17 February 2026
The results of the NewTexEco 3D Summer School Knitting 2025 will have a special sequel: the garments developed during the week will be on display at the Zuiderzee Museum in the autumn. This will give July’s intensive making and learning process a museum context and show how innovation, craft and material research come together. From […]
28 January 2026
We would like to introduce Maud Kuppen , lecturer and researcher at Saxion University of Applied Sciences. Maud obtained her Master of Science in Innovative Textile Development and has been working within the Sustainable & Functional Textiles research group since 2020. Her work focuses on sustainability in the textile sector, with a special focus on […]
28 January 2026
We are delighted to introduce Nora Veerman as the new project coordinator for the Care & Repair project. Nora brings a unique combination of fashion theory, hands-on experience, and a strong passion for collaboration. Nora is fascinated by the interplay between research and design. With a background in art history and fashion studies, as well […]
22 January 2026
The European textile industry is at a pivotal moment. With stricter legislation on the way, growing geopolitical pressure and an increasing demand for sustainability, the sector needs to transform faster than ever. In a new white paper, researcher and NewTexEco Data Orchestrator Francesco Sollitto, together with several colleagues, analyses the green and digital transition required […]
17 December 2025
The first projects within CLICKNL ‘s Design Power & Transitions programme have started. In the new interview series Ontwerpkracht Crossovers, writer Twan Eikelenboom brings project leaders together to talk about their first experiences in the research phase. The first publication focuses on the Care & Repair project. This project is part of both Design Power […]
25 November 2025
We welcome Karen Bosch as education coordinator within NewTexEco. Karen is a lecturer-researcher at Saxion‘ s Fashion & Textile Technologies programme and brings with her a broad background in commercial economics, communication science, market research, marketing and sustainability-oriented education within several colleges, including AMFI. There, it became clear to her how urgent the challenges in […]
10 November 2025
In the project Closing the Knitwear Loop, our partner New Industrial Order (N.I.O.) together with chain partners Knit-It (Knit Manufacturer), Stcreative (Digital Design), Favourite Forms (Sizing & Fit) and Marije Lytske Hester (Impact Research) show how innovation, digitisation and circularity reinforce each other. The jumpers shown below are 3D-knitted from fully recycled wool; wool that […]
10 November 2025
How do students handle their clothes? And what role does that play in the transition to a circular fashion sector? The Care & Repair research project of ArtEZ University of the Arts (ArtEZ) and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) actively involves students in understanding and changing clothing use. How students wash, dry and care for […]
29 October 2025
During Dutch Design Week, we as the NewTexEco community were literally and figuratively at the heart of the movement: in a prominent spot in the Klokgebouw building, we shared our vision of a sustainable, circular and regenerative textile sector. The interest was great and the discussions inspiring: together we showed how wide and lively the […]
21 October 2025
What happens when we treat textiles as data? Or when code itself becomes textiles?A recent interview for Seamless features two influential innovators exploring exactly that: Sandra Kuijpers ((Hogeschool van Amsterdam – FashionResearch & Technology / AMFI) and Troy Nachtigall (Hogeschool van Amsterdam – Fashion Research & Technology, member core – and programme team NewTexEco) Their […]
8 October 2025
After 20 years of building cooperation and innovation in the fashion and textile sector, Lucie Huiskens, programme coordinator of NewTexEco, is bidding farewell to her working life at ArtEZ University of the Arts. And she is doing so in style. During Dutch Design Week, she will launch her e-magazine From loose threads to fabric. A […]
7 October 2025
From 18-26 October, Eindhoven is once again the scene of Dutch Design Week, with textile traditionally playing a big role. With work by more than 2,600 designers, sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees. That is why NewTexEco, together with partner Modint, has compiled the Dutch Design Week Textile Guide . It contains […]
15 September 2025
The Circular Textile Days is a business event that provides an excellent opportunity to meet new partners within the sustainable textile sector and to discover and discuss innovative circular textile solutions. We also attended, with network manager Floor van der Holst as our point of contact. This 5th edition brought together over 90 companies from […]
15 September 2025
Dutch Design Week celebrates a quarter-century of shaping the future. Under the theme Past. Present. Possible. DDW looks back on its legacy, showcases today’s creative energy and explores what design can become. A platform where ideas come together, possibilities open up and the future is shaped together. Of course we will be present! Our programme: […]
9 September 2025
Understanding consumer behaviour is essential for a more sustainable fashion industry. Since Maldini’s pioneering wardrobe study (2019), we know that the way people buy, use, care for and discard clothes plays a major role in the environmental impact of textiles. This is why NewTexEco is introducing the Wearer Dashboard, a user-friendly tool that allows researchers, […]
