Developing hyper-local systems for sustainable textile production in primary healthcare settings: a community-focussed approach
HEI: University of Strathclyde
School: Design Manufacturing and Engineering Management
Supervisors: Paul Rodgers, Andrew Wodehouse
About Darcy’s Research:
Having worked in the NHS as a junior doctor and healthcare assistant, in community gardens and on circular design projects, Darcy’s interests span healthcare, material circularity, systems thinking and community. Darcy uses this interdisciplinary experience to research systems of circular textile production in community-based healthcare.
Her community-focussed approach facilitates collaboration between sustainable textile designers/makers and healthcare settings to create hyper-local systems of circular textile production, tackling waste in the NHS and developing the circular economy.
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