DESIGN4CIRCLE: Identifying necessary skills to support circular economy in the textile industry Waste and pollution from the production of textiles and clothing have become a critical global issue.  With only one percent of fibres being recycled, our current ‘linear’ model is outdated and unsustainable. There is an urgent need to adopt innovative strategies to transform the...

The project Design4Circle – Innovative design practices for achieving a new textile circular sector – is developed to create an innovative learning curriculum in line with the needs of designers of the textile and fashion industry. The idea is to motivate the designers from the textile sector to create products that will reduce their environmental impact during...

On 18th of January 2019 the 1st Technical Meeting was held in Institute of Design Technologies at Riga Technical University – Riga, Latvia.   The meeting started with Round table and presentations by each partner organizations for mutual acquaintance among the project partners. Ms. Raquel Ortega Martínez from the project partner AMUEBLA made review of the whole project...