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Norwegian space startup Nåva launches first suit
September 1, 2025 | Swatches
Norwegian company Nåva Space recently took a small step toward becoming Europe’s first supplier of commercially available modern spacesuits. In late May, it released the training version of its suit platform, aiming for an operational spacewalk suit by 2032.
Morii Design supports traditional Indian textile artists
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
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.”
Museum showcases Maija Lavonen’s fiber-optic artworks
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
Fiber-optic-based art pieces created by Finnish textile artist Maija Lavonen will be highlighted in the “Quietly Monumental” exhibition at the Architecture and Design Museum in Helsinki, Finland, through Sept. 14, 2025.
Smart insole tracks wearer’s movement
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
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 pressure sensors, the system offers real-time health tracking.
Stretchy ink under development for conductive textiles
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
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 and washing can cause a printed conductive structure to break or tear or loosen its adhesion to the tex…
H&M winning textile innovations in dyes, textile recycling
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
The H&M Global Change Award annually honors early-stage innovations trying to tackle environmental issues in the textile and fashion industry, such as reducing emissions, textile recycling and creating cleaner materials. Here are this year’s winners in recycling processes and dyes.
Invasive seaweed and seafood waste become fibers, canvas
August 1, 2025 | Swatches
Experiments in his workshop using invasive seaweed and seafood waste started French artist Eugène Riconneaus on a journey into materials science, specifically marine-based polymers and a bright blue bio-pigment, the latter derived from cyanobacteria.