Category: Networks

Waag is a Future Lab for technology and society. Waag reinforces critical reflection on technology, develops technological and social design skills, and encourages social innovation. Waag works in a trans-disciplinary team of designers, artists and scientists, utilising public research methods in the realms of technology and society. This is how Waag empowers as many people as possible to design an Read more...

The Athens place lab is a network of organisations active in Greece sharing a common goal: to investigate the local and social dimensions of clothes making, with new modes of organisation of work. The network currently operates informally, with the Hellenic Clothing Industry Association having the coordinator’s role. The Lab organises awareness raising / promotional events with other organisations involved Read more...

3dhubs is a global urban manufacturing network, started out with local partners and non-commercial use, now it is more focussed on commercial use. 3dhubs started with a network of 3D printing services and is now gathering hundreds of manufacturers from all over the world. 3dhubs uses machine learning to build state-of-the-art automation, making custom manufacturing cheaper and faster. 3dhubs offers Read more...

The British Fashion Council network comprises a body of appointed members from the fashion industry and beyond who are instrumental in jointly overseeing, supporting and advising on key issues facing the British designer industry. It is a not-for-profit organisation that harnesses the collective power of the industry to enable sustainable growth and strengthen British fashion in the global fashion economy. Read more...

The European Fashion Council (EFC) was established on 18-19th of May 2007 in Ancient Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Authorized and registered in the European Union with the unified European identity as official institution with ID: 25337543032-09 as Union of the Fashion NGO/Think-Tank for European fashion and fashion design and eligible NGO of EU-UNESCO Convention with 24 member states: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Read more...

The Company’s aim is to provide you with high value information, resources, knowledge and connections to help you build a successful, healthy business. They believe that with the right information and connections, you can improve the chances of your start-up fashion brand surviving and then drive your brand awareness and increase your sales. www.startyourownfashionlabel.com   Read more...

The Grand Garage has become the Mechatronik Training Program Cap. Developed, the AHS pupils conveys craft-technical and management skills in parallel with the upper level. Some young people from the program already work on their own product ideas and meet insurmountable limits. Unfortunately, in Upper Austria, there were no publicly accessible workshops in which prototype construction and ideas exchange are Read more...

Studio HILO is a Berlin-based studio for textile innovation. We re-think textile production by offering open tools for more sustainable, demand-driven and personalized manufacturing processes. It researches, designs and develops new materials and open-source manufacturing systems. We facilitate co-creative and human-centred trainings for textile professionals. Studio HILO teaches and experiments as designers in creative collaborations. The hands-on formats are developed Read more...

Fashion Tech Farm is a studio, incubator and small-scale production facility for innovative fashion. Based in Eindhoven. The Fashion Tech Farm offers a space to build companies in the Fashion Tech Industry. Farmers can come full time or have a more flexible approach. www.fashiontechfarm.com Read more...

The TextielLab distinguishes itself as a one-of-a-kind knowledge centre for textile development where professionals are explicitly involved in carrying out extraordinary, customised projects. The Lab is part of the Dutch Textiel Museum, a dynamic and creative working museum located in a former textile factory, located in Tilburg. It is the only place in the world where textile design, art, fashion, Read more...