Future Fashion Factory

🔥 Exciting news 🔥 🌿👜 Stella McCartney and Ponda Bio have joined forces to introduce #BioPuff® a revolutionary plant-based, feather-free insulation. 🔑 Key points: - #BioPuff® is made from bulrushes, contributing to wetland regeneration - Launching in Stella McCartney's iconic #Falabella bag (Autumn 2024 collection) - Lightweight, warm, puffy, and naturally water-repellent - Cruelty-free and fully traceable from bulrush-to-bag 🌾 The innovation: Ponda partners with farmers to cultivate #typhalatifolia (#bulrushes) on damaged wetlands, embracing #paludiculture - a sustainable form of marshfarming. 🌍 Environmental impact: - Reduces carbon emissions - Boosts biodiversity - Builds climate resilience against droughts and flooding This collaboration marks a significant step towards regenerative fashion, aligning with both brands' commitment to sustainability and animal welfare. Super proud of the whole Ponda Bio team Julian Ellis-Brown Antonia Jara-Contreras Neloufar (Nelly) Taheri Finlay Duncan and well done 👑 Inês Ribeiro as always! #SustainableFashion #BioPuff #StellaMcCartney #Ponda #RegenerativeMaterials #EcoInnovation #fashionreimagined

Congratulations to Fibe for winning the 2024 Manufacturing Futures Innovation Challenge! The material science start-up developing textile fibres out of potato harvest waste has won the 2024 Manufacturing Futures Innovation Challenge from Fashion District. Fibe will receive £15,000 to advance their innovation and grow their business. Idan Gal-Shohet, co-founder of Fibe, said: “The funding will be used to expand our business, so we are able to harvest a variety of different crops and create better conditions for farmers around the world. Our mission in the end is to create materials that use far fewer environmental resources than what’s currently available.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/eAUEh7BZ Fibe Selfridges Fashion Innovation Agency at London College of Fashion Sequinova Fab Materials #ManufacturingFutures2024 #FibeInnovations #ukft

So exciting to see Ponda Bio's BioPuff® throughout Stella McCartney's 2024 collection announcements! Huge thanks to Inês Ribeiro and everyone else at Stella helping to push wetland regeneration through the power of next-gen textiles! Filming days on our wetland #paludiculture farms are such a joy, so cool to see regenerative work being captured so beautifully. As always, thanks to all the Ponda Bio team, not least of which the best co-founders in the world Antonia Jara-Contreras, Neloufar (Nelly) Taheri and Finlay Duncan.

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There's still time to sign-up for today's seminar, taking place 3pm via Zoom. ▶ You can register for the event using the link provided below. https://lnkd.in/dKxtmKjy

We are thrilled to announce the time and date of the next University of Leeds Fashion Marketing and Management Research Group & Textile and Fashion Design Research Group seminar, which will take place on 1st July from 3pm to 4:30pm on Zoom. This seminar is free, and open to the public. The first half of the seminar will be delivered by Professor Youn-Kyung Kim in a session titled ‘Research Trends in Fashion Retailing'. The aim of this presentation is to unveil emerging trends in fashion retailing and introduce pertinent research areas. Consumers increasingly are shifting away from merely purchasing commodities; they seek products and services that add enrich their lives and contribute to society. In their shopping and consumption experiences, they are seeking both emotional and practical benefits. In response to these consumer trends, future research can explore themes such as emotion, technology integration, and social sustainability. Furthermore, the presentation will include advice on conducting research effectively and enhancing acceptance rates in journals. The second half will be delivered by Professor Kate Goldsworthy in a session titled 'Circular & Sustainable Textiles Research.' This talk presents a range of funded projects over a 20 year timeframe. With a focus on practice growing from early experience in industry that led to a return to academia to study a PhD and ultimately to large collaborative research projects, the presentation will map developments in the field of circular design research as well as a personal journey from commercial textile designer to academic researcher. The role of the designer in STEM research is central to the themes covered that include collaborations with environmental, social and material sciences and a multitude of forward-thinking industry partners. ▶ Register for the seminar here: https://lnkd.in/dKxtmKjy #fashionresearch #circulardesign #freewebinar

We’re thrilled to announce the next finalist of the Future Fashion Factory and InGAME: Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise led Interactive Futures Sustainable Fashion Challenge! Biome Collective, as a successful finalist, launched the successful Thread project, which tells the story of your fashion through playful interactions and easy to understand data. Mal Abbas, Director, Biome Collective: “This is an amazing opportunity to flex our design and technology creativity as a team. We look forward to sharing and pitching Thread as a playful interaction for the public who are keen to contribute to a ethical and environmental sustainable future for fashion.” ▶ More details about the other finalists, the winning projects, as well as the industry partners taking on the role of ‘dragons’ will be released in due course. #fashiontech #fashiontechnology #sustainablefashion #fashionsoftware #digitalfashion #sustainablesoftwaresolutions #ifsc #futurefashionfactory

