscopy, fibre research and lab characterisation translated into accessible educational language.
02 · Education
Students as Makers
Designers and apprentices turn open resources into prototypes, samples and real-world pieces.
03 · Industry
Practice & Policy
Real industry tensions become workshop challenges, prompts and shared directions for change.
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The connective tissue
One app that weaves it all together.
Materials, training modules, challenge cards and workshop journeys — connected as one navigable resource. Open-source, free to use, free to fork. app.imasus.eu
app.imasus.eu · github.com/Munkun-Estudio/imasus-app
app.imasus.eu/materials
app.imasus.eu/materials
app.imasus.eu/materials
app.imasus.eu/materials
Made together by
A consortium across design, research and education.
Coordinator · Design
Munkun
Design studio leading toolkit, app and visual language.
Material Research
Lottozero
Textile research centre — Prato, Italy.
Education Network
ECHN
European Creative Hubs Network — community & reach.
Microscopy & Science
INMA
Aragón Institute of Materials Science — CSIC & Universidad de Zaragoza.
Erasmus+ KA220-VET project "IMASUS: Imagineering Sustainable Fashion". Grant Agreement No. 2024-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000257495. Funded by the European Union. Views expressed are those of the authors only.
imasus.eu/partners
Made to be shared
Open by default. Yours to fork, remix and use.
01
Open Source
App, ebook generator and visual identity — published on GitHub, free to adapt for any project.
02
Open Science
Material research distilled into readable modules — methods cited, sources linked, terms demystified.
03
Creative Commons
Training materials, cards and worksheets released under permissive licenses for teaching and reuse.
04
Hacker Ethos
Small tools, plain HTML, modest tech. Make it work, document it, give it away.
github.com/Munkun-Estudio/imasus-app
Take it further
Open the
toolkit.
imasus.eu
App — app.imasus.eu
Training — imasus.eu/training-modules
Source — github.com/Munkun-Estudio/imasus-app
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