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Care & Repair

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 […]
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Molecular Digital Physical Product Passport (M-DPP)

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 […]
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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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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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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 […]