We are thrilled to announce the time and date of the next University of Leeds Fashion Marketing and Management Research Group & Textile and Fashion Design Research Group seminar, which will take place on 1st July from 3pm to 4:30pm. This seminar is open to the public and supported by LITAC. The first half of the seminar will be delivered by Professor Youn-Kyung Kim in a session titled ‘Research Trends in Fashion Retailing'. The aim of this presentation is to unveil emerging trends in fashion retailing and introduce pertinent research areas. Consumers increasingly are shifting away from merely purchasing commodities; they seek products and services that add enrich their lives and contribute to society. In their shopping and consumption experiences, they are seeking both emotional and practical benefits. In response to these consumer trends, future research can explore themes such as emotion, technology integration, and social sustainability. Furthermore, the presentation will include advice on conducting research effectively and enhancing acceptance rates in journals.   The second half will be delivered by Professor Kate Goldsworthy in a session titled 'Circular & Sustainable Textiles Research.' This talk presents a range of funded projects over a 20 year timeframe. With a focus on practice growing from early experience in industry that led to a return to academia to study a PhD and ultimately to large collaborative research projects, the presentation will map developments in the field of circular design research as well as a personal journey from commercial textile designer to academic researcher. The role of the designer in STEM research is central to the themes covered that include collaborations with environmental, social and material sciences and a multitude of forward-thinking industry partners. ▶ Register for the seminar here: https://lnkd.in/dKxtmKjy #fashionresearch #circulardesign #freewebinar  

🏁 Announcing the second of the finalists for the Future Fashion Factory and InGAME: Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise led Interactive Futures Sustainable Fashion Challenge! 🏁 Throughout the challenge, applicants have harnessed the potential of game design and game technologies to innovate solutions to issues around sustainability for the fashion industry. These solutions saw the use of supply chain data and circular thinking to raise awareness of the challenges that the fashion and textiles sector faces as we move towards Net Zero. BetaJester Ltd’s Haberdashery is a game in which the player takes on the role of the new owner of a clothing alterations shop, repairing customers' clothes using various different repair techniques which can be applied to the real world. BetaJester Ltd, formed in 2015, is an award-winning immersive games and work-for-hire studio. Originally based in York and now working remotely, BetaJester specialises in delivering bespoke game and experiential development support based on a range of specific needs and requirements. ▶ More details about the other finalists, the winning projects, as well as the industry partners taking on the role of ‘dragons’ will be released in due course. #fashiontech #fashiontechnology #sustainablefashion #fashionsoftware #digitalfashion #sustainablesoftwaresolutions #ifsc #futurefashionfactory

🏁 We’re delighted to announce the first of the finalists for the Future Fashion Factory and InGAME: Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise led Interactive Futures Sustainable Fashion Challenge! 🏁 Throughout the challenge, applicants have harnessed the potential of game design and game technologies to innovate solutions to issues around sustainability for the fashion industry. These solutions saw the use of supply chain data and circular thinking to raise awareness of the challenges that the fashion and textiles sector faces as we move towards Net Zero. Mother Ultimate Ltd, as a successful finalist, launched the successful ‘Unpulsive’ project, a mobile-first app designed to help users reduce impulse buying behaviour. An indie studio specialising in mixed-reality products, games and experiences, Mother Ultimate combines hardware, electronics and software to create products ranging from mass-produced consumer electronics to augmented reality apps and large-scale physical installations. Speaking on his involvement with the Challenge, Tim Burrell-Saward, Mother Ultimate, Director said: “We’re incredibly thankful to have been accepted as part of this challenge, as the subject matter is sufficiently outside of our wheelhouse that it necessitated an enjoyably lateral application of our processes. The nature of the challenge meant that we had to consider projects outside of our typical remit, which enabled us to focus more closely on finding the right application to tackle the problem. These are real, tangible problems, and we feel grateful to have been able to examine them through our particular lens.” Each of our finalists will present at an industry-facing pitch-day, taking place next week at the University of Leeds. This day will see select industry representatives take on the role of ‘dragons’ in dragon’s den style format, where they will consider how best these prototypes can make a difference for the sector. ▶ More details about the other finalists, the winning projects, as well as the industry partners taking on the role of ‘dragons’ will be released in due course. #fashiontech #fashiontechnology #sustainablefashion #fashionsoftware #digitalfashion #sustainablesoftwaresolutions #ifsc #futurefashionfactory