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- 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…
- Root TextileRootfull unites design with biology and reconnects humanity with Nature. It’s a pioneering venture that grows wheatgrass into templates carved from beeswax to create lamps and acoustic wall hangings from root. The textile is grown simply with wheatgrass seed and water to create a material that is woven entirely by Nature.
- Flexible textiles made from surplus bricksCopenhagen-based Natural Material Studio worked together with Polish designer Zuzanna Skurka to create soft bio textiles made from surplus bricks. The bricks used in…
- Coffee grounds as sustainable textile dyeResearchers at Iowa State University in the US experimented with the use of used coffee grounds as a sustainable textile dye. The textile industry…
- Fly more comfortably thanks to smart textile chairsBenjamin Hubert of strategic design agency Layer designed Move, a prototype for economy class seating made with smart textiles for Airbus. The seats consist…
- Wooden Textiles from Buro Belén AT MX2016The basic material for “wooden textiles” is taken from the mulberry tree, the cambium. A tapa is a soft and flexible wooden cloth that…
- Wooden TextileThe basic material for “wooden textiles” is taken from the mulberry tree, the cambium. A tapa is a soft and flexible wooden cloth that Tongans use for rituals like weddings and funerals. The basis for the ancient craft of tapa-making is the cambium of the paper mulberry tree, a thin layer of fibers between the bark and the wood of the tree.
- Rapid Manufactured TextilesFreedom of Creation (FOC) is specializing in design for Rapid Manufacturing. These techniques can be described as 3D printing techniques but instead of using ink and paper, 3D objects are being ‘printed’ by a laser.
- Textiles by Samira BoonSamira Boon is a Dutch design studio that makes functional products and textiles with simplicity and tactility. Drawing inspiration from research into materials and production techniques, Samira Boon has created a unique collection of products. Her collection includes 3-dimensional fabrics with a depth of up to 10 cm.
- Laokoon Textile ArtLaokoon textile art material is an award-winning, 3-dimensional surface. It is described as weightless but strong, light-reactive, flexible, user-friendly, in perpetual motion and demanding…
- 3d textiles knitted and woven3D knitted & woven textiles, 3D SPACER & Cosmos are developed by Dutch fabric innovator Ferdinand Visser. Used for indoor applications, office chairs, or acoustical panels.
- Stretch textileThis version of Stretch Textiles is a collection of knitted fabrics, made of wool. Wool as a natural and durable fiber meeting the specific requirements for both the home and contract market. The fabrics are designed, developed and produced by Innofa. All fabrics are on stock and available from one meter. This version has a flat surface but there is also a 3D version.
- New textile grows from mushroomsA new organic textile has been developed that is grown from mushroom spores and plant fibres. The material is called MYX, from the mycelium:…
- Scalable Mycelium Textile Offers Compostable Alternative To LeatherResearchers have developed a leather-like nonwoven textile made from fungal fibres. The material combines durability with compostability and can be produced continuously using existing…
- Living Mycelium Textile Can Renew, Repair And BiodegradeResearchers at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) have developed a flexible textile from living fungal mycelium. Unlike conventional mycelium materials, which are…
- UNWASTE™ – Cushioning from Post-Consumer TextilesUNWASTE™ is a cushioning material developed by A BLUNT STORY as an alternative to conventional plastic-based foams used in footwear uppers. It uses 100% post-consumer garment waste that is unsuitable for resale or conventional recycling. Mixed and damaged textile waste is processed and transformed into a cushioning material for lifestyle footwear, diverting it from incineration or landfill.
- Icelandic Wool Acoustic TextilesKula is an Icelandic design company developing sound-absorbing interior textiles made from locally sourced Icelandic sheep wool. The products are inspired by Iceland’s natural landscapes and aim to combine acoustic performance with biobased material use. The primary raw material is wool from native Icelandic sheep.
- Air-Purifying Textile Façade by Schüco Reduces NOx by 30%German building systems manufacturer Schüco has developed a textile façade that purifies the air by breaking down harmful nitrogen oxides (NOx). Using sunlight, the…
- From Coffee Sack to Biobased Felt: Re-Yut-Cel Reimagines Textile WasteA consortium of Dutch and international partners has found a new life for the thousands of jute coffee sacks discarded each year. The project,…
- Flexible Electrospun Textile Powers Self-Sustaining Wearable SensorsResearchers at Penn State University have developed a new textile that creates electricity from movement. This innovation could reshape wearable technology for designers in…
- Iris Houthoff – Fungal textilesIris Houthoff is founder and director of Mylium, a Dutch start-up developing fungal textiles from mycelium. She has been a lecturer in Bioprocess Engineering…
- What Not to Miss at Dutch Design Week 2024: Exploring Sustainable and Natural TextilesDutch Design Week 2024 takes place from 19 to 27 October in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Here, we present some of the most innovative material…
- A hoodie made of recycled cotton textile wasteEvrnu, an advanced material innovation company developed a fibre made from cotton textile waste, which they used to make an oversized hoodie. Evrnu’s technology,…
- Rietgoed reed textileRietGoed is a study into making textiles from the fibres of reed cigars. This idea was declared the winner of the national challenge 'products from wet fibre crops' in 2021. That is why RietGoed is now working on developing the first real product: a drying cloth made from reed cigars.
