Iryna Kucher, PhD (Design and Sustainability), is an eco-social designer and postdoctoral fellow at the Lab for Sustainability and Design at Design School Kolding (DSKD) in Denmark. Her research lies at the intersection of sustainable design and clothing consumption. More specifically, Iryna is interested in the ordinary consumption practices from the past as a source for sustainable futures and in transdisciplinary research methodologies and pedagogies, which bridge design research and social sciences. Within her PhD project entitled 'Designing Engagements with Mending. An exploration of clothing repair practices in Western and post-Soviet contexts', Iryna investigated why, what, and how people mend within the domestic landscapes in Ukrainian and Danish contexts. In doing so, she employed wardrobe studies, participatory textile making, and different typologies of design research artifacts. Some of the artifacts she designed were included in the permanent collection of the Italian Observatory of Industrial Design (ADI) and were exhibited internationally.