​​Continuing our work to inspire and empower using creativity, our second project led us to an opposite shore to examine the presumptions society can too often make about individuals. Collaborating with young people dealing with forcible displacement, #project002 revisited a long held idea of a t-shirt collection which was, quite literally, label free – taking a stand against society’s generalisation of different groups of people and highlighting how detrimental this can be to our advancement as a whole.

The project was devised following many months of groundwork aided by local charities, community members and organisations. With the support of Glasgow based refugee charity Refuweegee and social enterprise café Spoon, a series of free workshops were launched which opened up the full design process – offering the chance to be a part of a new community whilst delivering transferable skills to be taken forward. Guest speakers from within the fashion industry – including fashion designer Emily Millichip, photographer Connor Howieson, artist Alice Dansey-Wright, manufacturing collective Kalopsia and design incubator Fashion Foundry – all worked to build upon the young peoples’ inspiring talents, nurturing and encouraging their creativity.