8 September 2025
From 1 September 2025, Perica Savanović will start as professor in Design at ArtEZ University of the Arts. His arrival marks an important step for the development of the integrated research unit, in which education, research and professional field are more intensively connected. For NewTexEco, this means a valuable reinforcement in the joint mission to […]
3 September 2025
Knit2Last is an innovative step towards circular and smart knitwear production made possible by the KIEM HighTech 2025 grant. The textile industry is among the biggest environmental polluters worldwide. Large waste streams are created during production, while discarded textiles have limited circular recycling. Our NewTexEco partner New Industrial Order (N.I.O.) is developing smart, local on-demand […]
16 July 2025
ReFan: a shared future vision for a fair, sustainable clothing culture What if we reinvent fashion?What if branded clothes went out of fashion?What if every child learns to sew and knit?What if every garment is as unique as every human being? On 19 June 2025, more than 45 pioneers from the fashion and textile chain […]
30 June 2025
A roadmapping toolkit for those who want to make work of circular innovation As a designer, company, policy-maker or teacher, how do you shape a circular textile chain? Loopholes offers a practical and strategic answer. This Circular Innovation Roadmapping Toolkit helps users to initiate structural change from different perspectives. Think about developing circular business models, […]
11 June 2025
From 2 June, Floor van der Holst will strengthen the NewTexEco team in the position of Network Coordinator. In this role, Floor combines her research activities within Saxion University of Applied Sciences’ Sustainable and Functional Textiles Research Group with connecting partners within the NewTexEco network. Floor’s main task is to actively engage NewTexEco’s partners, with […]
New Order of Fashion
Mon 02 Mar 2026
This is the second session in the Industry Living Lab workshop series, which began on December 15.These workshops are part of the Molecul Digital Product Passport project. During this session (#2), we will collect, structure, and prioritize concrete system requirements for the Molecular Digital Product Passport (MDPP). The focus is on the day-to-day reality of […]
Wageningen University & Research
Thu 19 Mar 2026 – Thu 11 Jun 2026
This academy is for professionals, innovators and changemakers within the textile sector, sustainability and the circular economy who want to deepen their expertise and contribute to the transition to regenerative textile system. Deepen your knowledge of the biobased economy and strengthen your role in the transition of the textile sector. In the Textile Transition Academy […]
Multiple locations
Thu 19 Mar 2026 – Fri 27 Mar 2026
From 19-27 March, during Circular Economy Week, Future Textiles is putting the connection between sustainability and innovation centre stage to accelerate the transition to a circular, bio-based and local textile system. More than 50 years ago, the Club of Rome warned of resource depletion in The Limits to Growth (1972). What seemed futuristic then is […]
Hengelo
Thu 02 Apr 2026
On Thursday 2 April 2026, Textile Wearable Labs, together with NewTexEco, is organising the symposium De Nieuwe Draad in Hengelo. The day will focus on the innovative power of textiles in the eastern Netherlands, with inspiring speakers, interactive sessions and plenty of opportunity to experience prototypes and new materials. Why you don’t want to miss […]
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Denim City
Mon 26 Jan 2026 – Wed 28 Jan 2026
In this specialist workshop, you will be introduced to all facets of denim: its historical development, its material properties and its significance within sustainability, circularity and innovation. Under the guidance of our experienced master tailors, you will go through the entire process of making jeans; from material selection to carefully finishing the final seams. Previous […]
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Remake Society
Wed 21 Jan 2026
Garment repair as part of business operations As clothing and textile brands, getting started with repair opens up opportunities for a sustainable and circular proposition to different customer groups. Frontrunners, such as Remake Society, also show that repair opens doors to new business models. In addition, repair will become an important element within the upcoming […]
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Denim City
Mon 05 Jan 2026 – Wed 07 Jan 2026
In this one-of-a-kind workshop, you’ll learn everything there is to know about denim – from its rich history to its role in sustainability, circularity, and innovation. Under the expert guidance of our master tailors, you’ll craft your very own jeans, from selecting fabrics to stitching the final seam. Previous experience is not required. We provide […]
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Online
Mon 15 Dec 2025
The Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) is launching a new Industry Living Lab series around Digital Product Passports (DPPs) for the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors. With EU regulations becoming mandatory between 2027 and 2030, the series focuses on supporting companies-particularly small and micro enterprises-in their preparation for these changes. The series is part of […]
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Amsterdam
