Fashion Is Outrageous (FIO) loves that design and visual aesthetics speak directly to the fashion design community and wider society. By situating art within research and education, FIO creates visual documentation that engages, expands and captures knowledge. These experimental creative methods invite alternative approaches to achieving policy outcomes, and can be shared as educational artworks and tools to prompt learning and discussion from Participatory Action Research. 

The artworks achieve live graphic recording, which involves visual illustration and capturing verbatim text describing ideas and emerging themes around SB 707 in the designer community.

Mike Nicholls

Collaborating Artist

Mike Nicholls (@thisismikenicholls) is an Oakland-based visual artist, who transforms ideas through storytelling into experiences and visuals that connect and inspire. Mike joined us in San Francisco at UC Berkeley’s Faculty Club for our Design for Compliance Design For Compliance℠: Textile EPR In California workshop. Learn more about the workshop here >

San Francisco

A Knowledge Landscape Of Textile EPR In California

We commissioned Mike to join us and illustrate an artwork that represents a knowledge landscape and community of experiences, and capture complex ideas and conversations through creative, beautiful and engaging visuals. His artwork captures an art-driven visual recording (data collection) of the nuanced conversations that took place during the in-person workshop. 

To access the full research artwork, input your information below. This unique resource can serve as a discussion prompt or educational tool.