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Catalytic Clothing nominated for Condé Nast Traveller Innovation and Design Award Updated 24 April 2012

We are very pleased to announce that CatClo has been nominated in the Sustainability category of the forthcoming Condé Nast Traveller awards. We have been shortlisted by an impressive panel of judges but the final vote falls to you, the public! Click here to find out more and to cast your vote for us!

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Helen Storey awarded Honarary Professorship Updated 24 April 2012

Helen has been awarded an Honarary Professorship in Craft and Design from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Helen will giving a talk as part of her acceptance of this award on 17 May.

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Catalytic Clothing inspires MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program winners Updated 29 March 2012

The team behind Catalytic Clothing are delighted that their work to bring air purifying technology to clothing has helped inspire the wondrous, proactive installation, Wendy. The installation by architects HWKN is the winner of the annual Young Architects Program hosted by The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1. Opening in Long Island City, New York (28 June - early September), Wendy experimentally tests ecological and social boundaries of architecture. Find out more here: momaps1.org

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Catalytic Clothing featured in the Scientific American

Paige Brown has written an extensive feature entitled 'Catalytic Clothing - Purifying Air Goes Trendy' in a guest blog on the Scientific American website. Read the article here.

For more Catalytic Clothing press updates contact Rebecca Munro at London College of Fashion.

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Forthcoming Exhibitions

A full programme of activities for 2012 has been posted on the Catalytic Clothing News page. Please also see the CatClo Exhibitions page for full details of past, present and forthcoming shows. We will be posting highlights here as the year progresses.

Helen Storey at University College Falmouth

26 April: Helen Storey will be giving a talk on Catalytic Clothing to the School of Design at University College Falmouth.

Catalytic Clothing in Dubai

1 April - 23 August Herself will appear at The Change Initiative, a new concept aimed at building a global supply chain for sustainable products and solutions. The first one stop shop for sustainable goods and solutions is opening in Dubai in April 2012. Innovative solutions to reduce human impact on the environment are demonstrated live in the store. Opening hours: Sun - Thurs 8am - 9pm, Fri -Sat 9am - 10pm

Catalytic Clothing in Denmark

2 April - 10 June A Field of Jeans will be shown as part of the exhibition ‘Hello Materials’ at the Danish Design Centre, Denmark. The exhibition will provide the opportunity to experience fascinating examples of present and future materials and gain an insight into what they will mean to society and the individual.

17 May Helen will be giving a talk entitled 'From Fashion to Science’ at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design/ University of Dundee to mark her acceptance of an Honorary Professorship in Craft and Design from the college.

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Catalytic Clothing: Other News

Tony Ryan was the focus of Radio 4's The Life Scientific on 21 February. In this fantastic interview Tony touches on Catalytic Clothing and his previous collaboration with Helen Storey: Wonderland. To listen again and find out more see the The Life Scientific web page.

Media Report A full media report has been compiled so far for Catalytic Clothing by London College of Fashion. You can read highlights from this staggering review here.

For press information contact press@fashion.arts.ac.uk or phone +44(0)207 514 2998 and for further press highlights visit the Catalytic Clothing website.

www.catalytic-clothing.org 

  
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Catalytic Clothing: The Living Map

A data visualisation of the extensive online reach of the Catalytic Clothing project has been created by Helen Storey working with DED associates. The film is viewable on the Catalytic Clothing website.

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The History of Primitive Streak in images 

As part of the Wellcome Trust's 75th anniversary celebrations Helen and Kate Storey were asked to put together a series of images illustrating the history of Primitive Streak. View the images here on the Wellcome Trust's website.


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Breathe 

BREATHE, a new film inspired by the White Lung Dress, Directed By Adam Mufti is now here 

www.primitive-streak.org/film.html

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Primitive Streak Renewed primitive-streak.org

Helen and Kate Storey have collaborated to create two new additions to the Primitive Streak collection, exploring the science behind the development and function of the lungs and respiratory health. The new dresses toured from Sheffield, Newcastle and finally London along with 9 other pieces from the original collection.

Further chances to see select pieces from Primitive Streak will be announced soon.

Primitive Streak at The Wellcome Trust 26 - 31 July 

The project was showcased as part of Wellcome Trust's 75th Anniversary this July. Dr Ken Arnold, from the Trust had this to say, 

"Primitive Streak was one of the first sciart projects funded by the Wellcome Trust. Its success has provided us with an emblem of what supporting audacious collaborations between artists and scientists can yield. Almost fifteen years later it still strikes me as a fresh, intriguing and exciting project."

Please see The Wellcome Trust for more details.

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Wonderland 

A Disappearing Dress, entitled "Say Goodbye" which first appeared in the Royal Academy's recent 'Aware' show is now touring as part of a 'mobile exhibition module combining science, technology and art on textiles'. The exhibition will tour over the next year. For further information and to find out if the exhibition will visit your city please see www.lille3000.eu/FUTUROTEXTILES

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Blast from the Past

See an exclusive selection of Chris Moore’s shots of the best of Helen’s fashion collections from 1990 onwards at catwalking.com and the Fashion section For downloadable options contact the Library at Catwalking: Catwalk@ChrisMoore.co.uk

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For further information on any news item please email info@helenstoreyfoundation.org