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Fun-filled felt furniture made from factory remnants

March 1, 2024

…pieces are hand-assembled by Stackabl staff. Stackabl designs were first launched in 2021. This lighting is by Wisse Trooster. Image: Stackabl/© Patrick Biller for Maison Gerard The inaugural Stackabl collection…

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Amy Bircher appointed to advisory committee by President Biden

February 26, 2024

…the visiting committee at WVU. Most recently, she pledged $200,000 to her alma mater for the development of a new textile lab, which opened on April 17, 2021, and is…

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Women entrepreneurs use bras in women’s health initiatives

February 1, 2024

…the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.  Speaking at a TED Talk in 2021, founder Alicia Chong Rodriguez told the audience that women…

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Materials from public art display upcycled for Olympic tents

January 1, 2024

…installed to secure and contour the fabric, Paris, Sept. 13, 2021. The project required 9,843 feet of red polypropylene rope. Image: © 2021 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation/Lubri It was created…

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Andrea Lynn on how shade sails have kept her creative

October 1, 2023

…maker and an engineer to create TERRASHADE®, which debuted in 2021. TERRASHADE is a patent-pending, freestanding, semiportable, temporary shade product engineered to withstand 45 mph winds. It can be attached…

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AATCC 2023 Future Leaders Award Recipients

August 29, 2023

…of Henkel since 2021, where he has supported and developed multiple methods for product performance assessment and technology screening. Much of this method development work involves transferring and adapting textile…

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Circular footwear

July 25, 2023

…shoes are dumped into landfill each year. It’s time for change. Available here.*WRAP (2019) Valuing our Clothes. Available here.*Material Innovation Initiative (2021). 2021 State of the Industry Report: Next-Gen Materials. Available here….

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Is it the end of polyester (as we know it)?

July 1, 2023

…in our apparel, home furnishings, automotive, filtration and personal care industries. In 2021, they represented 57.57% of the global fiber market, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market insight tool TexPro. Yet the…

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Nonwovens production in Europe exceeds pre-COVID level

April 10, 2023

…After a spike caused by the exceptional increase in demand for nonwovens materials in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, (+9.3% in 2020-2021), production in Greater…

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IFAI Expo highpoints and highlights

December 1, 2022

…Ways To Use Social Media To Drive Sales.”  Adamson notes there are more than 2.9 billion Facebook users and 1.4 billion Instagram users. “Besides being free, Facebook is great for…

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