F as in “Flicken” (mend), “Farbe” (colour), “Form”. Or F like “Fiona”. The “Fiosk” is a mobile repair station that I developed together with the Garde Robe Gurzelen for the Terrain Gurzelen project in Biel. Here I repair and alter clothes, work with what is available, respond with textile interventions. People bring things, tell stories, pick up ideas. The kiosk as a social meeting point is re-imagined – locally anchored, with low-threshold access and collectively creative. Repairing is understood here as design, as an essential strategy to reduce the mountains of textile waste. And each mended item carries this message to the heart of society.
