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- Freshwater-free textile made from salt-tolerant plantsThe UK-based start-up SaltyCo, a spin-off company from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London, developed freshwater-free textile by processing salt-tolerant plants,…
- MycoTEX: textile made from mushroom myceliumMycelium, the spores of mushrooms, is an incredible material. You can use it to make anything from chairs to lamp shades to packaging material. However,…
- Time-Based TextileIn this project, an ongoing work on material exploration, Dana Zelig explores programmable textiles and textile structures using plastic, allowing complex textile structure computations…
- Breathing Textile at Dutch Design WeekWith the fast-paced lives we lead, many of us are in an active mode most of the time and have difficultly unwinding at the…
- Biopainting: Turning Textile Waste Into A Natural Colour PaletteSpanish artist Cynthia Nudel has developed Biopainting, a material-based technique that replaces conventional paint with textile waste and natural pigments. Her work explores how…
- Plissade: An All-Textile Room Divider Developed Through Circular DesignPlissade, designed by Rotterdam-based studio Luis Marie, is an all-textile room divider that applies recycled materials and pleating techniques to create a freestanding acoustic…
- Luminous Re-weave: Upcycled Textiles Become Modular, Architectural LightLuminous Re-weave is a lighting installation by Ling Sha and Yucheng Tang that brings together craft, technology, and circular design. It shows how discarded…
- Next-Generation Biodegradable Performance Textiles by Lenzing and OceanSafeAustrian fibre producer Lenzing Group and Swiss textile innovator OceanSafe have developed a new generation of sustainable, high-performance yarns. The partnership combines Lenzing’s Tencel…
- Precision Spray Coating Transforms Sustainable Textile FinishingBW Converting’s Baldwin TexCoat G4 is changing the way fabrics are finished. The system has been validated by Fashion for Good and the Apparel…
- Archi Folds textiles help improve theatre’s acousticStudio Samira Boon was commissioned to create a site-specific installation of Archi Folds, a series of 3D textiles inspired by origami, for the main…
- Sustainable Textile InnovationsBy Simone Preuss, Feature Editor FashionUnited Sustainable textile innovations are in demand like never before due to dwindling resources, natural fibres like cotton being…
- Kristi Kuusk: smart textiles in self-care clothingMore and more things become ‘smart’: phones, homes, and now clothes! Designer Kristi Kuusk is researching the future of textiles and looks for new…
- Design spotlight: wood-textile combinationDuring the recent visit to Parqueteam in Tel Aviv, we had a chance to explore some recent innovative work by some top-level Israeli design studios.…
- From Wastewater To Fashion: Textile Dye Developed From Sewage SludgeResearchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and Dutch fashion label Hul le Kes have developed garments coloured with a pigment recovered from…
- Seaweed and Algae Waste Become Bespoke Interior Textiles in CopenhagenNatural Material Studio has created bespoke bio-textile installations for the renovated Sticks’n’Sushi restaurant in Lyngby, north of Copenhagen. The project shows how organic waste…
- Bioreceptive Textiles Enable Plant–Human Interaction In Interior SpacesThe integration of living systems into interiors is gaining traction. A project by 4TU.Design United explores how bioreceptive textiles can support plant growth and…
- Living, Rainbow-Coloured Textiles Grown by BacteriaResearchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have created a new way to grow and colour textiles using living microbes.…
- Re_Work by TextielMuseum: Weaving Circularity into Everyday TextilesThe new Re_Work collection by TextielMuseum shows how circular thinking can transform even the most familiar objects. Designed by the Eindhoven-based collective Envisions, this…
- NOOSA: A Fully Recyclable Biobased Textile Fibre for Circular DesignNOOSA is a material innovation company based in Brussels. It develops a recyclable, bio-based fibre designed for use in fashion, interior textiles, product design,…
- Sustainable Smart Textiles: A Material Innovation for Wearable and Interactive DesignResearchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new class of sustainable smart textiles that operate using acoustic waves rather than electronics. Known as SonoTextiles,…
- 3D printed textile-based lampsWith her project Conductive Origami, Jerusalem-based industrial designer Yael Akirav designed a series of lamp shades inspired by origami, by 3D printing conductive filament…
- Aalto University Transforms 17th-Century Shipwreck Wood into Textile FibreResearchers at Finland’s Aalto University have transformed timber salvaged from a 17th-century shipwreck into textile fibres, creating a seamless knitted dress that combines heritage,…
- Neo-Textura: Transforming Textile Waste into Circular Interior SystemsThe fashion industry produces more than 92 million tonnes of textile waste each year, most of which ends up in landfill. At the same…
- What Not to Miss at Dutch Design Week 2024: Textile Innovation and ModularityDutch Design Week 2024 takes place from 19 to 27 October in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Here, we present some of the most innovative material…
