This episode is a conversation with EILEEN FISHER WASTE NO MORE Creative Director, Sigi Ahl and Administrative/Project Manager Abigail Erikson. Our discussion focuses on their innovative use of industrial needle felting and how they are utilising this technology to shift the narrative of this machinery into a design tool, resulting in an artisanal textile for the 21st century. We touch upon how Waste No More came into fruition and what they are doing differently.
Our conversation captures how their innovative approach is not only transforming and giving new life to pre-loved Eileen Fisher garments but how it lead them to establish a creative process, alternate design system and circular business model. It is through the reimagination of their own supply chain that they are translating material research into meaningful forms of engagements and collaborations.
For more information on our guests:
Sigi Ahl
Sigi Ahl is an artist and author based in New York. As a collaborator with EILEEN FISHER since the early days of the company, she helped found EILEEN FISHER’s recycle program in 2009 and went on to establish DesignWork as an extension of that endeavor. Ahl has had solo exhibitions in the US and Germany, as well as written and illustrated several children’s books, one of which was nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award. Her paintings and graphic works are in public collections including f.e. Rhineland-Palatinian Museum, Mainz; Museum for Contemporary Art, Cuxhaven; Marilie Hess-Foundation, Frankfurt; and the City of Frankfurt. Ahl received a Diploma in Visual Communication at Offenbach College of Applied Arts, and a Master’s Degree at the Frankfurt Academy of Fine Arts, Städel.
Abigail Erickson
Abigail began her career in the fashion industry a decade ago after graduating with a degree in Fashion Design & Business. Her early training at Marie Claire magazine, Theory, & Tibi made her realize the importance of sustainability in fashion and how it is sorely lacking. This observation lead her to the project On Purpose, a corporate social responsibility initiative by Kate Spade & Company.Her time at Kate Spade was spent establishing a complex supply chain in rural Rwanda. She took her knowledge from there and went on to help scale sustainable fashion start-ups and small businesses. Her experience establishing complex supply chains spans many states & countries.
Erickson joined the EILEEN FISHER WASTE NO MORE team in 2018 as the Administrative & Project Manager. Erickson loves to organize, whether it be people or processes, & she loves systems (creating them or reorganizing them). She believes there is a solution for everything, it just takes a little creative problem solving & negotiating. Being a creative herself she understands that this is always a fluid process, never stagnant.
photography: courtesy of EILEEN FISHER WASTE NO MORE
Social Media Links: @eileenfisherny @wastenomore @eileenfisherrenew
Website Links:
#TMR
The Material Revolution
http://thematerialrevolution.com
contact us: info@materialrevolution.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/the.material.revolution/
The podcast is independently developed and produced. It is through your support that will help us continue to create meaningful and impac
This episode is a conversation with EILEEN FISHER WASTE NO MORE Creative Director, Sigi Ahl and Administrative/Project Manager Abigail Erikson. Our discussion focuses on their innovative use of industrial needle felting and how they are utilising this technology to shift the narrative of this machinery into a design tool, resulting in an artisanal textile for the 21st century. We touch upon how Waste No More came into fruition and what they are doing differently.
Our conversation captures how their innovative approach is not only transforming and giving new life to pre-loved Eileen Fisher garments but how it lead them to establish a creative process, alternate design system and circular business model. It is through the reimagination of their own supply chain that they are translating material research into meaningful forms of engagements and collaborations.
For more information on our guests:
Sigi Ahl
Sigi Ahl is an artist and author based in New York. As a collaborator with EILEEN FISHER since the early days of the company, she helped found EILEEN FISHER’s recycle program in 2009 and went on to establish DesignWork as an extension of that endeavor. Ahl has had solo exhibitions in the US and Germany, as well as written and illustrated several children’s books, one of which was nominated for the German Children’s Literature Award. Her paintings and graphic works are in public collections including f.e. Rhineland-Palatinian Museum, Mainz; Museum for Contemporary Art, Cuxhaven; Marilie Hess-Foundation, Frankfurt; and the City of Frankfurt. Ahl received a Diploma in Visual Communication at Offenbach College of Applied Arts, and a Master’s Degree at the Frankfurt Academy of Fine Arts, Städel.
Abigail Erickson
Abigail began her career in the fashion industry a decade ago after graduating with a degree in Fashion Design & Business. Her early training at Marie Claire magazine, Theory, & Tibi made her realize the importance of sustainability in fashion and how it is sorely lacking. This observation lead her to the project On Purpose, a corporate social responsibility initiative by Kate Spade & Company.Her time at Kate Spade was spent establishing a complex supply chain in rural Rwanda. She took her knowledge from there and went on to help scale sustainable fashion start-ups and small businesses. Her experience establishing complex supply chains spans many states & countries.
Erickson joined the EILEEN FISHER WASTE NO MORE team in 2018 as the Administrative & Project Manager. Erickson loves to organize, whether it be people or processes, & she loves systems (creating them or reorganizing them). She believes there is a solution for everything, it just takes a little creative problem solving & negotiating. Being a creative herself she understands that this is always a fluid process, never stagnant.
photography: courtesy of EILEEN FISHER WASTE NO MORE
Social Media Links: @eileenfisherny @wastenomore @eileenfisherrenew
Website Links:
#TMR
The Material Revolution
http://thematerialrevolution.com
contact us: info@materialrevolution.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/the.material.revolution/
The podcast is independently developed and produced. It is through your support that will help us continue to create meaningful and impac