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2023-08-24

New book about the role of marketing for fashion in today's society

The book is a critical reflection on the power of fashion in modern society and the role that marketing and marketers play in the process of defining, creating and preserving fashion, b...

2023-06-13

The journey towards becoming a colour researcher

Using colour in art and design has been a subject of interest and fascination for centuries. You are welcome to attend a public lecture by Marjan Kooroshnia, Associate Professor of Textile Design, where s...

2023-05-16

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences believes in smart textiles

Smart textiles that can monitor the wearer's health and be used in the home have great potential to benefit society. This is the conclusion made by the Royal Swedish Academy of...

2023-04-19

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Functional textiles – an alternative to antibiotics

Tuser Biswas conducts research that aims to develop modern medical textiles that are good for both the environment and human health. Textiles with antimicrobial properties could reduce the use of...

2023-04-13

She emphasises synergies between science, technology, and art

Ever since she became involved in the European network ArcInTexETN, textile artist Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė has played an important role in the university's internationalisation in the field of...

2023-04-12

This is how we make the change to a sustainable textile industry

We must move away from the mentality of seeing clothes as disposable and we must increase the skills within the textile industry – that is what the recently appointed honorary doctor Anne...

2023-02-24

Honorary doctors celebrated for efforts in textile research and education

Anne Ludvigson, Chair of the Board of TEKO, and Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, Professor at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, have been named honorary doctors for their contributions to resear...

2023-02-03

Multi-stakeholder meeting in Delhi to solve urgent textile waste problem

The growing mountain of clothing waste must be dealt with – and urgently. Researchers, policy makers, businesses and industry, and society are now coming together to solve the...

2022-12-16

Fashion-New doctoral thesis questioning form-defining systems of dress

In what ways are the artistic expression of textile-form affected by processes of interdependent form-giving and surface-crafting? This question is approached through practice-led...

2022-10-28

French-Swedish research conference puts Borås on the map

Last week, researchers from France and Sweden gathered at the Textile Fashion Center for two days of lectures and discussions, networking and tackling this year's theme, Textiles – Designing the...

2022-10-18

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Swedish Textile Machine Expo – a new hub for sustainable textile production

Last week, the Swedish School of Textiles launched a new hub for sustainable textile production – the Swedish Textile Machine Expo.

2022-10-18

New research: How Swedish hemp can become a technical textile

Swedish hemp could replace fibreglass insulation or oil-based textiles in cars. “By using industrial hemp, we can actually earn money for something that would otherwise be thrown away, and...

2022-09-27

Ability to adapt the supply chain important for sustainable small-scale textile industries

What is the most suitable place for production and how do you get the most sustainable supply chain? What factors influence these decisions? These are questions...

2022-06-20

Professor at the Swedish School of Textiles takes a key role in a global textile association

Vincent Nierstrasz, Professor of Textile Materials Technology at the Swedish School of Textiles, has been appointed new Vice-President of AUTEX, the Association...

2022-03-17

The professor who keeps on keeping on

What would you do if your manager values the rigidity of the instruction manual over innovation? Maybe you’d just grin and bear it, or maybe you'd move 4500 miles away and become a professor? For Rudrajeet Pal, the...

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