Fashion Thinking

Abstract

The major part of this issue of Fashion Practice derives from a selection of the papers presented at the conference on the emerging topic of "fashion thinking" that took place at the University of Southern Denmark in 2014. These papers were selected following a call for papers and double blind peer review process. The editorial summary by the conference organisers, and guest editors of this special themed issue, provides the full context for this publication. We would like to thank Trine Brun Petersen, Maria Mackinney-Valentin and Marie Riegels Melchior for their work in preparing this edition of Fashion Practice. In addition, as general editors we have included two further Editorial 2 manuscripts that relate directly to the themes and topics emerging from the Fashion Thinking conference: a paper by Yinqing Zhang and Oskar Jhulin looking at fashion thinking in relation to mobile phone design, and a commentary by Kevin Almond on the role and status of pattern cutting practices within fashion research, complementing his coauthored paper from the conference (with Steve Swindells) "Sculptural Thinking in Fashion". We believe the articles in this issue contribute to some creative rethinking about fashion.

Cultural Heritage Design Element Labeling System With Gamification

“…Such systematic analysis will save time in analyzing newly excavated artifacts and provide a blueprint for the reconstruction of lost artifacts, thus helping researchers better understand their historical and educational value [6]. Analysis and classification of CH artifacts can bring together diverse fields such as archaeology, historiography art history, fashion and design, and provide a common point of reference for cross-disciplinary collaboration [7], [8]. Further, in classifying specific properties or design features of a given time, the labeling process provides historical evidence and documentation that could inform hypotheses related to historical migrations and cultural propagation.…”