Publications

E-pub

New Applications for Seagrass

Report

Ecological Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Bamboo Cultivation in the Netherlands

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.

Book

Exploring seagrass for sustainable design

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.

Report

Seagrass: Possible career or washed up?

E-pub

Going Circular, going Cellulose

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.

Report

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.

Report

Creating a Circular Chain for European Moso Bamboo

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.

Article

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

Article available only in Dutch.