The textile industry is characterized by global mass production and has an immense impact on the environment. One garment can travel around the world through an extensive value chain before reaching its final consumption destination. The consumer receives little information about how the item was produced due to a lack of policy regulation.
Human olfaction sense is one of the highly underestimated senses since historical times. Fortunately, this has changed in recent times, as the perception of odour or scent by people has received increasing attention through several research works from different scientific disciplines.
Authors: Kirsi Laitala, Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Vilde Haugrønning Consumers’ textile care practices today are characterized by frequent laundering. The importance of the removal of odours has increased, especially the smell of sweat. This chapter… Textile Cleaning and Odour Removal
Det eksisterer en del myter om hvordan ull best kan vaskes. Enkel og riktig klesvask er viktig både for at minst mulig av ullklær ødelegges, og for å belaste klima og miljø minst mulig.
Anna Schytte Sigaard, Lisbeth Løvbak Berg og Ingun Grimstad Klepp Sammendrag Denne rapporten gir en oversikt over markedet for ullprodukter med et potensiale til å bli laget av underutnyttet ull. Arbeidet er basert på en… Woolume: Potential new products from vacant wool
Ingun Grimstad Klepp Disktrasan på svensk, eller kjøkkenkluten på norsk, er en hardtarbeidende, mistrodd, misbrukt og oversett tjener i de tusen hjem. Å gjøre rent er, som vi har lært av Mary Douglas, å fjerne… I renhetens tjeneste: Kjøkkenkluter i Norge 1860 og 1940
Ingun Grimstad Klepp Bokkapittel i Forbrukersosiologi (fagbokforlaget.no).
Parents are faced with a plurality of choices and concerns when it comes to the acquisition of clothing for their children. This paper explores how parents employ longevity in consumption of children’s clothing from a practice-oriented perspective. The material consists of 6 focus groups with 40 parents who have at least one child under the age of 18. The aim of the groups was to establish children’s clothing needs: how many they need of each garment, how long parents expect the garment to last and what they understand as quality in clothing.
Consumers play an essential role in efforts to extend product lifetimes (PL) and consumers’ practices can determine how long and active lives products get. Applying the framework of Social Practice Theory, this paper argues that in order to suggest changes to how consumers can contribute to longer product lifespans, research needs to focus on consumer practices. The data material consists of 4 focus group interviews with 38 participants about household goods and 29 semi-structured interviews about clothing.
Ingun Grimstad Klepp & Vilde Haugrønning Sammendrag Rapporten tar utgangspunkt i naturgarveriet Jutulskinn (nå ULU) og deres utvikling av en ny kolleksjon i form av friluftslivsklær i skinn og pels. Rapporten er en leveranse i… Naturgarvet skinn i et miljøperspektiv