As a student in the textiles program at the Royal College of Art in London, Jungeun Lee wanted to find nothing less than a new way to make a garment. But after researching different yarns and methods and coming up empty, she just ...READ»
Louise Bourgeois is most famous for her hulking spider sculptures, but she was a talented textiles artist, too. From 2002 to her death in 2010, she assembled fabric drawings out of personal garments, like discarded clothes, sheets, ...READ»
Israeli designer Ayala Serfaty is known for her innovative bio-inspired textile design for lamps and lighting. But while her other lamps have a bulbous, diaphanous quality that's easy to love even if you don't think jellyfish are ...READ»
H&M came under fire earlier this year for selling fake organic cotton from India. Ever since, the company has been working to burnish its reputation. Now it's joining forces with Walmart to clean up textile factories in China.READ»
60,000 pounds
Average amount of excess fabric, trims, buttons, zippers, thread, and the like produced at a midsize garment factory each week.
$18,000
What a rag sorter got for a pair of collectible Levi's at an auction in ...READ»
A new initiative from Britain's Ministry of Defense aims to make soldiers' lives easier by developing fatigues that store electricity. But it could have broader implications.READ»
What could possibly drive two men to spend $500,000 of their own money over four years, become employers of a million female spiders, and rekindle an indigenous tradition on the island of Madagascar?READ»
American Apparel is attracting attention (as usual) for selling its Bag-O-Scraps to consumers, but a new company called Looptworks is actually taking excess textile waste and turning it into limited edition clothing. In other words, ...READ»
Recently, Panasonic unveiled a new robot that looks like a washcloth--Except for the fact that it crawls along the floor, mopping up as it moves along.
The secret of the Fukitorimushi--which ...READ»
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