Publications

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.

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.

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.