The Re-FREAM Manifesto is now available
Over three years, artists, designers, scientists and industry experts entered into the Re-FREAM co-creation processes. They collaborated through lab experiments and Zoom calls, imperfect outcomes and pivots, materials and contemplation, fuelled by brain cells and enthusiasm. Together, they conceived trailblazing solutions for pressing social and …
Meet the Pioneers of Future Fashion in Berlin
On Nov 4 2021, we discuss future challenges in (fashion) design and experience 20 pioneering future fashion projects within the framework of Re-FREAM in Berlin. …
Building the Ignotum prototype
Last time we showed you our design process for Ignotum. Once we had come to a design we all were on board with, it was time to start making it into a real working thing. This blog post will be a bit longer than usual, …
The New Normal
I recently spent five weeks in Berlin at the Fraunhofer IZM and a few days at Stoll in Reutlingen. It was an enriching experience to work and collaborate with a team of like-minded scientists, fashion and textile designers, as well as engineers. Together, we were …
Mid-Term Updates Embroidered Touch / Life Space
The following is an update on my work and research with Re-FREAM partners, whose support of this project is part of a larger effort to explore the future of fashion. I will share some of the lessons learnt from this collaborative process over the past …
Sense of Play and Place
In 2016 I launched INTERKNIT, a knitwear collection born out of a series of residencies at Textiellab in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The textures and abstract surface patterns I developed through knitwear technology referenced women’s lived experiences, from the challenges to the joys they face in …
Embroidered Touch – Life Space
Hello, Anke Loh here, a fashion designer and artist. Throughout my career, I’ve been inspired by balancing art and science. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in Fashion from the Royal Academy in Antwerp, I worked for Martin Margiela in Paris and freelanced …
WEBINAR: URBAN MANUFACTURING AND THE FUTURE OF FASHION
On Thursday 18th of June2020 at 17:00 h CET +2 (Vienna), CREATIVE REGION Linz & Upper Austria is hosting the second Re-FREAM webinar. Stakeholders from the technology and fashion industry are invited to join the Re-FREAM artists and scientists during the 90 min. webinar. Our …
