28 January 2026
New at Knit2Last: Maud Kuppen
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 […]
22 January 2026
New whitepaper highlights opportunities for a circular and digital textile value chain
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 […]
10 November 2025
Students take the lead in clothing sustainability research
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
Strong together at Dutch Design Week: a community on the move
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
Between Technology and Tactility: a shared language for the textile sector
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 […]
15 September 2025
Retrospective Circular Textile Days
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
Meet us @ Dutch Design Week
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 sustainable clothing and consumer behaviour
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, […]
16 July 2025
Together we design new stories for fashion
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
Loopholes: toolkit for system change in the fashion and textile sector
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
Floor van der Holst started as network coordinator
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 […]
4 June 2025
Project partner Zeefier wins Green Concept Award 2025
Berlin – Green Olympics Edition | Category: Interior & Lifestyle We are proud to congratulate our partner Zeefier for winning the Green Concept Award 2025 for the project ‘From Dutch Wool and Seaweed’ – a locally produced carpet made of Dutch wool, dyed with environmentally friendly seaweed-based pigments (see image below this post).This prestigious prize […]