Smart Textiles Design Lab Blog at The Swedish School of Textiles

On researching and teaching in textile design
On researching and teaching in textile design

Artistic research in design is relatively new compared to experimental research in the natural sciences but it has matured a great deal over the last decade. Its extensive development has brought new challenges to professional practice, and also raised questions regarding how knowledge should be imparted in academia. By examining the field of textile design, […]

Research outlet_www.researchoutlet.se
Research outlet_www.researchoutlet.se

Monday the 18th of December at 13.00 we will launch the Research Outlet at the Swedish School of Textiles. The research outlet is an ongoing project of the Smart Textiles Design Lab; the project aims to propose another perspective on research publishing. www.researchoutlet.se

Davis, F. and Dumitrescu, D.(2017). Knitted Heat-ActiveTextiles.In Active matter, Tibbits, S.(ed). Cambridge(MA): MIT Press, pp. 205-212.
Davis, F. and Dumitrescu, D.(2017). Knitted Heat-ActiveTextiles.In Active matter, Tibbits, S.(ed). Cambridge(MA): MIT Press, pp. 205-212.

Dumitrescu, D. and Davis, F. (2017). Knitted Heat-ActiveTextiles.In Active matter , Tibbits, S.(ed). Cambridge(MA): MIT Press, pp. 205-212. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/active-matter

Thermochromic workshop at Vilnius Art Academy, 9-11th of October, 2017
Thermochromic workshop at Vilnius Art Academy, 9-11th of October, 2017

As a part of her PhD research, Marjan has created and proposed a pedagogical tool for teaching the behaviour of thermochromic inks to students of textile design. The printed colour swatches demonstrated the colour transitions of thermochromic inks at different temperatures. The structured tasks created opportunities for students to learn the principles of colour transition by actually experiencing them, and the […]

Keynote at the 18th ETN Conference Crossover 2017 Borås, Sweden, 12 -19 september, 2107
Keynote at the 18th ETN Conference Crossover 2017 Borås, Sweden, 12 -19 september, 2107

Marjan Kooroshnia, PhD in textile design and senior lecturer at the Swedish School of Textiles was a keynote at the 18th ETN conference crossover 2017, Borås , Sweden, 12-19 september, 2107. She spoke about how results of experimental textile design research including her own research influence textile education. http://textilmuseet.se/en/textilmuseet/activities/crossover.4.2916c7a1576f726e85324b6.html

Smart Textiles Design Lab: experimental research in textiles: space and body at MOOD17, Bruxelles
Smart Textiles Design Lab: experimental research in textiles: space and body at MOOD17, Bruxelles