Ms Josie Steed's Outputs (16)

Weaving a community: securing the intangible cultural heritage created by Harris Tweed. (2025)
Book Chapter
STEED, J., CROSS, K. and WILSON, B. 2025. Weaving a community: securing the intangible cultural heritage created by Harris Tweed. In Kosmidou, E.R. and McMurtry, L.G. (eds.) Intangible cultural heritage and new methodological frameworks: media, performance and the public space. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 7, pages 121-137. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003415329-11

This chapter discusses collaboration between industry and academia to support the intangible cultural heritage of Scottish tweed. Firstly, a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Harris Tweed Hebrides and Robert Gordon University that sought to "exp... Read More about Weaving a community: securing the intangible cultural heritage created by Harris Tweed..

Embedding sustainable development goals (SDGs) into the curricula using an interdisciplinary design thinking approach. (2025)
Journal Article
BREMNER, P. and STEED, J. 2025. Embedding sustainable development goals (SDGs) into the curricula using an interdisciplinary design thinking approach. Journal of perspectives in applied academic practice [online], 13(1), pages 171-182. Available from: https://doi.org/10.56433/t0vhf816

Embedding sustainability into curricula has been a challenge many universities have been facing for a while. The nature of the topic could be classified as "dry" when taught through a legislative lens, but a creative, impactful method is required to... Read More about Embedding sustainable development goals (SDGs) into the curricula using an interdisciplinary design thinking approach..

Provenance and production in Scotland's fashion sector: shifting stories. (2024)
Book Chapter
CROSS, K., STEED, J. and JIANG, Y. 2024. Provenance and production in Scotland's fashion sector: shifting stories. In Schramme, A. and Verboven, N. (eds.) Sustainability and the fashion industry: can fashion save the world? Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 4, pages 56-69. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032659053-4

As part of Augmented Fashion, an interdisciplinary research project involving fashion, textiles and computing disciplines, a series of workshops were facilitated; this chapter discusses the emergent themes from the 'Redesigning for Creative Recovery'... Read More about Provenance and production in Scotland's fashion sector: shifting stories..

Immersive innovations for the communication of heritage, handcraft and sustainability. (2023)
Journal Article
CROSS, K., MESJAR, L., STEED, J. and JIANG, Y. 2025. Immersive innovations for the communication of heritage, handcraft and sustainability. International journal of fashion design, technology and education [online], 18(1): conscious communities: exploring contemporary research and practice within fashion and textiles higher education, pages 15-25. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/17543266.2023.2277264

Textile and fashion brands convey core values through marketing, and in slow-fashion heritage brands this often includes skilled craftsmanship, authenticity, sustainability and provenance. As industry digitalisation continues, brands are employing im... Read More about Immersive innovations for the communication of heritage, handcraft and sustainability..

Editorial. (2023)
Journal Article
MARR, A., STEED, J. and BRITT, H. 2023. Editorial. Journal of textile design research and practice [online], 11(1-2): revised papers from the 5th Futurescan conference (Futurescan 5): conscious communities, 7-8 September 2022, Leeds, UK, pages 1-5. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2023.2241834

This editorial introduces issue 1-2 of volume 11 of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice. This issue presents revised versions of nine selected papers originally presented at the 5th Futurescan conference (Futurescan 5): conscious comm... Read More about Editorial..

Collaborating with a Scottish heritage brand towards enhancing and preserving sustainable artisan hand-weaving practices through a knowledge transfer partnership. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEED, J., CROSS, K. and WILSON, B. 2023. Collaborating with a Scottish heritage brand towards enhancing and preserving sustainable artisan hand-weaving practices through a knowledge transfer partnership. Journal of textile design research and practice [online], 11(1-2): revised papers from the 5th Futurescan conference (Futurescan 5): conscious communities, 7-8 September 2022, Leeds, UK, pages 127-147. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2023.2234650

This paper discusses a Knowledge Transfer Project (KTP) with a global Scottish heritage brand, which aimed to develop a year-round sustainable business model through a design-led approach to new product innovation that improves the brand's sustainabi... Read More about Collaborating with a Scottish heritage brand towards enhancing and preserving sustainable artisan hand-weaving practices through a knowledge transfer partnership..

The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. (2023)
Journal Article
MESJAR, L., CROSS, K., JIANG, Y. and STEED, J. 2023. The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review. Sustainability [online], 15(4), article number 3761. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043761

Fashion industry emissions, resource use and waste are attracting increasing consumer and government attention, with broad agreement that a new approach is required along the supply chain. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, a move to digitalisation fac... Read More about The intersection of fashion, immersive technology and sustainability: a literature review..

Embedding sustainability within the curriculum at Gray's School of Art. (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
AMIES, L. and STEED, J. 2022. Embedding sustainability within the curriculum at Gray's School of Art. Presented at the 2022 RGU annual learning and teaching conference (RGU LTC 2022): enhancing for impact, 21 October 2022, Aberdeen, UK.

