The pop-up exhibition Soft + Ware: Rethinking Fashion and Textiles presents fashion and textile design in a digital shift. The exhibition is shown at Omstart mode and brings together works from research at the Swedish School of Textiles, as well as from its fashion and textile design programmes.

A new research study at the University of Borås shows that mixed, coloured polyester waste can be given a homogen new colour without the use of either water or chemicals. By using supercritical carbon dioxide, dyes are redistributed between textiles rather than removed, which could help address one of the major barriers to circular textile recycling.

As a part of finalizing the EU-funded W4TEX project (January 2023-April 2026), all developed learning materials for learners and educators are now fully available. These materials have been used and engaged with during several impactful events in Sweden and internationally - in project partner countries (Italy, Spain, Belgium, Greece and Ukraine).

The Swedish School of Textiles and the United Nations are taking the next step in their collaboration to design and develop a new sustainable guide uniform collection for the UN headquarters in New York. The leading design school Central Saint Martins in London has now been invited to collaborate on the design of accessories together with students from the Swedish School of Textiles.

Today marks one year since the launch of the new UN guide collection. The collection, designed and developed by twenty textile and fashion design students at the Swedish School of Textiles, was a particularly large and unique project conducted at the University of Borås last year. The project was ambitious not only in its design work, but also in the complex process of transforming the designs into production‑ready garments. It was anything but a simple journey.