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Are you done feeling like you have to ‘buy’ something over and over again? On Black Friday, the Care & Repair research project offers a different kind of activity: just work together with what you already have. No raging discounts, no full bags, but attention, craftsmanship and a little peace and quiet. During this workshop, […]
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Eindhoven
Tue 21 Oct 2025
During Dutch Design Week, CLICKNL organises the Design Innovation Sessions, five inspiring morning sessions from 20 – 24 October 11:15 – 12:30 where design and research come together around pressing social issues. On Tuesday 21 October, the role of textiles and fashion will take centre stage. How can fashion design contribute to a future that […]
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New Order of Fashion
Tue 21 Oct 2025
During this afternoon, at 16:00, we will present the E-magazine From loose threads to fabric. The development of an innovation network for fashion and textiles in the Netherlands. The magazine was created on the initiative of Lucie Huiskens and outlines the construction of a powerful innovation network: from the first report Missing Bridges between Creation […]
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Eindhoven
Sat 18 Oct 2025 – Sun 26 Oct 2025
Dutch Design Week celebrates a quarter of a century of shaping the future. Under the theme ‘Past. Present. Possible.’ DDW reflects on its legacy, showcases today’s creative energy, and explores what design can become. A platform where ideas converge, possibilities open up, and the future is shaped together. Naturally, we will be there! From October […]
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AMFI
Thu 25 Sep 2025
Invitation | Evening on the Amstel, a conversation on cooperation in a sustainable textile chain Sustainability and fair working conditions are becoming increasingly important – and with the upcoming EU directives, the textile and fashion sector will not be able to stay behind either. Whereas long-term cooperation between producers, suppliers and retailers is taken for […]
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Amsterdam
Tue 23 Sep 2025 – Sun 28 Sep 2025
In the exhibition Chromatic Relations – Ecologies of Local Colors, Waag presents ten years of TextileLab’s research into natural dyes. From plants and minerals to algae, mosses, and soil: these materials, often found in urban environments, are used as pigment, paint, or ink. This exhibition invites us to see the city differently—not as a concrete […]
In this project, European and especially Dutch seagrasses were investigated for the right properties to grow, harvest and process them – whether or not combined with other sustainable materials – into raw materials for textile applications in an ecologically and economically sustainable way. It also looked at whether historical knowledge of processing and applications of […]
Research
What’s really in your clothes – and can you prove it? Was that shirt really produced sustainably? What is the exact composition of the fabric and who worked on it? Within the project NewTexEco – Molecular Digital Physical Product Passport (M-DPP), the Fashion Research & Technology (FR&T) lectorate of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) is […]
Research
In Transitions, universities, colleges, platforms and institutes work together to support the transition to a more sustainable, circular textile and fashion industry. The project does this by developing new learning methods and tools to support students, young designers and professionals with the real, everyday challenges that the green transition necessitates. Approach A circular economy aims […]
Research
Going Circular Going Cellulose (GC)2 is a study by ArtEZ and Saxion into the possibilities of connecting the technical production of yarns and textiles from sustainable cellulose fibres to the wishes and requirements of textile designers. Sustainability and circular economy are key issues in the textile supply chain. Many companies want to make more sustainable […]
Research
Over the past twenty years, global clothing production has more than doubled, while the lifespan of garments has been halved. This has led to growing mountains of waste and increased environmental pressure. Although concepts like design for longevity and recycling receive a lot of attention, there is often little focus on how clothes are actually […]
Research
Is it possible to set up a sustainable, transparent and local value chain for processing bamboo for interior design, construction and textiles? The Tactical Design lectureship investigates the potential of European-produced bamboo – from raw material to finished product. Bamboo is a promising renewable raw material that grows rapidly, has high CO2 uptake and excellent […]
Research
In this KIEM project, we investigate the properties of products made with recycled fibres. For this purpose, wool fibres from both pre- and post-consumer clothing are reused via mechanical recycling, providing insight into the material’s processability and the performance of the knit. This allows accurate prediction of garment properties even before knitting. Recycling and processing […]
Education
Research project AEQUALIS4TCLF focuses on the (approaching) shortage of practical skills needed for a future-proof, more digital European clothing and textile sector. Together with partners from as many as seven European countries – Czechia, Croatia, Lithuania, Finland, Slovenia, Serbia and the Netherlands, the professorships of Jose Teunissen and Troy Nachtigall are helping to develop new […]
