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President Trump announces several tariff rate modifications
August 1st, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced several modifications to tariff rates for various countries and imported products. The president has increased the tariff on Canadian imports from 25% to 35%, effective Aug. 1. Mexican goods will continue to be taxed at 25% after President Trump spoke with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and agreed not […]
Morii Design supports traditional Indian textile artists
August 1st, 2025
Large-scale, colorful textile pieces by Morii Design hanging at an event in 2024. Image: Morii Design Morii Design, a textile art studio based in Gandhinagar, India, specializes in working with artists who practice traditional Indian crafts. The studio’s name comes from the Japanese word mori, which means “forest.” “It reflects our commitment to sourcing natural […]
Museum showcases Maija Lavonen’s fiber-optic artworks
August 1st, 2025
Corridor of Light, a 2008 artwork by Maija Lavonen. It features linen yarn and acrylic rods woven on a fiber-optic loom with light projected on it to create different shapes. Image: Architecture and Design Museum/Carl Bergman Fiber-optic-based art pieces created by Finnish textile artist Maija Lavonen will be highlighted in the “Quietly Monumental” exhibition at […]
Smart insole tracks wearer’s movement
August 1st, 2025
Researchers at The Ohio State University are developing a smart insole to detect gait issues in real time. Image: The Ohio State University/Meggie Biss A solar-powered smart insole system that monitors how people walk could help users improve their posture and provide early warnings for conditions from plantar fasciitis to Parkinson’s disease. Constructed using 22 small […]
Stretchy ink under development for conductive textiles
August 1st, 2025
Stretchy ink and paste formulations for smart textiles are under investigation. Above: Applying a conductive coating with a squeegee. Image: German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research A problem for conductive structures printed on smart textiles is their ability to stretch. Being conductive while staying soft and flexible is at odds. Mechanical stresses of pressure, stretching […]
Smart glove could help deafblind people
August 1st, 2025
A prototype smart glove for deafblind people supports real-time communication by turning the spoken word into haptic feedback. Image: Nottingham Trent University Smart gloves being developed by Nottingham Trent University may one day aid deafblind people to understand live conversations through the translation of the spoken word into a form of vibrating braille. Artificial intelligence […]
H&M winning textile innovations in dyes, textile recycling
August 1st, 2025
Members of three of the winning companies in the H&M Foundation 2025 Global Change Award include: LEFT: Brilliant Dyes: Mohammad Redwanur Rahman, Tabish Noori; CENTER: DecoRpet: Youbing Mu, Xiaobo Wan; RIGHT: CircularFabrics: Miguel Chacon-Teran, Josephine Mayer. Images: H&M Foundation/Anders Linden The H&M Global Change Award annually honors early-stage textile innovations trying to tackle environmental issues in […]
Materials generate power from wearer’s movement
August 1st, 2025
A new wearable technology developed by researchers at North Carolina State University can generate up to 300 volts of electricity from friction. Image: NC State University/Pedro Henrique Wink Reis Researchers at North Carolina State University (NC State) have created new wearable technologies that generate electricity from the wearer’s movement. The researchers’ work was based on […]
Invasive seaweed and seafood waste become fibers, canvas
August 1st, 2025
SeiYarn™ (above) from French artist Eugène Riconneaus is a cellulosic staple fiber similar to viscose. The Sei™ marine material, made from bio-derived polysaccharides, is also the foundation for a canvas fabric. One source is invasive seaweed. Image: ER Ocean Recherche Experiments in his workshop using invasive seaweed and seafood waste started French artist Eugène Riconneaus […]
A new strategy expanded clientele of American Awning & Blind
August 1st, 2025
Ethan Halpern of American Awning & Blind Co. Image: © 2024 Mark Skalny Photography In 2014, Ethan Halpern moved from the music classroom as a teacher to the shop floor as president and owner of American Awning & Blind Co. in North Hollywood, Calif. A family friend owned the business and offered Halpern the opportunity […]