Communicating Climate Change through textiles. Temperature Textiles range from knitted blankets, to scarves and socks and are designed to carry climate data and to provide warmth to the user. The manifested data shows three main drivers and results of Global Warming. These can be identified as Temperature Change, Sea Level Rise and Emission.
We are daily exposed to news about Climate Change. It is at the same time omni present but also complex to understand due to the overload of information that is available about the issue. The aim of the project is to bring climate related data to its essence and manifest it into a series of textile objects. These textiles strive to rise awareness and to provide additional warmth. As a result the users should also be stimulate to lower their heating and therefore reduce their personal CO2 emission. In the process Raw Color has collaborated with expert such as KNMI for data related input. For the development of the knitted textile the studio has worked with TextielLab and Knitwearlab. The technique of knitting reduces waste during the production due to its made to measure ability. It creates heavier fabric due to its construction principle. A carefully curated colour scheme has been applied to support the three categories. The focus was on the communication value of the colour groups. Therefore a selection of warm shades are applied in Temperature change. Cool shades are used in Sea level rise and a mix of warm and cool shades are combined in Emission.
Raw Color team:
Daniera ter Haar, Christoph Brach, Tijs Van Nieuwenhuysen, Noortje de Keijzer, Mirjam de Bruijn, Michelle Schipper, Anne van Dreumel, Jasmijn Schoonen
Coding website:
Grnd Cntrl / Mark Brand
Supported by:
Creative Industries Fund, Stichtingstokroos, Cultuur Eindhoven
www.temperaturetextiles.nl
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Temperature
Temperature is recorded since 1850 and can be traced back to thousands of years by analysing ice and soil cores. The records prove that temperature has been noticeably going up since industrialisation. According to scientific research an average rise of more than 1ºC has been reached. Temperature increase is causing droughts and heavier rainfall that leads to flooding. Each extra degree can add up to 15% more rain.
Sea Level
Due to temperature rise the available ice mass on the planet is decreasing and melting. A rise of 0.6 – 1.1 m within the next 100 years is expected. Shore areas will be flooded and this will cause millions of people to migrate. The additional fresh water in the ocean will cause a tipping point in the salt concentration. This will drastically reduce marine life and change our weather system that might make human life on Earth difficult.
Emission
The global emission of man made Greenhouse Gases are the main driver of Global Warming. This is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. The most common Greenhouse Gases are carbon dioxide (CO2) that is primarily emitted through human activities and responsible for 76% of the total emission. Methane is emitted from a variety of human-influenced that include landfills and agricultural activities, that causes 16% of the emission.