Research
This project investigated how shape-changing textiles (fabrics that can actively change shape in interaction with the wearer or the environment) can be designed based on ecological principles to promote sustainable behaviour and well-being. Together with researchers Pauline van Dongen and Anna Wetzel, consortium partners AMOLF, the Ecomimicry Institute, Next Nature Network and UNStudio approached shape-changing […]
Research
Within NewTexEco, we are launching a new research project applying scalable digital product passports (DPPs) to the circular denim industry. DPPs provide insight into the origin, composition, processing and circular value of clothing. In collaboration with companies and knowledge institutions, we are exploring how this technology can be practically deployed within the denim supply chain, […]
Research
Making (un)seen labour visible: a holistic perspective on circular fashion (Un)seen Labour is a research project by ArtEZ University of the Arts in collaboration with State of Fashion, and is conducted with partners Avans Hogeschool(Centre of Expertise Brede Welvaart and New Entrepreneurship) and Crafts Council Netherlands. Together, they explore how art and design can show […]
Education
Keeping it Local is a research project of the Fashion Research & Technology Lectorate at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. This ‘living laboratory’ investigates co-creation, local production in an urban environment and sustainable consumer behaviour. We produce 3D-knitted jumpers inspired by traditional fishermen’s jumpers. Like their traditional predecessors, these jumpers tell the story of local communities: […]
White paper
This white paper provides a clear overview of the green and digital transformation of the European and Dutch TCLF sector. The paper outlines both opportunities and challenges, emphasising the importance of collaboration within the chain. It also shows how new legislation and data sharing, such as the Digital Product Passport, can contribute to more transparency in the production chain and a future-proof, circular system.
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E-magazine
This online magazine features a selection of projects demonstrating the potential of sustainable, functional and smart textile applications. The examples range from wearable healthcare solutions to circular textile technologies and show how research and practice are working together on the future of textiles.
Lees
E-pub
Interactive e-magazine on how the Dutch textile and fashion sector grew from loose initiatives to a strong network. Archive research by Lucie Huiskens.
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Product
The Loopholes Circular Innovation Roadmapping Toolkit helps designers, researchers, businesses and policymakers to build a circular textile supply chain together. This strategic toolkit, developed within the NewTexEco network, contains 50+ maps around digitisation, sustainability, business models and chain collaboration. Tested in practice, emerging from transdisciplinary research.
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Book
Practising Solidarity explores how to make and wear clothes in a solidarity-based way.
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E-pub
Guide
This guide provides an overview of 115 Dutch textile organisations across the entire value chain and gives insight into the Netherlands’ circular textile ecosystem, with inspiring projects and collaborations. As a result, it provides a blueprint for future circular collaborations, both nationally and internationally.
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E-pub
Final report of the Smart Solutions Project: New uses for seagrass.
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Report
Article
Article on the project Keeping it Local, published in Jaarboek Kostuum 2023, a publication of the Dutch Costume Society.
Jaarboek Kostuum
Book
Article
Article based on NWO/SIA Germ project ‘Natural Clearing Agents: using moths in a circular textile value chain’ (Oct 2021-Oct 2022). Article available only in Dutch.
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Report
E-pub
Report
This report, based on the research in ‘Going Eco Going Cellulose’ (Saxion/ArtEZ 2017-2019) describes a design-driven, multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary design approach and forms of co-creation, and offers insights into (newly developed) circular design principles.
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Report
This is a further development of ‘Closing the Loop Design Guideline for Recycling’, based on the research ‘Going Circular Going Cellulose’ (Saxion/ArtEZ, 2018-2020). This guideline provides practical tools for fashion and textile designers to achieve circular designs.
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Conference Paper
This article presents the results of the research project ‘Going Eco, Going Dutch’ (2015-2017), which investigated the production, design and branding of fashion textiles made from locally produced hemp fibres in the Netherlands.
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Article
Article available only in Dutch.
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Report
A pilot guide for fashion designers developed in the Closing the Loop project (ArtEZ/Saxion, 2015-2017) describing a set of design and production guidelines that contribute to closing the textile value chain and have a positive impact on consumers and the environment, with minimal environmental impact.
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