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Making repair sexy again

4/10/2018

 
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Sashiko Denim repair
Repairing textiles, why don’t we do it? It might have to do with our perception of perfection and the image of repairing. What is nature's way to repair? And if you want to repair, how do you do it?

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Design for disassembly haberdashery

4/8/2018

 
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When designing for disassembly in the textile sector there are multiple challenges. For example yarn blends that make separation of the fibres difficult, coatings and haberdashery. This time I would like to share with you some alternatives for haberdashery.

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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

Decorating textile techniques

27/2/2018

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Some blog subjects stay an important topic for years. Decorating textiles in an eco-effective way is such an topic. In this blog article I would like to show you some inspiration. Some already older and some more new, but all applicable to circular design.
By using materials that can be easily separated many decorating options are possible. Sometimes techniques are combined. For example a material can be folded and then heated (memory melting) to remember the fold. Or layers can be created through lasercutting.
Layers
Folding
Weaving
Zero Waste Patterns
Modular
Memory Melting
Laser etching
Interlocking systems
Laser cutting
Colouring
Punching
Smocking
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Removable prints, the story continues...

30/1/2018

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Faering blog on Linked In
In 2012 I did research after the possibility to remove prints from textiles. Because everything is temporary. That is the way we should look at decorating our textiles too. People change, but their clothes do not change with them. We stop wearing our clothes when we are tired of them, while prints are permanent. What would happen if we have the possibility to replace prints on textiles? In other words, to remove prints and add new ones to make fabrics last. This method would combine short (fashion) cycles with long raw material cycles.

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Dissolvable yarn used in workwear: disassembly is possible

28/3/2017

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Three years ago I wrote an article about a dissolvable yarn that makes disassembly possible. At that time the yarn was a prototype and not yet for sale on the open market. But now, three years later Groenendijk Bedrijfskleding made safety vests with this yarn. Sander Jongerius, CSR manager of Groenendijk Bedrijfskleding tells about their development process.

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The tetris of design: Zero Waste Pattern Cutting

26/2/2017

 
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Timo Rissanen
To create zero waste with a textile design there are multiple options. For example fully fashioned knitwear, 3D printing or not designing at all (probably not your preferred option). The most known option is Zero Waste Pattern Cutting (ZWPC) and in this blog article I am going to give a few examples.

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Collective for textile interlocking systems

18/12/2016

 
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I love interlocking systems because they make design for disassembly, repair and reuse possible. This time I found one which I would like to share with you because it goes beyond concept, you can actually buy these items and wear them.

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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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