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Living and healing materials

8/5/2019

 
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Suzanne Lee - Bio Couture, Photo from The Next Black film produced by AEG
Last article I wrote was about repairing textiles. Today I would like to tell you more about how nature repairs and how the textile industry mimics nature, also called Biomimicry. (Read the book from Janine Benyus for more information)

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3D textile printing

27/6/2018

 
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Fabricate
3d printing of textiles is such an interesting topic! I wrote about it earlier, to tell you what needs to be done to make 3D printing suitable for a circular economy. Now I found even more examples of interesting 3Dprint innovations that I would like to share with you.

Imagine if these were made of plastic from renewable materials and could be recycled again!

If you are looking for a 3D printer, take a look at the Creality 3D Ender 3 PRO (FDM Technology) I have not tested it myself, but they have good reviews. I have worked on the Ultimaker original for creating 3D textiles, but that one is a bit more expensive.

Enjoy and get inspired!

One of the first tests 3D printing on textile

3D print solar cells
Axios armor
Fergal Coulter
Closing mechanism
Danit Peleg
Fabricate
Flexible door opening
Flexible metal
Digits2Widgets
Maria Mora-Sanchez
Mark Beecroft and Laura McPherson
Pringle of Scotland

Food waste(d) materials

29/8/2017

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"the future is not a place we're going to, it is a place we create." Tjeerd Veenhoven
​Textiles and non-wovens can be made out an endless number of materials.
Well known materials are for example cotton, linen, hemp, tencel (from eucalyptus), modal (from beech) or synthetic materials like recycled polyester. But there are so many more possibilities. In this article share with you some interesting materials made from fruit and vegetables.

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Material passport for textile items

25/7/2017

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In the beginning of this year I compared different, freely available, material passports in the Netherlands for the infrastructure coalition of MVO Nederland, called Groene Netten. At that moment I started to question myself if this would work for the textile sector as well. I am curious what your opinion is. 

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9 shifts to make a circular textile economy possible

27/9/2016

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I am writing blog articles since January 2012. Cradle-to-cradle was the main subject, focussed on which materials and techniques make textile products suitable for biodegradation or recycling. Ones in a while it is good to take a broader view and see the shifts that are needed to make a circular economy possible, that is what I will do in this article.
Why a circular economy? Take a look at this (Dutch) video:

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Programmable materials that self assemble

25/11/2015

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A few months ago I found something fascinating in the field of materials. Programmable materials. Materials that can assemble themselves in the right conditions. How can you apply these materials in an eco-effective design?

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Visual inspiration for eco-effective designing

26/5/2015

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Last month I wrote to you about design for recycling and biodegradation. I would like to introduce you to a few of my pinterest boards which might be interesting to follow.  With pinterest it is very easy to collect pictures of designs and materials as an inspiration. I collected inspiration about Design for biodegradation, disassembly, flexible material innovations, old textile crafts, clever designs and design methods to name a few.

Enjoy! 

Follow Fioen's board Design for biodegradation on Pinterest.
Follow Fioen's board Textile - old crafts on Pinterest.
Follow Fioen's board Clever design on Pinterest.
Follow Fioen's board Design for disassembly on Pinterest.
Follow Fioen's board Flexible material innovations on Pinterest.
Follow Fioen's board Design methods on Pinterest.

https://www.pinterest.com/fioen/
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Which characteristics does the material have?

17/2/2015

 
When you’re ready to implement sustainability in your company I recommend you to start with developing a vision with values. You can read more about these steps in the previous blog article. (Blog article January 2015) Ones you have your values, goals and strategies clear you can start with the processes. Changing the material of your product could be a practical first step in your design process.
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PSB supporting insole

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How to find materials?

29/7/2014

 
A while ago I asked you to send me e-mails with the problems you have when you want to apply eco-effective designing in your company. There are a lot of different aspects that keep you busy. To name a few: material choices, customer behaviour, communication, time-management, prices and supply chains. With this input I am going to write a series of articles.

One of the big frustrations is to find the right materials. Today I am going to describe to you why this is difficult and I will give you tips to overcome the issues.

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Recognise an environment friendly material

22/7/2014

 
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It is difficult for a designer to choose the right material, as there are many aspects that influence a material choice. 

Composition, texture, drape, colour, function and price are just a few of them.

When choosing a material that is also friendly for the environment and everything living in it you need to ask yourself more questions.

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