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A Holistic Fashion Innovation for People and Planet
Introduction IAMMAI is a design philosophy and product approach that reimagines fashion as a tool for well-being, meaning and sustainability. Developed by Finnish designer Mai Niemi, IAMMAI blends crafts, geometric patterning, energy-awareness and zero-waste practices to create garments that support body, mind and environment. Why IAMMAI matters now? Planetary limits: Fast fashion’s resource use and waste are unsustainable. IAMMAI uses zero-waste knitting and natural fibers t
The Cold Hand of Unemployment — a story about human dignity in the face of bureaucracy
Finnish Researcher Sari Näre recently raised an important point: employment services often forget about people’s feelings. Rules and processes guide actions in a way that often discourages rather than encourages. I have experienced the misery of unemployment firsthand, and that is why I want to open up the topic more broadly — both from a personal perspective and through the structures and proposals for change of the system. Human value and feelings in the midst of processes
