Massachusetts College of Art and Design
PROJECTS 2022
Cultaflora
Laiba Azhar, Abdullah Adisa, Alexandra Holland
Cultaflora is an acne reduction serum made with nontoxic ingredients including probiotic bacteria, floral extracts, natural preservatives, and moisturizers.
Bio Sleeve
Emily Mellor, Liv Rose, Shah Noor Shafqat, Perla Montan
Bio Sleeve is a fashionable and sustainable alternative to current eczema treatments which uses a gel made of chitosan, sodium alginate, and Roseomonas mucosa bacteria.
Dyeing for a Change
Natasha Newcomb, Alana Locke, Emily Moughan, Jess Chiu
The project consists of a subscription service where customers receive a new dye each month with pigments derived from either algae or bacteria.
Instructor 2022
Jennifer Varekamp
Jennifer Varekamp is a professor in the fashion department at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She is a costume and clothing designer committed to sustainability. Jennifer received her ED.M from Harvard University and her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has also studied at Domus Academy in Milan, Italy and at the London College of Fashion. Jennifer designed the costumes for HoverDive, a collaborative dance project that focused on fluid dynamics and ocean science, including the impact of climate change on ocean life. She was a Professional Fellow through Nest and worked in Laos with the social enterprise, Ma Té Sai and a group of TaiLeu women artisans. She has led sustainably focused travel courses to India and Laos. Jennifer has participated in numerous conferences and workshops on sustainable fashion in the US, Europe and India. She was an invited guest lecturer at NIFT in Delhi, India on this topic and was a guest presenter at the RSA Student Awards in New York. Jennifer was recently featured on Chronicle Channel 5 Boston in a segment on sustainable fashion.