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Projects
Overview
Education
Keeping it Local
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: […]
Research
Transitions
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 […]
Education
AEQUALIS4TCLF
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
Going Circular Going Cellulose
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 […]
From seagrass to sustainable textile application
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
Designing Shape Changing Textiles
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
Bamboo Europe
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 […]
News
Overview
5 February 2025
Collaboration in textile technology thanks to 3D Robot Knitting Winter School
The second edition of the NewTexEco 3D Robot Knitting Winter School 2025 brought together textile professionals and students to explore the limits of advanced knitting technology. Participants had the unique opportunity to work with the advanced Shima Seiki WholeGarment 3D knitting machine. Special about this winter school is the diverse background of the participants, which […]
3 February 2025
‘Care Repair’ selected within programme Design Power & Transitions
CLICKNL’s new Design Power & Transitions programme is committed to developing knowledge and methods that enable us to better design for transitions. Because whether it is about designing for a climate-proof, healthy or safe Netherlands: designing for transitions requires strengthening design power. The new knowledge and methods that design practice needs and insights into how […]
30 January 2025
Successful Textile Surgery at Arnhem Uitnacht
NewTexEco’s Tjeerd Veenhoven, in collaboration with consortium partner Mode Partners 025, held another Textile Surgery during Arnhem’s Uitnacht at the Rembrandt Theatre. For the occasion, we invited 3 experts, Kim Leemans, Merel Wicker from Leemans & Wicker and Celia Geraerdts from Blueprint Amsterdam, to analyse visitors’ garments for textile type, origin, user history and sustainability. […]
15 December 2024
NewTexEco is taking shape as research community
Since April 2024, NewTexEco’s Danielle Bruggeman is professor of Fashion and Sustainability by special appointment at the Faculty of Arts at Radboud University in Nijmegen. In this role, she developed and now teaches the course ‘Sustainability in the Fashion Industries’ at Radboud University. For this course, MA students are currently doing research for several NewTexEco partners. A fine […]
5 December 2024
NewTexEco Introduces a User-Friendly Wardrobe Study Tool
Understanding consumer behavior is key to creating a more sustainable fashion industry. Since Maldini’s groundbreaking wardrobe research (2019), studies have focused on how people buy, care for, and dispose of their clothing. These insights help inform textile manufacturers, brands, policy-makers, and consumers, providing estimates of their environmental impact in terms of water, energy, and carbon […]
4 December 2024
Measures for a future-proof textile sector
The Circular Textiles Policy Programme was published this week. Part of the National Circular Economy Programme (NPCE) in which textiles is one of the product groups for which intensive policies, concrete targets and a behavioural strategy have been drawn up. The ‘Policy Programme Circular Textiles 2025-2030’ is an important next step towards the goal: a […]
4 December 2024
New subsidy helps entrepreneurs reuse and repair
The Ministry of IenW announced last week that the ‘Circulair implementeren en opschalen‘ subsidy scheme will start in January 2025! This was partly achieved because of all the positive responses the ministry received during the consultation phase. RVO Netherlands will implement the subsidy scheme. More information on their website.