The paper discusses a project that aimed to develop academic and student understanding of sustainability at Gray's School of Art. The project sits in the context of RGU's Net Zero actions, with the objective of embedding net zero narratives within RG... Read More about Embedding sustainability within the curriculum at Gray's School of Art..

Harris Tweed: a glocal case study. (2021)
Journal Article
CROSS, K., STEED, J. and JIANG, Y. 2021. Harris Tweed: a global case study. Fashion, style and popular culture [online], 8(4), pages 475-494. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00102_1

Fast and effectively disposable fashion has seen clothing reduced to transient items, worn for a short period of time then discarded. This has pushed down prices, moving textile and clothing production to low-cost labour countries and decimating the... Read More about Harris Tweed: a glocal case study..

From augmented to authentic: weaving the past into the future. (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEED, J., JIANG, Y. and CROSS, K. 2019. From augmented to authentic: weaving the past into the future. Presented at 2019 Shoormal conference: new coasts and shorelines: shifting sands in the creative economy, 18-21 September 2019, Lerwick, UK

As our understanding of the provenance and inherent value of artisan textile and craft skills alters through our increasingly digital and fast paced world, there needs to be a revaluing of hand/human processes that reconnect people and products in an... Read More about From augmented to authentic: weaving the past into the future..

Spheres of practices for the co-design of wearables. (2016)
Journal Article
FAIRBURN, S., STEED, J. and COULTER, J. 2016. Spheres of practices for the co-design of wearables. Journal of textile design research and practice [online], 4(1), pages 85-109. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2016.1255445

As expectations within the area of smart textiles increasingly become informed and driven by technological developments, the disciplinary boundaries and relationship between user and technological innovation will unavoidably transform. The authors ve... Read More about Spheres of practices for the co-design of wearables..

Hand knitting in a digital era. (2016)
Book Chapter
STEED, J. 2016. Hand knitting in a digital era. In Nimkulrat, N., Kane, F. and Walton, K. (eds.) Crafting textiles in the digital age. London: Bloomsbury [online]. Available from: http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/crafting-textiles-in-the-digital-age-9781474286206/

This chapter seeks to develop an argument for a more nuanced language in our critical understanding of the cultural and contextual significance of hand knitting within contemporary craft practice, towards developing a clearer articulation of the intr... Read More about Hand knitting in a digital era..

Second skin iterations: programmes and prototypes. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEED, J. and FAIRBURN, S. 2015. Second skin iterations: programmes and prototypes. In Britt, H., Morgan, L. and Walton, K. (eds.) Proceedings of Futurescan 3: intersecting identities, 11-12 November 2015, Glasgow, UK. Loughborough: FTC [online], pages 231-239. Available from: http://www.ftc-online.org.uk/publications/conference/

As an emerging area of research, blending science, technology, design: product, textiles and fashion, this paper speculates on ways to use 3D realisation and embedded technologies to address and enhance our ability to live well. There is clearly a si... Read More about Second skin iterations: programmes and prototypes..

Future textile visions: smart textiles for health and wellness. (2012)
Report
MALINS, J., STEED, J., FAIRBURN, S., ROBERTSON, S., MCINTYRE, L., CRUICKSHANK, L. and SCOTT, K., 2012. Future textile visions: smart textiles for health and wellness. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

A report prepared for the Scottish Government on behalf of the Scottish Academy of Fashion, which examines the potential of new textiles solutions for health applications. Following a Sandpit event hosted by the Scottish Academy of Fashion on 13th an... Read More about Future textile visions: smart textiles for health and wellness..

Unravel: revaluing the craft of knitting for new emergent design contexts within a post-industrial world. (2012)
Journal Article
STEED, J. 2011. Unravel: revaluing the craft of knitting for new emergent design contexts within a post-industrial world. Making futures journal [online], 2, pages 297-306. Available from: http://makingfutures.plymouthart.ac.uk/media/75867/steed_josephine.pdf

Knitting is embedded within our culture and navigates between practice, artefact, and narrative, acting as a rich metaphor for social change (Hemmings, 2010). Knitting can transcend traditional boundaries of craft practice and transfer knowledge from... Read More about Unravel: revaluing the craft of knitting for new emergent design contexts within a post-industrial world..

Textile lab: connecting design innovation with manufacture. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
STEED, J. 2009. Textile lab: connecting design innovation with manufacture. Presented at the 8th International conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD 08): design connexity, 1-3 April 2009, Aberdeen, UK.

This paper reports on the Textile Lab project as a case study focusing on the role of design innovation in relation to the challenges facing todays Scottish textile manufacturing industry. This research aims to explore how new methodologies can be de... Read More about Textile lab: connecting design innovation with manufacture..