{"id":10446,"date":"2018-01-29T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T16:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=10446"},"modified":"2024-05-09T14:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T18:27:00","slug":"protegete-improves-agriculture-textile-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/protegete-improves-agriculture-textile-design\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Protegete’ Improves Agriculture Through Textile Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
By Susan Fandel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilson College of Textiles <\/span>Fashion and Textile Design<\/span><\/a> student Ashley Maurice has created garments designed to protect tobacco field workers from work hazards including UV radiation, heat stroke and Green Tobacco Sickness. Her project, Protegete, is an interdisciplinary project with the <\/span>NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.<\/span><\/a> After countless hours examining the topic over the course of the semester, the final result is a balance of research and design.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The line stemmed from a project Maurice worked on for her <\/span>Fashion and Textile Design<\/span><\/a> menswear class, working under the guidance of Textiles professor <\/span>Dr. Katherine Annett-Hitchcock. <\/span><\/a>\u201cThe prompt for the menswear final project was to design something that addressed an environmental concern in the workplace and develop a functional and aesthetically-pleasing workwear look,” Maurice said. \u201cI am passionate about environmental science, so I took the \u2018environmental\u2019 aspect very literally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Inspiration for Protegete<\/h3>\n\n\n\n