ITALY RESEARCH TRIP

- Factory visites
- what is the problems of the factories? which problems are they facing
- what does a factory worker earn in average
- what is the average age of a worker?
- what does a factory worker earn per month in a factory like Paoletti, Serica 1870
- what are the problems of factories in Italy, why they shut down? Factory labour vers. Handlabour
- averrage age of empoyess
- how to make a factory more cool so also young people want to work there?
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SOCKS
- How did the function of socks change
- how did the technique of socks change
- how did the material of socks change
(in egyptian times socks were more of a shoe. They were worn inside the sandals. now socks are more of a statement of which political party you belong to, which is your hobby, your sexual orientation etc.)
- why socks in Japan still have this toe? Tabby toe --> flip flop compatible

TEA TOWELS
- how did the function of tea towels change
- how did the technique of tea towels change
- how did the material of tea towels change
Now tea towels are here to transport a message. In the vicotrian times, aristocratic ladies used the tea towel to dry and clean their crystall glasses, which they didnt let do their maides. Now that nearly every household has a dishwasher the teatowel got another function. It is here to transport ideas, life knowledge, a funny sentence, or it is hanging in the living room because of the information that is printed on it.
- Collect tea towels from different countries
- coillect the techniques used ( twill, satin, print, basket weave? , wafle weave?)