{"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":"2018-01-29T11:14:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T16:14:59","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
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, <\/span>Protegete<\/span>, 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