Programs

Short Public Sessions

Everyone Can Be a Designer at Times
Open workshops ranging from a few hours to a one-day session held in public settings such as festivals, bars, and markets. These are fast, accessible sessions focused on improvisation, repair, and playful redesign aiming to raise an interest in redesign.

Examples: Pimp My Village, Bingo Bongo (Spain), together festival, Tortosa bingo bongo plus


Extended Collaborative Workshops

Upside Down Cycling
Longer engagements developed over several days or weeks, allowing deeper collaboration and garment transformation. These workshops focus on process, exchange, and shared making.
Examples: Sweden (2022,2023), Singapore (2015), Mozambique (2014). 

Photo: Singapore, Mozambique, tagga lov, ung i tibro

 

Educational Programs

Fast Forward Rewind (2013–2017)
A structured school activity used as an introduction for first-year students at the Swedish School of Textiles. The workshop acts as a collective starting point, combining design thinking, team building, reuse, and experimentation.

Photo: Sweden 2013-2017


Exhibition-Based Workshops

The Life of a Dress (2010–2013)
Workshops centered on the lifespan of garments, exploring care, repair, memory, and transformation through hands-on work and discussion.

Photos: kåken 2009, the life of a dress Moz 2010, Hecho en Faro (Mexico, 2012)  


The Universe of SHE
A month-long collaborative workshop leading to an exhibition. Participants developed concepts, garments, music, animation, and sketches, culminating in an open workshop where visitors could take part during the exhibition opening.

 


Previous Sessions

WORKSHOPS

Del Passat per al Futur. Escola Puig Cavaller. Gandesa, Spain. 2025

Del Passat per al Futur. Saba Verda British International School. Milanes, Spain 2025

Del Passat per al Futur. Institute de Temple. Tortosa, Spain. 2025

Fes la teva bolsa. One day workshop, NGO Holland/Ghana. Benifallet, Spain, 2024.

Upsidedowncycling & Ung i Tibro. One week series of workshops. Tibro, Sweden. 2023

Upsidedowncycling & Tagga Lov. Two week series of workshops. Falköping, Sweden. 2022

180/Upsidedowncycling. Together Festival, High Wycombe, England. 2017

Upsidedowncycling. United World College of South East Asia. Singapore, 2015

Doing a 180. Mozambique Fashion Week. Maputo, Mozambique, 2014

The Life of a Dress 2.0. Nùcleo de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique, 2013

The Universe of SHE. Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong, 2011

En Klänningshistoria. Kåken kulturhus, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2011

The Life of a Dress. Nùcleo de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique, 2010

The Life of a Dress. OFR shop, Paris, France, 2010

En Klänningshistoria. Kåken kulturhus, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2009


LECTURES 

30 Years of Upcycling Dresses. Online guest lecturer. Parsons New York. US, 2021

30 Years of Upcycling Dresses. Online guest lecturer. Parsons New York. US, 2020

Redesigning Together, The Swedish School of Textiles, Borås, Sweden, 2018

Re/defining Fashion Through Cultural Craftivism, BIBAC, Cambridge, UK, 2014

The Life of a Dress as Research, Parsons, New York, US, 2013

The Life of a Dress, Mexico, International Non-Western Fashion Conference. London, UK, 2013

Moda Reciclada & Sustentabilidad, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico, 2012

Re-Disenando nuevas Prendas de Ropas Usadas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2012

The Life of a Dress, Furb Universidade, Blumenau, Brazil, 2012

About The Life of a Dress in practice. Instituto Superior de Artes e  Cultura, Maputo, Mozambique, 2012

Dreamandawake. Falmouth University, Falmouth, England, Media department, 2010 

Eco and Fair? Agenda 21 Nässjö Council, Nässjö, Sweden, 2010