Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research area
- Design
- Transdisciplinary design
- Eco-Social design
- Clothing consumption
- Participatory design
- Design Ethnography
- Wardrobe methods
- Life Cycle Assessment
- Industrial design
- Mending Practices
- Practice theory
Publication collaborations within the past 5 years.
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Design Competencies in Action: bridging Theory and Practice in Education
Ræbild, U. (PI), Hasling, K. M. (PI) & Kucher, I. (PI)
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2024
Project: Research
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Designing Engagements with Mending
Kucher, I. (PI), Ræbild, U. (supervisor (PhD)), Holroyd, A. T. (supervisor (PhD)) & Mattozzi, A. (supervisor (PhD))
14/05/2020 → 14/07/2023
Project: PhD project
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Research output
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Sustainable Design Competences in Action: Bridging Educational and Professional Practices
Kucher, I., Hasling, K. M. & Ræbild, U., Sept 2025.Publications: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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Designing Engagements with Mending: An exploration of amateur clothing repair practices in Western and post-Soviet contexts
Kucher, I., 2024, Kolding: Designskolen Kolding. 550 p.Publications: Book / Anthology / Thesis / Report › Ph.D. thesis
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Mending is not that simple. What set of competencies can enable mending practices and how can we learn them?
Kucher, I. & Ræbild, U., Jun 2024.Publications: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review
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Ordinary Fashion Consumption: Investigating the practices of clothing purchase, use, and disposal in Danish and Ukrainian contexts
Kucher, I., 2024, In: Fashion Highlight Journal. 03, p. 102-111 11 p., ISSN: 2975-0466.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Designing Engagements with Mending Practices
Kucher, I. & Ravnløkke, L., 2023, 21 p.Publications: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Research
Prizes
Activities
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In the Wardrobe. Fashion consumption, design, and everyday life
Kucher, I. (Lecturer)
11 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture (Journal)
Aliabieva, L. (Editor), Kucher, I. (Editor) & Gurova, O. (Editor)
2024 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work › Editor of Research journal › Research
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Oslo Metropolitan University
Kucher, I. (Visiting researcher)
2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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PLATE Conference 2023
Kucher, I. (Participant)
31 May 2023 → 2 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
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Paper presentation: Mending is not that simple. What set of competencies can enable mending practices, and how can we learn them?
Kucher, I. (Lecturer) & Ræbild, U. (Lecturer)
31 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Mending Futures. Case study, which explores a participatory textile making research project
29/05/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The stories of four women designers who revitalize garments utilizing embroidery and mending
09/03/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media