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2020

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2021

2025

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Scrub Set, Zero Waste

This is a Scrub Set. It was designed by Danielle Elsener.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Danielle Elsener as part of Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

It is dated 2020. Its medium is cotton. It is a part of the Exhibitions department.

Danielle Elsener designs zero-waste fashion. She engineers sewing pattern layouts to eliminate textile waste. She designed her zero-waste scrubs in the UK in spring 2020. The unique surface print on this example resulted when Elsener printed the logo for National Health Service (NHS) at the wrong size.

It is credited Courtesy of Danielle Elsener.

Its dimensions are

Top length: 73.7 cm (29 in.) Chest: 116.8 cm (46 in.) Pant length: 111.8 cm (44 in.) Hips: 114.3 cm (45 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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