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The research on sustainable menstrual protection has received two early Christmas presents: the Spacerpad Lilibet is ready for sale, and new funding from Vinnova ensures the contin...

Several of the university's researchers have once again been included in a prestigious international ranking of the most cited researchers in the world. This list was drawn up by researchers at Stanford ...

Doctoral students from several European universities visited the University of Borås to learn more about the unique properties of textiles.

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...

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...

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...

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 antib...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 chal...

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 ar...

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 f...

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

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 t...