Fun-filled felt furniture made from factory remnants

March 1, 2024  |  Swatches

In an effort to repurpose industrial textile waste before it hits a landfill, the Toronto, Ont., Canada-based furniture design company Stackabl, in partnership with select New York designers, has created colorful, customizable lines of high-end merino wool felt furniture and lighting. The company’…
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Spun-fiber device made for children with heart valve disease

March 1, 2024  |  Swatches

Researchers at the Wyss Institute and Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) are developing an implantable heart valve that grows with a child, called FibraValve. The concept would mean fewer invasive surgeries for children with damaged heart valves, for exampl…
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Mattress uses AI to improve sleep quality

March 1, 2024  |  Swatches

DeRUCCI, a furniture brand sold worldwide and headquartered in Dongguan, China, released the DeRUCCI T11 Pro Smart Mattress, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to track sleep metrics and automatically adjusts to ensure the user gets a good night’s sleep. 
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FiberTect wipe tested for “dry” chemical decontamination

March 1, 2024  |  Swatches

A nonwoven wipe invented in the Texas Tech University lab of professor Seshadri Ramkumar, Ph.D., for use by the military in liquid and gaseous chemical decontamination is now being evaluated by the U.S. Army for its potential use in dry decontamination efforts.
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New fabric decontaminates itself

March 1, 2024  |  Swatches

Rice University researchers have created a material that could enhance personal protective equipment (PPE)—a composite textile that decontaminates itself, killing at least 99.9% of coronaviruses.
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Activewear allows Muslim women and girls to hit the court

February 1, 2024  |  Swatches

FOMO at school can come in so many forms, but with culturally appropriate activewear by Kalsoni, Muslim girls no longer have to be stuck on the literal sidelines, unable to play sports because of the tailoring of the team uniforms and the athletes’ need to wear the hijab in public.
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Exhibit showcases Inuit artistry and printmaking

February 1, 2024  |  Swatches

The exhibition “ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᓯᑯᓯᓛᕐᒥᑦ Printed Textiles from Kinngait Studios,” at Glenbow at The Edison in Calgary, Alta., Canada, highlights a collection of graphic textiles created in the 1950s and 1960s by a group of native artists from Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada.
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Adobe introduces new tech via an interactive dress

February 1, 2024  |  Swatches

A team of Adobe® researchers has created a system that may change the look of future fashion, allowing wearers the ability to change or update their outfits in real time.
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Conductive gel enables 3D-printing metal at room temp

February 1, 2024  |  Swatches

North Carolina State University (NC State) researchers have created a conductive gel that can be used to 3D-print solid metal objects at room temperature.
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SHEIN empowers new designers

February 1, 2024  |  Swatches

The SHEIN X Designer Incubator Program announced collections by six designers under its evoluSHEIN by Design branding, a first for SHEIN X entrepreneurs. 
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