On more than 1,000 square meters you will find trend-setting Smart Textiles, Future Fabrics and new technologies - be it in terms of sustainability, circular economy, digitalization, traceability, technology or finishing.

This extremely thin, elastic and tear-resistant membrane, also called gold beater's skin, was used in the past as a separating layer when beating gold leaf.

What if the leftovers of freshly squeezed juice were not disposed of - but a new material could be created from it?

Designer Birke Weber and biochemist Friederike Hoberg are exploring the potential of alternative dyes - specifically, from mushrooms.

A world in which everything is becoming faster, more networked and more digital creates endless possibilities. But why always strive for the new instead of continuing the traditional?

Nature as 3D printer: Material designer and underwater photographer Zena Holloway creates shapes and forms from wheatgrass roots growing in self-carved molds made from beeswax.

Hair creates identity - we dye and style it, create new looks and expressions and thus assign ourselves to cultural or social groups. They lose their meaning and become garbage to be disposed of.

The name says it all: "Choub" means "wood" in Farsi - the material that designer Mehdi Mashayekhi draws on in his Choub project, using innovative methods to create something new:

When it comes to textiles, one of the biggest challenges has been the industry taking on the responsibility to examine its processes.

Various developments can be seen - Very interesting and inspiring at the same time: Newcomers are faced with the decision to join the industry or create their own.

Quick development process starting from trends, colours, and base qualities proposals...

Bringing attention to a product's lifecycle, the strategy focuses on design through to end-of-life. The agenda is to kickstart actions that ensure that by 2030 textile products placed on the EU market will be more eco-friendly and long-lasting.

Trendanalyst Carl Tillessen not only observes; he anticipates. As a memberof the management and chief analyst of the of the Deutsches Modeinstitut ...

Game changing recycling solutions to move closer to the end goal of moving closer together and to facilitating circular economy...

Game changing recycling solutions to move closer to the end goal of moving closer together and to facilitating circular economy...

The shape-shifting, highly innovative soft robotic textiles from MotorSkins support muscles in movement without electronics...