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Design for environment
on all levels.
Consume Projects is a collaborative extension of Myles Thompson’s design practice that aims to re-think products and experiences through an intersectional and thoughtful lens. By working with others, Consume Projects works to build equity back into the planet, people, and the communities that support the products
they love.
YOU ARE NOW CONSUMING…
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SHIRTS,
EXPERIENCES,
FURNITURE, FOOD, BASKETBALL, PLASTIC,
PROJECTS.
The work
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Approach
A mix of client-based and self-initiated projects that focus on designing thoughtful products & experiences through an intersectional lens.
Intention
To create work that encourages consumers to think differently about the products they buy, giving them the chance to become part of a solution and establish a new consumption cycle that benefits their community and the planet.
Collaboration
To be an intersection for brands, artists, non-profit organizations, and companies. Through these projects, we can aim to collaborate and connect with value-aligned partners to rethink what their products and experiences could be.
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Focus Areas
• Product Design
• Environmental Design
• Home
• Material Innovation
• Intersectional Design
• Technology
• Fashion
Some of These images are imagined concepts that embody the Consume Projects Ethos. Made in collaboration with Dall-E 2.
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CPC 001
YOU ARE NOW CONSUMING…
A
PRODUCT OF YOUR
ENVIRONMENT
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2022
PRODUCED BY EVERPRESS
Hindsight isn’t
always 2020.
PROJECT
This T-shirt was a direct response to the effects of overconsumption in the fashion industry over the last 20 years. The garment gives wearers the opportunity to turn thought into action by writing a goal or intention around what to do with the garment once they’re done wearing it — hopefully inspiring people to extend the length of time they own a garment. With it being the year 2020, as well as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the design flips the iconic rhetoric of “20/20 hindsight” to allude to the fact that our planet is changing due to our decisions. We’re going to go past the point of being able to learn from our mistakes in hindsight.
Read More.
PRODUCT
• Materials: 100% combed organic cotton, printed with water-soluble inks.
• Products estimated time on earth: 12-36 Months
• Donation: Earthday.org
• End destination: Unkown
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2023
Building community through skateboarding.
PROJECT
Atlas Skateshop commissioned me to lead the design concept and design of their first collaborative skate shoe with Adidas Skateboarding. I worked closely with Adidas and Ryen Motzek. Over the years, Ryen & Atlas have done so much work alongside local organizations that provide safe and inclusive spaces for local skaters and others throughout the Bay Area.
That said, we thought it would only be right to highlight those organizations through the idea of "Community First" — a skate shoe that celebrates the Bay Area and those leading the charge in making positive change through skateboarding and beyond—while also keeping environmental impact in mind.
These are some of the organizations: Deeply rooted in SF’s Mission District @allinsf provides food to community members in need, runs annual holiday toy drives, and works directly with Atlas to get new skateboards and equipment to local kids. @townparkoak is a skateboarding oasis in the heart of Oakland, playing host to sessions, contests, and other youth-focused community events. Founded by Shawn Connelly and Thuy Nguyen, the @sfskateclub is a youth program and skate shop in San Francisco that provides a “safe, positive, and fun environment for the youth of diverse backgrounds to pursue their passion or desire to skateboard”. @thecityeats is a nonprofit organization that prepares and distributes healthy balanced meals while providing important resources to houseless and low-income individuals in the Bay Area and around the world.
PRODUCT
Skateboarding is a sport where your sneakers are constantly being torn into and destroyed. It was important for us to bring materials into the shoe that could be durable even if it was made from non-new materials. The idea of breaking something down, building it, and then breaking it down again through a new use became interesting to us.
• Recycled canvas tongue
• Speckled outsole made with re-ground rubber
• Recycled sock liner
• Recycled cotton laces
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2021
Everybody eats when the city eats!
PROJECT
As part of Atlas Skateboards Fall/Winter collection. Consume
Projects was commissioned to design a shirt for their long-standing relationship with The City Eats, an organization dedicated to unifying the community through the purpose of eradicating hunger among the inner city homeless population. A portion of the proceeds went towards their organization to strengthen our mission of contributing resources to several communities worldwide.
PRODUCT
• Materials: %100 Cotton shirt, Screen printed with Acrylic ink
• Products estimated time on earth: 12-36 Months
• End destination: Unkown
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2022
PROJECT
These garments were created in collaboration with Boy's Archive.
The garments explore disconnecting from the digital world and reconnecting with the physical and outside world after almost 1.5 years of being inside and connected to our digital devices. Using a similar visual language to the 2020 Hindsight Shirt, we also wanted the consumer to consider the same level of intentional thinking when purchasing the shirt as well as passing it on to the next phase of the consumer cycle.
PRODUCT
• Materials: 100% organic cotton, printed with water-soluble inks.
• Products estimated time on earth: 12-36 Months
• End destination: Unkown
Disconnect
to reconnect.
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2020
Good for nothing
fashion kids.
PROJECT
During the beginning of the pandemic, CP pitched an idea to the Bravest Studios to do a collaborative shirt that would help provide free meals to hospital workers based in NYC. Bravest was rapidly growing at the time, and their early audience was eager for products and ways to help. The profits of each shirt went to FieldTrip Harlem, a restaurant that used its facilities and resources to hand out meals to hospital workers based in NYC during the pandemic.
PRODUCT
• Meals Delivered: ~ 700
• Materials: %100 Cotton shirt, DTG
• Products estimated time on earth: 12-36 Months
• End destination: Unkown
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Let’s make projects.
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by Myles Thompson