4 December 2024
3D NXT LEVEL 3.0 at AMFI: Driving Digital Fashion Innovation
On November 21-22, over 150 fashion professionals and students gathered at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) for the 3D NXT LEVEL 3.0 event. Co-organized by the International Apparel Federation (IAF) and sponsored by Alvanon and Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, the two-day conference spotlighted the latest developments in digital product creation (DPC) and the integration of 3D technology across the […]
4 December 2024
Hackathon: Paving the Way for Circular Textiles
The ReThink Textile Hackathon (november 2024) challenged students to create innovative business models for producing sustainable, biobased textiles in the Netherlands. With the textile industry among the largest polluters globally, the focus was on replacing plastic fibers with renewable materials like flax, hemp, and wool, while localizing the value chain. Over two weeks, interdisciplinary teams of students, guided […]
4 December 2024
Mini-symposium Prototyping Futures
A special symposium took place on Thursday 28 November, organised to mark the departure of Jeroen van den Eijnde as professor Tactical Design at ArtEZ . The event reflected on the impact and results of the professorship over the past eight years, providing inspiration for further developments within NewTexEco. In his introduction, Jeroen van den […]
17 October 2024
Funding opportunity creative companies – offered by ClickNL
As a partner of NewTexEco, we would like to draw your attention to the research subsidy that ClickNL offers in the Ontwerpkracht & Transities programme. The subsidy (max. 650,000 per project) is intended for a consortium of (at least 3) creative companies, organizations and knowledge institutions that conduct design research aimed at stimulating transition. The […]
30 September 2024
Clients sought for QUEST project
Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Design & Engineering, is looking for clients for an interdisciplinary project (QUEST) on the theme of ‘circular and industrial production’. Within Quest, third-year students Built Environment, Technical Business Administration, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering work for six months on real tasks for companies, together with research and education. […]
26 September 2024
NewTexEco presents plans at Circular Textile Days
What great conversations we had during Circular Textile Days! We presented our plans for the coming years, within the 7 themes our consortium has put forward. In the near future we will share more about the topics in our research agenda, including a timeline. We gathered feedback from designers and manufacturers during Circular Textile Days […]
2 September 2024
NewTexEco’s 3D knit summer school
The week of 8 July 2024 marked the first edition of NewTexEco’s 3D knit summer school. In the 3D knit robot lab at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, 6 lecturers and researchers were taught 3D knitting techniques for one week. Led by Leslie Eisinger, who works in the Fashion Research & Technology Department, the principles of […]
10 July 2024
NewTexEco maps the Dutch ecosystem
In collaboration with Modint, we obtained a dataset of all Dutch companies in the textile sector registered with KvK (Chamber of Commerce, containing over 12,000), their age (year of registration), number of employees, office space (km2), and company websites. The HvA hired a research assistant to examine this dataset and obtain more details about the […]
9 July 2024
NewTexEco offers free advice during walk-in clinic at Circular Textile Days
Join us at the Circular Textile Days for free advice from NewTexEco experts! During our co-design sessions, our partners expressed the need for more knowledge on user behaviour, how to use data, and on materials. As a first step, we invite you to visit our team at the Circular Textile Days where we will provide […]
8 July 2024
Exciting news for collaborations in circular textiles!
The Dutch government has committed to strengthening the many sustainable and circular initiatives in the textile sector by sponsoring a small and experienced direction team (‘chain breakthrough direction’). This team of specialists will further support the Dutch Circular Textile Valley (DCTV, the national partnership of frontrunners in circular textiles), and stimulate, guide and direct the […]
27 June 2024
Daniëlle Bruggeman appointed endowed professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Radboud University
Daniëlle Bruggeman has been appointed professor of Fashion and Sustainability by special appointment at the Faculty of Arts at Radboud University in Nijmegen from 1 April 2024. Bruggeman’s appointment is part of an exchange program on the theme sustainability between ArtEZ University of the Arts and Radboud University. Through this , both partners aim to […]
24 June 2024
Textile Surgery
As part of the Ties that Bind symposium on 21 May 2024, we organised a Textile Surgery, a session in which a number of experts analyse garments in terms of how they are made, of what kind of material, and what their cultural significance is. Featured were a leather jacket, a cotton pajama set by […]
29 May 2024
State of Fashion x NewTexEco symposium ‘Ties That Bind’
Tuesday 21 May 2024 saw the symposium ‘Ties that bind’, a collaboration of NewTexEco, ArtEZ and State of Fashion. We welcomed 160 visitors, a diversity of companies, researchers and students from the fashion and textile industry. Connections between the global North and the global South were central to the programme. Starting with the question: how […]
Publications
Overview
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New Applications for Seagrass
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Report
Ecological Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Bamboo Cultivation in the Netherlands
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Article
KEEPING IT LOCAL: 3D-knitted fisherman’s jumpers for contemporary communities
Article on the project Keeping it Local, published in Jaarboek Kostuum 2023, a publication of the Dutch Costume Society.
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Exploring seagrass for sustainable design
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Article
Clothes moths, solution to textile waste problem?
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
Seagrass: Possible career or washed up?
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Going Circular, going Cellulose
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Circular Intimacies
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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Recommendations for a Circular Design Practice
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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Creating a Circular Chain for European Moso Bamboo
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Conference Paper
Going Eco Going Dutch
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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In textiles, sustainability is not an option, but a necessity!
Article available only in Dutch.
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Report
Closing the Loop Design Guideline for Recycling
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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Textile Recycling. An overview; a basis for a circular economy in the textile and clothing industry
Report on the negative environmental impact of textiles and how to reduce it, especially industrial and post-consumer textile recycling. Report available in Dutch only.
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