Updated : Dec 2020
TED has been developing a set of practice-based sustainable design strategies that assist designers in creating textiles that have a reduced impact on the environment. These strategies include established principles of materials and processes such as low toxicity/organics, new technologies, and biomimicry along with the more conceptual ideas including short life/long life textiles, design for low launder, and services design.
Alongside this, TED has been developing a portfolio of research projects which have explored many aspects of sustainability and textile design. Work from TED members has been shown at prestigious international venues including Audax Textile Museum, The Netherlands, Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FMIT), New York and the Science Museum, London, and their research has begun to be shared with commercial and industry partners such as VF Corporation (US) and H & M (Sweden).
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Practise-based sustainable design strategies for textile designers
Research projects based on sustainability and textile design
Practical and conceptual eco-textile design strategies
Models for practise-based research in sustainable textile design
