Martyna Barbara Golik translates tastes into textiles
Milan 2015: Polish designer Martyna Barbara Golik has created a collection of textiles based on the different categories of flavour the mouth can taste (+ movie). More
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Wool pyramids form origami-inspired Bloom blanket
Brazilian designer Bianca Cheng Costanzo has created a woollen blanket from 180 triangles hand-sewn into tessellated pyramids (+ slideshow). More
Amy Congdon's couture fashion integrates textile design and tissue engineering
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie, designer and researcher Amy Congdon explains how tissue engineering could be used to grow new biological textiles for the fashion industry. More
Colourful speckles and polka dots pattern fabrics by Studio Hanna Whitehead
DesignMarch 2015: this textile range by Reykjavik designer Hanna Whitehead is covered with bright flecks and dots based on the coloured glazes from her ceramics collections. More
Yusuke Seki showcases fragile hemp textiles across banks of metal rods
Lengths of delicately woven fabric were draped over metal skewers at this Tokyo exhibition about the tradition of hemp textiles in Japan (+ slideshow). More
StokkeAustad's acoustic panels pair colourful fabric with metal and stone
Stockholm 2015: Oslo studio StokkeAustad has combined colourful textiles with a selection of shinier materials to create acoustic panels that feature geometric patterns (+ slideshow). More
Vík Prjónsdóttir launches latest wing-shaped blankets made from Icelandic wool
Design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir has launched two Icelandic wool blankets shaped to look like the wings of a swan and an eider duck as part of a range of avian-influenced covers. More
Alexandra Stück's Herbal Kneipp Textiles use scent to promote wellbeing
Dutch Design Week 2014: these textiles by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alexandra Stück are infused with different remedial herbal scents to make the wearer feel calm, focused or horny. More
Mischer'Traxler reveals manufacturing processes by transforming objects into tool kits
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: these objects designed by Austrian studio Mischer'Traxler are equipped with both the tools and instructions required for reproducing them (+ slideshow). More
Marlies Schets' reflective fabrics turn everyday accessories into cycling safety gear
Dutch Design Week 2014: retro-reflective thread is woven into a range of fabrics by Marlies Schets to create a line of accessories that reflect light at night, turning them into cycling safety garments. More
Lianne Polinder's Technomimicry textiles are based on LCD screens and solar panels
Dutch Design Week 2014: Dutch designer Lianne Polinder has created a textile based on the pixels of an LCD screen as part of her Design Academy Eindhoven graduation project (+ slideshow). More
Eley Kishimoto creates six geometric prints for menswear collaboration
Fashion and design studio Eley Kishimoto has collaborated with tailor Timothy Everest and graphic design firm New Future Graphic to produce a range of shirts that are hand screen printed with geometric shapes (+ slideshow). More
Netherlands design duos to present rugs at Dutch Design Week
Dutch Design Week 2014: Rug company ICE International will launch a set of eight different carpets by individuals from four "design couples" – including Piet Hein Eek, Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk – at next week's Dutch Design Week. More
JamesPlumb repurposes antique Burnished Indigo fabric for lampshades and sofa upholstery
London Design Festival 2014: JamesPlumb has used textiles coloured with a Medieval dying technique to cover the duo's latest pieces of furniture and lighting (+ slideshow). More
Custhom launches Hayward textile as tribute to Brutalist classic
London Design Festival 2014: Custhom has created a new upholstery textile based on the variety of forms found in the architecture of the Hayward Gallery on London's Southbank (+ movie). More
Pieteke Korte creates optical illusions with leather for Visual Interferences collection
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pieteke Korte has made a collection of leather samples that use iridescent colours and geometric patterns to create distorted visual effects (+ slideshow). More
Noyberg & Bulka uses sewing machines to stamp ink patterns onto clothes
Israeli designers Idan Noyberg and Gal Bulka have replaced sewing-machine needles with stamps that print lines of patterns onto fabric. More
Donna Wilson designs new tartan for Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has commissioned local-born textile designer Donna Wilson to create a tartan fabric that celebrates the area's craft heritage. More
Scholten & Baijings design fabric with nine-metre pattern repeat
Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings has created a collection of interior fabrics for New York textiles brand Maharam with a pattern large enough to upholster an entire sofa without repetition. More
María Rut Dýrfjörð bases textile prints on Icelandic architecture
Icelandic graphic designer María Rut Dýrfjörð's Hidden World pattern collection references the work of the country's former state architect Guðjón Samúelsson. More