Four doctoral students are now working hard towards a common goal: to create and design textiles based on local bio-based raw materials. Their project is financed by Sparbanken Sjuhärad through its owner foundation.

What if your clothes could sense, respond, and even help you move? That’s the vision behind the doctoral project on “textile nerves” – conductive fibres designed for electronic and ionotronic textiles. Claude Huniade, who is behind an innovative project, has woven together chemistry, mechanics, and sustainability to rethink how textiles and electronics can merge.

What if your home wasn’t just a place to live, but a space to experiment with? That was one of the guiding ideas behind the artistic research project Holding Surplus House, carried out in collaboration between the Swedish School of Textiles, the Linnaeus University and Växjö Art Gallery and that now has been concluded.

Helga Halldórsdóttir, doctoral student at the Swedish School of Textiles, is currently exhibiting at the Venice Design Biennial. Her piece, a furry table, was created in collaboration with Icelandic designer Marta Heiðarsdóttir.

How is the fashion industry addressing today’s climate challenges? Keynote Couture shows the way – a garment made from recycled materials, worn by Melati Wijsen, founder of Youthtopia, at the opening of the EAIE conference. The design was created in collaboration with the Swedish School of Textiles by fashion designer Pawel Robuta, a former Master’s student at the Swedish School of Textiles.