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Fashion

Swedish artist Carolina de Lara makes new textile with bacterial cellulose

Artist Carolina de Lara has used bacterial cellulose (BC), a naturally occurring material, and knitted textiles to explore the interaction between humans and nature in fashion design.

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Fashion

Champion introduces athleisure line made with biodegradable fabric

Could the future of fast fashion be biodegradable? Sportswear brand Champion believes so. The firm has developed a breakthrough synthetic material that is biodegradable like natural fibre, and is making its debut in the Eco Future Reverse Weave collection.

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Design

Textiles made from human hair to be commercialised in 2024

Would you wear clothes made with human hair? While the idea may initially repulse you, Human Material Loop wants to flip the narrative and normalise the use of abundant human hair waste.

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Culture & Media

Silk to Silicon explores craft’s impact on tech

This art exhibition traces the link between textiles and cryptocurrency and ponders the revival of Luddism.

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Food & Drink

Sweet threads

Copenhagen – The five taste groups have inspired a new fashion collection from Polish textile designer Martyna Barbara Golik.

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Food & Drink

Glow your mind: The tea set for light relaxation

Rotterdam – Argentinian product designer Agustina Bottoni has created the Glow Tea Set, which aims to engage all the senses with a slower tea-making process that is enhanced with a contemplative visual experience.

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Fashion

Material world: Report explores textile futures

London – The Textile Futures Research Centre at Central Saint Martins has released its first publication, Material Futures, which profiles the centre’s work on designing textiles and materials with a reduced environmental footprint.

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Europe

Material world: Designers weave their magic

Material world: Designers weave their magic

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Design

Première Vision

The Première Vision exhibition in Paris earlier this month ended with a sense of optimism, following a 10% rise in visitor numbers and 667 exhibitors from 29 countries, as business starts to recover from the economic turbulence of the past two years.