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Weaving Futures
Researcher
Else Skjold
Research unit
Klothing - Centre for Apparel, Textiles and Ecology Research
The clothing and textile industry faces a necessary green transition.
KLOTHING – Centre for Apparel, Textiles and Ecology Research tries to prepare the industry for this. With the exhibition WEAVING FUTURES, we give a local answer to this global challenge by showing a diverse but coherent range of projects that explore the role and possibilities that design contains in relation to the climate challenge.
- FASHION WORTH CIRCULATING shows the value of design in the resale market.
- The SWEBOT project highlights the key role that knowledge about pattern making plays in supporting local automated construction.
- The CHANGE4CIRCULARITY project focuses on knowledge about textiles in the industry and in civilian society and the overlooked role that artistry plays in relation to regulation.
- In the DAVID COLLECTION project, students explore alternative narratives about fashion that take local and historical fashion culture as a starting point.
- With THE COLOR OF US II project is historical textiles and methods resurrected through local plant-based pigments. This is an alternative to synthetic dye which brings traditional handmade textiles into modern day fashion.
Photo: Louise Damgaard
Photo: Louise Damgaard
Photo: Louise Damgaard
Photo Louise Damgaard
Motivation
The green transition is complex. It presupposes action and engagement spanning sectors alongside scientific and artistic research.
As a research leader at KLOTHING I have woven our center closely together with Denmark’s national mission for circular transition, TRACE, and the national plan of action for textiles.
The goal is to show the power and ability that design contains in relation to building and imagining a yet unknown but desirable future.
As a research leader at KLOTHING I have woven our center closely together with Denmark’s national mission for circular transition, TRACE, and the national plan of action for textiles.
The goal is to show the power and ability that design contains in relation to building and imagining a yet unknown but desirable future.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Open Access
[1]
M. Dalgaard Nielsen, ‘Fashion Worth Circulating’, PhD thesis, Det Kongelige Akademi, København, 2025.
[2]
A. Tolnov Larsen, ‘From Fiber to Form: Exploring Design Qualities of Mechanically Recycled Textiles’, PhD thesis, Det Kongelige Akademi, København, 2025.
