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Electronically conductive fibres are already in use in smart textiles, but in a recently published research article ionically conductive fibres have proven to be of increasing interest. The so cal...

The DRAFTS symposium was well attended and professionals from various countries participated in the discourse sharing their thoughts and understanding of the role of research artifacts in artistic research.

The multi-platform event DRAFTS invites researchers and designers to discuss the role of artifacts in research and design activities within disciplines such as fashion, tex...

DRAFTS is a collaborative artistic research project initiated in 2021 by Vidmina Stasiulyte, a design researcher, senior lecturer at the Swedish School of Textiles and Faseeh Saleem, assistant professor at Pakistan Institu...

At this year's IFFTI conference, a doctoral student from the Swedish School of Textiles was awarded not one but two prestigious awards.

What would you do if your manager values the rigidity of the instruction manual over innovation? Maybe you’d just grin and bear it, or maybe you'd move 4500 miles away and become a professor? For Rudrajeet Pal, the ...

A group of Master's students from L'École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (ENSAD) visited Borås in late 2021 to develop a design that symbolises Europe together with Textile Design studen...

Lindex is investing in Spacerpad, the sustainable menstrual sanitary pad developed by researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. This innovation is now leaving the world of academia and moving i...

With a number of national and international projects in textile management, and recognised as an expert by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Ban...

In a world where information and data abound, fashion and textile companies face a new kind of challenge. Is AI technology a solution? If so, how can the industry use it?