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WELCOME TO NEW TEXECO

Homeland of
research on sustainable fashion and textiles

NewTexEco (New Textile Ecosystems) is the sustainable textile research community of ArtEZ, Saxion and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) in collaboration with a wide range of practice partners. NewTexEco was made possible by an eight-year SPRONG grant from NWO/SIA to strengthen research on a sustainable and regenerative textile sector. At the core of NewTexEco are five lectureships from ArtEZ (Fashion, Tactical Design), Saxion (Sustainable & Functional Textiles) and HvA (Fashion Research & Technology, Fashion Identity). Thanks to the diverse knowledge domains of these professorships and the involvement of around 30 practice partners, we can connect and further develop data, knowledge and skills in trans-disciplinary research for innovations in every phase of the textile chain: from production, design and (re)use.

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Projects

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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: […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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2 September 2024

NewTexEco’s 3D knit summer school

The week of 8 July marked the first edition of NewTexEco’s 3D knit summer school. In the 3D knit robot lab at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam, 6 lecturers/researchers were taught 3D knitting techniques for one week. Led by Leslie Eisinger, working in the Fashion Research & Technology Department, the principles of WholeGarment knitting were taught. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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27 June 2024

Daniëlle Bruggeman appointed endowed professor of Fashion and Sustainability at Radboud University

Daniëlle Bruggeman has been appointed endowed professor of Fashion and Sustainability 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 establish connections […]

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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 pyjama set by […]

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29 May 2024

State of Fashion x NewTexEco symposium ‘Ties That Bind’

Tuesday 21 May 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 neutral […]

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28 May 2024

Wanted: partners for NWA-ORC project applications

NewTexEco is committed to write project applications for the NWA-ORC Research on Routes by Consortia. In the interest of creating consortia, NWO is organising collaborative workshops for the call. We are still looking for partners for: Smart Industry 5.0: Life-Cycle Living Labs for Complete Ceten Circularity. LLL4CCC focuses on developing robot-driven ecosystems for circular economy […]

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27 May 2024

NewTexEco at Munich Creative Business Week

On 14 May 2023, NewTexEco presented at the Munich Creative Business Week (MCBW). The presentation was part of an extensive programme put together by CreativeNL in cooperation with NewTexEco, Modepartners025, Creatief Arnhem and with the cooperation of a number of designers and the Dutch Design Foundation. Titled ‘The design-based approach to co-creating with nature’, the […]

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24 May 2024

Textile ETP 2024 annual conference

The 18th annual Textile ETP conference took place in Mechelen, on 14 and 15 May 2024. This is always an important event where members, including industry leaders, experts, researchers and innovators meet and discuss the future of the textile sector. A major topic this year was the launch of the EU Textile Research Partnership Textiles […]

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22 May 2024

Jens Oelerich appointed new Professor Sustainable & Functional Textiles at Saxion

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Jens Oelerich will start as Professor Sustainable & Functional Textiles at Saxion from 01-06-2024. He succeeds Dr Jan Mahy who will step down as professor in summer 2024. With 15 researchers, the Sustainable & Functional Textiles (SFT) professorship is one of Saxion’s largest professorships and a leader […]

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13 May 2024

TEXPOWER project has started

Several consortium members from NewTexEco and Saxion University of Applied Sciences have been awarded a substantial multi-year project called TEXPOWER. In the transition to a circular textile chain, this project aims to develop innovative technologies and demonstrate scalability in closed-loop textile-to-textile recycling.

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8 May 2024

The seven themes that guide our research program

Who bears the risk for overproduction? What is the ultimate sustainable material? Is natural always better? On 26 February and 5 March 2024, together with a diversity of practice partners, we brainstormed on the themes and questions most relevant in the transition of the textile sector for the parties within our consortium.

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22 February 2024

Data-flow for circular textiles

On 21 February 2024, the Dutch consortium of TEXroad Foundation together with TexPlus Foundation and the Estonian organisations Saku, Lääne-Harju and Humana Estonia met in Zwolle where they shared their experiences in shaping the data flows needed to drive the transition to circular textiles. After the presentation we had an enlightening interactive session. Some of […]

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2 February 2024

Circular Textiles Twente programme finalized. Partners continue.

From 2019 to 2023, the TexPlus partners cooperated intensively within the Regio-Deal programme Circular Textiles Twente https://texplus.nl/circulair-textiel-twente, co-sponsored by the Twente Board, Province of Overijssel and the State. On 30 January 2024, they presented the results of this programme to around 150 attendees at an informative and interactive closing meeting in Enschede. In three workshops, […]

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16 January 2024

Circular Textiles chain breakthrough project

In a new Circular Textiles project, 150 textile entrepreneurs and organisations are making their chains circular. They are doing this by using renewable, sustainable raw materials. In this way, they save materials, reduce their CO2 emissions and contribute significantly to an economy where waste does not exist. It includes reuse internationally, reuse in the Netherlands, […]

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15 November 2023

Partners NewTexeco in the Press

As of September 2023, former minister Ank Bijleveld is the new chair person of the Twente Board. During the Twente Event on 1 November 2023, Ank wore a dress made of recycled textiles, designed and made by Karen Kolkert from Goor. The dress is the result of a collaboration of several TexPlus partners. The fabric […]

Publications

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New Applications for Seagrass

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F. Abbink, S. van As, B. ten Den, E. Fissore, N. Masselink, M. Rolink, A. Schäfer, M. Tieberink

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January 2024

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

Saxion

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Report

Ecological Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Bamboo Cultivation in the Netherlands

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H. Aaldering, C. Meng, W. Eelman, R. Krauss, I. Amrulloh, L. Wiels, J. Kern, J. Stolz

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July 2023

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

WUR Academic Consulting Training

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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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Maaike Feitsma, Leslie Eisinger en Lorenzo Masini

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June 2023

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

Nederlandse Kostuumvereniging

Jaarboek Kostuum
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Exploring seagrass for sustainable design

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M. Baggerman, M. Bruggink, J. van den Eijnde, J. Fiddelaers, C. Groenewegen, T. Veenhoven

DATUM

January 2023

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

ArtEZ Press

Boek
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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.

AUTEURS

M. van de Veerdonk, D. Mattijssen

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January 2022

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

Dierplagen Informatie

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Seagrass: Possible career or washed up?

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A. Jaramillo Cepeda, S. Meurs, S. van Schie, J. Steller, H. Wesseler

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October 2021

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

WUR Academic Consulting Training

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E-pub

Going Circular, going Cellulose

AUTEURS

Theresia Grevinga e.a.

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May 2021

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Report

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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Daniëlle Bruggeman, Anja Köppchen, Freya Zaplata

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February 2021

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

ArtEZ

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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.

AUTEURS

Zinzi de Brouwer

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September 2020

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

ArtEZ

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Report

Creating a Circular Chain for European Moso Bamboo

AUTEURS

R. van Buuren, M. van Dijk, F. Gusmão, M. van Oorschot, G. Ulibarri, F. Trevisan, L. van der Veen

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June 2020

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

WUR Academic Consulting Training

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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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José Teunissen, Theresia Grevinga, Daniëlle Bruggeman

DATUM

April 2018

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Article

In textiles, sustainability is not an option, but a necessity!

Article available only in Dutch.

AUTEURS

Theresia Grevinga, Anton Luiken

DATUM

February 2017

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

Texpress

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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.

AUTEURS

Zinzi de Brouwer

DATUM

January 2017

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

ArtEZ

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Report

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.

AUTEURS

Anton Luiken

DATUM

April 2015

UITGEVER / UITGAVE

CLICKNL, NextFashion

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