About
Lisbeth is a Fashion Futuristy and designer with years of experience, both as a consultant and a business owner, as well as teaching at Middlesex University, London. She has a master's degree in fashion and sustaianbility from the MA Fashion Futures course at London College of Fashion where she did consumer research and examined the designer’s role in future scenarios based on sustainable clothing consumption.
Her research interests are design futuring, sustainability and consumption.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Architecture and design Social sciences
Subject areas
Clothing Textile Sustainability Design Thinking Sustainable future Consumption
Research groups
Research projects
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CHANGE: Environmental systems shift in clothing consumption
In CHANGE, we will investigate what is most essential to reduce the environmental impact of clothing: reduce the amount of clothing that is produced, acquired and disposed of.
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LASTING: Sustainable prosperity through product durability
How can the lifespans of consumer goods be increased?
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Wasted Textiles
The primary objective of this project is to reduce the use of synthetic textiles and the amount that goes to waste.
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WOOLUME: Polish sheep wool for improved resource utilisation and value creation
The main objective of Woolume is to explore how an under-utilized natural resource – wool from remote mountain regions – can be maximized into materials in local sustainable industry innovation systems that offer high returns on investment and contribute to an optimized, next-generation circular economy.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Laitala, Kirsi
;
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
;
Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth
(2024).
The Impact of Modes of Acquisition on Clothing Lifetimes.
Niinimäki, Kirsi (Ed.).
Recycling and Lifetime Management in the Textile and Fashion Sector. p. 91-111.
CRC Press.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003044413-8
Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth
;
Hebrok, Marie
(2023).
Narratives of product longevity: a business vs. consumer perspective.
Niinimäki, Kirsi; Cura, Kirsti (Ed.).
PROCEEDINGS 5th PLATE Conference. p. 578-583.
Aalto University.
http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-64-1367-9
Laitala, Kirsi
;
Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth
;
Strandbakken, Pål
(2023).
Why won’t you complain? Consumer rights and the unmet product
lifespan requirements.
Niinimäki, Kirsi; Cura, Kirsti (Ed.).
PROCEEDINGS 5th PLATE Conference. p. 563-568.
Aalto University.
http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-64-1367-9
Løvbak Berg, Lisbeth
;
Klepp, Ingun Grimstad
;
Sigaard, Anna Schytte
; Broda, Jan; Rom, Monika; Kobiela-Mendrek, Katarzyna
(2023).
Reducing Plastic in Consumer Goods: Opportunities for Coarser Wool.
28 p.
Fibers.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fib11020015
