WORK & PROSPERITY
Fashioning the future
The Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC) provides training and technology support to create a sustainable, equitable, and profitable apparel industry in the U.S. The Detroit-based nonprofit’s courses, apprenticeship program, and manufacturing center support workers, entrepreneurs, and businesses to fashion the future of US-made, soft goods.
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ISAIC and the Autodesk Foundation continue to refine how ISAIC uses Autodesk’s technology and pro bono support to advance its mission. In 2021, ISAIC worked with a fellow to develop virtual training and on-demand machine repair. This repair can help ISAIC, and other soft-goods manufacturers, develop their workforce and produce goods more efficiently and sustainably.
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Autodesk University
ISAIC CEO Jennifer Guarino speaks on inclusive manufacturing and making diversity your greatest asset.
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Redshift
In response to COVID-19, a nonprofit focused on fashion-industry waste has pivoted to coordinating a massive, mask-and-gown initiative in the resurgent manufacturing hub of Detroit.
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99% Invisible
The 99% Invisible podcast speaks to ISAIC CEO Jennifer Guarino on making PPE in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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