California State University LA

PROJECTS | 2020

Flora Nouveau

Astrid Canahui, Luisa Rosales, Juan Maciel, Manuel Valdez

By creating a menstrual pad made from seaweed-based textiles and recycled seed paper, Flora Nouveau envisions a system where the waste from their products can be used to grow local seasonal flora with the goal of making menstrual hygiene beautiful and environmentally conscious.

https://floranouveauco.wixsite.com/mysite

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instructor

Carole Frances Lung .jpg — Carole Frances Lung

**Carole Frances Lung** is an artist, soft power activist, and Associate Professor of Fashion Fiber and Materials at California State University Los Angeles. Through her alter ego Frau Fiber, Carole activates a vocabulary of fashion and textile production and consumption, crafting of one-of-a-kind garments, installations, performances, and social sculpture, paying homage to labor, textile and apparel manufacturing histories and contemporary production systems. Carole maintains The Institute 4 Labor Generosity Workers & Uniforms (ILGWU) South located at 322 Elm Ave, Long Beach CA, which is the working archive and resource library of Frau Fiber. At the ILGWU, Frau Fiber facilitates an environment which reflects on the history of textile and apparel labor rights, and supports the efforts of the contemporary garment workers, who continue to labor at piecework wages. The ILGWU North is embedded into the Fashion Fiber and Materials area of the Art Department at Cal State LA. In this space the ILGWU challenges the fast fashion supply chain through the production of pedagogy.

ADVISORS

Alan+Horsager+%28Cal+State+LA%2C+small%29.jpg — Alan Horsager

**Alan Horsager** is the director for Cal State LA BioSpace. He is a life scientist and entrepreneur who has built companies in the oncology, ophthalmology and reproductive health industries in California. As director for LA BioSpace, he leads the university’s efforts to foster a culture of inclusive entrepreneurship and provide emerging entrepreneurs with facilities, resources, training, and knowledge to launch startup ventures and spur regional economic development.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Washington and a doctorate in Neuroscience from the University of Southern California.