A Suit of Armour – Sustainable innovations
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:
“How do our actions contribute to the better?”
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.
Meet Saitex – the vertical Vietnamese Denim Entity
Global jeans manufacturer Saitex is going vertical as it officially announces the opening of its first denim fabric making
mill in Vietnam.
Sustainable Innovations #6: Wearable muscles by MotorSkins
The shape-shifting, highly innovative soft robotic textiles from MotorSkins support muscles in movement without electronics...
Sustainable Innovations #5: The Healing Imprint
With her project 'The Healing Imprint', Laura Deschl found a way to explore the therapeutic potential of knitted garments...
Sustainable Innovations #4: “Sunkolor” by Panorama Fabrics
High-technology yarns Sunkolor woven into innovative textiles manage to make dangerous UV rays visible by changing its colour...
Sustainable Innovations #3: +17,4% – Offcuts Collection
Seok Park points out the potential materiality of leftovers from textile production by using them to upgrade garments...
Textile Inventions You Need To Be Acquainted With In 2022
The race to digitise the textile sector is expected to continue in 2022. However, with sustainability still a key theme, game-changing innovations...
Sustainable Innovations #2: Flower Matter
Irene Purasachit recycles flower waste into fabric and paper in a wide variety of colors and structures - just as diverse as flowers...
Bacteria to wear
With her project 'Biotic', Lionne van Deursen shows possibilities for biologically produced material - created by living microorganisms...
Interview about Pre-Creation, -Action and -Connection in our industry
Simon Angel, curator of SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS, about real problem solving and the most innovative textile developments to solve...
Seaweed Design by Violaine Buet
With her craftsmanship as a designer, Violaine Buet explores the aesthetic and technical properties of seaweed…
Pre-Loved by Sarmite Polakova
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS AW22/23 #5: Turning old into new with the biotextile Pre-Loved by material and product designer Sarmite Polakova…
Fixing Fashion by Alicia Minaard
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS AW22/23 #4: The Fixing Fashion team is not only concerned with providing information, by carefully caring for textiles, their lifespan can be increased from 3.3 to 4.5 years…
New Blue Circular Denim
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS AW22/23 #3: Worn clothing can be much more than waste and becomes part of new and continuous material flows…
Enschede Textielstad by Annemieke Koster
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS AW22/23 #2: where professionals who still know the craftsmanship of yesteryear pull their knowledge and find innovative approaches...