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...

Chiengora instead of Angora


SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS AW22/23 #1: Ann Cathin Schönrock & Franziska Uhl founded the company Yarnsustain to revolutionise the fashion and textile industry with yarns and fabrics made from dog hair...

Key Conversations: Recycled Material Solutions


Polakova, founder and material designer at Studio Sarmite investigates the potential for high-value materials made of recycled textiles…

Key Conversations: Consulting on Sustainable Production


Chandra Prakash consults on the critical issues facing authentic certification in the textile supply chain to ensure fool-proof sustainability …

Key Conversations: Seamless Production with Mushroom Mycelium


Aniela Hoitink presents MycoTEX®, the ground breaking automated seamless manufacturing method allowing for custom-made products made from compostable mushroom roots…

Key Conversations: Natural dyeing as a future fundamental


Driving conversation in the world of Sustainable Innovations, Simon Angels speaks with innovators in the fields of organic material development, sustainable design and …

Sustainable Innovations presents Key Conversations


Driving conversation in the world of Sustainable Innovations, Simon Angels speaks with innovators in the fields of organic material development, sustainable design and …

A Look Back at 2020


With 2020 behind us, Simon Angel reflects on the changes and responses which have mapped ahead a new appreciation and awareness for sustainable design...

From Trash to Treasure by Youyang Song


SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION AW21/22 #4: The designer Youyang Song creates environmentally friendly and stylish textiles from recycled bioplastics...