Updated : Dec 2020
Textile Future Research Center (TFRC) is a research community at the University of the Arts London, based at Central Saint Martins. They are a community of practice-based academic researchers who explore how materials and textiles can enable more inheritable futures. Their research examines opportunities for textile and material developments through multiple lenses: ranging from social to sustainable as well as technological and craft innovation. TFRC's core research areas are Urban Fabric, Weave Lab, and Material Innovation.
They collaborate with local and global partners on a number of innovative knowledge exchange projects and also act as consultants to develop sustainable design-driven strategies for the industry as well as the public sector.
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Practise-based sustainable design strategies for textile designers
Experimental design methodologies in material development and innovation
Investigating innovative design possibilities through participartory design
Developing sustainable socio-responsive textile solutions promoting local ownership
Innovation in digital weave research
Opportunities for e-textile manufacturing
Design aesthetic based research reflecting diverse cultural capitals
