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No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging technology, craft and sustainability

Textiles matter! It is the most ubiquitous and powerful material we live with - it has the power to fulfil both our senses and our soul.Join Mili Tharakan, a Smart Textiles innovator and researcher with 20+ years of experience, as she speaks to textile makers, engineers, bio-chemists, material scientists, artists, innovators and others who are pushing the boundaries of the Textile and Fashion industry by creating fabrics that challenge the very meaning, role and function of textiles as we know it

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Ep 11. Dreaming of Weaving Clouds and Inventing the...

No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging... ·

2024/05/27

In this episode of the No Ordinary Cloth Podcast, we speak with Vibeke Vestby, the inventor of the first-ever digital jacquard handloom.She share about her passion for weaving as a child, her impatience with traditional looms and a trip to Italy that was pivotal in reimagining the 200 year old jacquard loom. Vibeke recounts her early inspiration, the technical evolution of the loom, and the collaborative process with the engineering company Tronrud, to bring her vision to life. Her persistence and

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Ep 10. Disobedient Fabrics: A Journey in Smart...

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2024/04/29

Welcome to the No Ordinary Cloth podcast, where we stitch together a tapestry of textile innovations one episode at a time. Today, we're joined by Linda Worbin, a pioneer in Smart Textiles. Join us as we explore the past, present, and future of this dynamic industry.Linda Worbin, a Material and Innovation Developer based in Sweden, brings a wealth of experience to our conversation. With her background as a former professor at the Swedish School of Textiles and a visionary in the industry, Linda's

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Ep 9. Disobedient Fabrics: A Journey in Smart...

No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging... ·

2024/04/29

Welcome to the No Ordinary Cloth podcast, where we stitch together a tapestry of textile innovations one episode at a time. Today, we're joined by Linda Worbin, a pioneer in Smart Textiles. Join us as we explore the past, present, and future of this dynamic industry.Linda Worbin, a Material and Innovation Developer based in Sweden, brings a wealth of experience to our conversation. With her background as a former professor at the Swedish School of Textiles and a visionary in the industry, Linda's

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Ep8. Energy Harvesting Nanotech Fibres for Wearables...

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2024/03/15

🎉 In this episode as we celebrate Women’s Day in March 2024, we have a very special guest - Prof. Sohini Kar-Narayan, a leading material scientist and nanotechnology expert from the University of Cambridge, sharing with us about her passion for science and her work with nano materials for energy harvesting and self-powered sensing technology, and it’s potential for smart textiles and wearables.🧪 This is also the story about a young girl who wanted to invent something and went on to become, among

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Ep.7 ⭐️ Fashion District Manufacturing Futures...

No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging... ·

2024/02/28

Welcome to this special mini episode of the No Ordinary Cloth podcast, where we explore the fascinating world of textiles and fashion and the innovative minds shaping its future. Today, we're spotlighting the Manufacturing Futures 2024 - Innovation Challenge, a pivotal event for UK-based startups and SMEs in the fashion industry.There is some exciting news to share, do listen in to the end of the episode.Here's what we cover in this episode:Details about the Manufacturing Futures Innovation

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Ep 6. AI for Zero Waste Fabric, Sustainability and...

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2024/02/16

On this episode of the 'No Ordinary Cloth' podcast, we welcome Gilberto Loureiro, the co-founder and CEO of Smartex, an innovative startup leveraging AI and machine learning to transform the textile industry and modernise it's factories.Gilberto draws upon his life experiences, growing up in a family where everyone worked in the textile business and witnessing the substantial wastage and outdated practices in factories. This became his motivation to set up Smartex - a company building an eco-system

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Ep 5. Indigo-Dyed Fabric Migration and Thinking...

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2024/01/13

In this episode of The No Ordinary Cloth Podcast, we hear from Mika Satomi - an exceptional artist and maker whose artistic approach transcends mediums. She skilfully blends traditional and modern, digital and manual techniques and materials to convey powerful narratives. She is as proficient in weaving and crocheting as she is in programming and electronics and so many other techniques. Here she shares about her approach to learning new skills and deepening her existing ones.She is known as a

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Ep 4. Unboxing Science to Make Future Fabrics with...

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2023/12/15

Whether you are a textile designer, biologist, engineer, architect, fashion designer, material scientist or a curious maker - we all need to come together to innovate and solve challenges the world is facing today.On this episode our guest speaker Anastasia Pistofidou has done just that - she has created an ecosystem that brings together diverse expertise to explore textiles and solve some of these challenges.Trained as an architect, Anastasia meanders into the world of textiles through soft

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Ep 3: Knitting Mathematics and Musical Textiles with...

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2023/11/24

Whether you love or hate mathematics, you are going to enjoy listening to this episode.In this interview, Sophie Skach, a fashion designer and researcher, discusses her passion for interweaving the world of textiles with mathematics and technology, and her unique approach to creating catwalk collections and PhD research projects. She shares her journey on how she uses textiles as a medium to demystify mathematics and communicate complex mathematical concepts through her textile and fashion

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Ep 2: From Garden waste to Leather with Daniela...

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2023/10/09

Who doesn’t love a beautiful leather jacket or bag. Sadly, the leather industry’s high water and chemical waste from the tanning process is extremely polluting. And faux leather is made from polyurethane and plastics. So can we ever use leather products without feeling guilty?Join me as I find out from Daniela Rondinone, the Business and Operations Manager at Biophilica, all about alternative leather that is plastic free and recyclable. Learn about how autumn leaves are transformed into leather that

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Ep 1: Light and Lace with Sara Robertson

No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging... ·

2023/10/09

Sara Robertson is a smart textile maker and researcher who has been exploring different ways to translate concepts of change and movement in nature through her beautiful textile creation over the last 20 years.Join me as I speak with Sara about her journey from a young artist to a leading smart textiles researcher. Learn about how she is making lace with light - these are absolutely exquisite textiles, and what has influenced her creative process. Find out her plans for the future and what it takes

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No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging... ·

2023/10/09

The future of Textile awaits and we are stitching it together one episode at a time....Join me in this podcast series to learn and be inspired by all the incredible textiles that is radically changing the very landscape of fabrics as we know it.Whether you are an expert in the field or just curious about textiles and fashion, this podcast will capture your imagination and give you a glimpse into the future of Textiles.Please subscribe to this podcast and listen in as I bring you the best and

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