Seasonal Index Organic Cotton Sweatshirt — Black

Seasonal Index — Study 01

Cultures at Risk Collection

About the garment

A considered heavyweight layer built from certified organic cotton for everyday wear across seasons.

Constructed using 100% organic combed ring-spun cotton, the fabric carries a substantial 350 g/m² weight—providing warmth, durability and a structured drape while maintaining breathability. The brushed interior offers a soft hand feel, while the outer surface remains clean, dense and refined.

Designed with restraint, the garment prioritizes longevity, comfort and everyday versatility.

Design & concept

Seasonal Index explores the relationship between ecological rhythm and cultural continuity.

Across many place-based cultures, knowledge has developed through close observation of recurring environmental patterns. Rainfall, flowering, animal movement, tides, soil conditions and temperature shifts can help determine when to plant, gather, fish, harvest, travel, prepare materials or carry out shared seasonal practices.

This knowledge does not exist separately from the landscape. It is learned through repetition, observation and intergenerational experience.

As ecosystems and climate patterns change, familiar environmental signals may arrive later, occur irregularly or disappear altogether. When the timing of nature becomes less dependable, the knowledge organised around that timing can also become more difficult to practise and pass forward.

The artwork translates this disruption into a narrow sequence of fine vertical indicators.

The opening section follows a stable, measured rhythm. As the sequence progresses, its structure begins to shift:

• regular spacing represents dependable seasonal recurrence
• widened intervals suggest delay and extended waiting
• the missing indicator marks an expected event that does not arrive
• the displaced signal represents a seasonal cue appearing outside its familiar position
• the horizontal reference line suggests a remembered baseline against which change is observed

Nothing changes dramatically in a single moment.

Instead, predictability weakens gradually.

The complete Seasonal Index composition extends across the upper back. A reduced group of five indicators appears at the chest, functioning as a quiet fragment of the larger system rather than a separate symbol.

Rendered in Charcoal against the Black base, both applications remain deliberately low contrast—visible through close observation rather than immediate impact.

System Insight

SEASONAL INDEX
Ecological Rhythm — Cultural Timing System

A minimal system exploring how recurring environmental patterns support the continuity of land-based cultural knowledge.

Seasonal knowledge is built through long observation. It depends on relationships between timing, place, material and collective memory.

When environmental rhythms remain relatively stable, knowledge can be practised repeatedly and transferred through lived experience. When those rhythms become irregular, the relationship between inherited understanding and present conditions begins to weaken.

This artwork translates that pressure into a progressive disturbance of sequence.

Regularity carries memory.
Intervals carry timing.
Absence signals interruption.
Displacement records uncertainty.

The composition is not a literal calendar or a representation of any single community. It is a research-led interpretation of how ecological instability can affect the conditions through which cultural knowledge remains active.

An observation of continuity becoming less predictable—quietly, gradually and across generations.

Design & fit

Cut in a regular unisex fit, the silhouette remains structured yet non-restrictive.

• Regular unisex fit
• Set-in sleeves
• Crew neck
• 1×1 rib collar, cuffs and hem
• Double-needle topstitch at collar, sleeves and hem

A reduced Seasonal Index detail appears at the chest, while the complete composition extends across the upper back. Both applications maintain a restrained visual presence through their low-contrast Charcoal finish.

Material & construction

• 100% organic combed ring-spun cotton
• Fabric weight: 350 g/m² / 10.3 oz/yd²
• Soft brushed interior
• Dense, smooth outer surface
• Inside herringbone back-neck tape
• Self-fabric half-moon at the back neck
• Organic cotton certified under GOTS and OCS standards at fabric level, via the supplier
• Fabric tested under OEKO-TEX Standard 100
• PETA-Approved Vegan

Fit note

EU sizing.

US customers may prefer ordering one size up for a more relaxed fit.

Care & longevity

• Wash cold
• Turn inside out before washing
• Wash with similar colours
• Avoid tumble drying
• Do not iron directly on the artwork

Designed to be worn often and kept over time.

Production note

This product is made on demand.

Producing only what is ordered helps reduce excess inventory and unnecessary overproduction.

Collection note

Part of Cultures at Risk — When Nature Fades, a research-led visual archive examining how ecological change can weaken the conditions through which cultural knowledge is practised, remembered and passed between generations.

Seasonal Index is presented as an informed, non-literal interpretation rather than documentation of a particular culture or community.