The one-year ‘Designing Shape Changing Textiles’ project has hit its halfway point. With a consortium bringing in social, ecological, technical and design perspectives, we’re learning to surpass the anthropocentric and are creating material samples and speculative scenarios inspired by symbiosis and principles of ecomimicry.  

On January 11, 2023, Daniëlle Bruggeman, Hanka van der Voet and Chet Bugter gave a lecture as part of the ArtEZ Honours Lab track on 'Speculative Futures'. 

The online portions of the conference are now available for replay on APRIA. Rewatch the exciting and stimulating discussion that happened during the 11 online events, which were curated by 11 fashion platforms and collectives. 

The SPRONG-research community 'New Ecosystems in Textile' focuses on a systemic approach to developing more sustainable, circular, and regenerative value chains in textile - with a central role for design.