Students from Queen Margaret College and Wellington High School collaborated to create wearable arts costumes for display in the main windows of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Their work followed previous Queen Margaret wearable arts displays at Te Papa in 2006 – featured in the Techlink case study Te Papa Wearable Arts – and, in 2007, a Queen Margaret College Year 13 student developed a costume over a full year, while the two Wellington High students developed half a costume each as a two-term project.

Nature of Technology:

• Characteristics of Technology – collaboration between schools, teachers and students

Technological Knowledge:

• Technological Modelling – evaluating design concepts, trialling fabric manipulation techniques, producing samples
• Technological Products – recycling and sustainability, investigating properties of materials, testing materials

Technological Practice:

• Planning for Practice – effective planning techniques
• Outcome Development and Evaluation – consultation with client and stakeholders

• TVNZ video: 'World of Wearable Arts opens'
• NZ Herald article: 'Knocking on wood'
• 'Recycle Runway' website
• 'The Waste Exchange' website