This final thesis is written about the design research done on creating the first collection of my own brand Neena 

This thesis gives a deep insight into the development of a fashion collection which uses upcycling as its main production method.  

Collectie opgezet voor een kledingwinkel. Verschillende onderzoeksmethoden toegepast voor het in kaart brengen van de doelgroep, trends en materialen. 

De afgelopen jaren is er een grote hoeveelheid aan certificaten, keurmerken en lidmaatschappen ontwikkeld en gelanceerd op het gebied van duurzaamheid en ethiek die binnen de textielindustrie ook in sterke mate zijn toegenomen. Enschede Textielstad, een duurzame weverij gevestigd in Enschede, heeft tot …

Het verbeteren van de klanttevredenheid van B-Living aan de hand van verbeterpunten in de inkoopprocessen. 

The design research described in this report was conducted as part of the Catwalk: Forces of Nature exhibition that is part of Textiel Festival Twente, an outdoor art exhibition centered around textiles. This specific project was based on the concept of connecting in a disconnected world and providing …

Currently, the amount of post-consumer textile waste is growing. Unfortunately, the European recycling infrastructure is lacking, preventing efficient recycling operations. It is still difficult to set up production lines of high-quality products with shredded textile waste fibres, yet the demand for …

The study was conducted in commission of New Industrial Order (N.I.O), a laboratory for Fashion-On-Demand based in Amsterdam. A knowledge gap in literature was identified concerning the environmental performance of On-Demand manufacturing. To fill the gap, a preliminary Life Cycle Assessment was initiated, …

To decrease the environmental impact that the textile industry is responsible for, new materials are constantly being innovated. However, there is a forgotten fiber that was eliminated by the American government and big companies who wanted to push the cotton and synthetic fiber industry forward almost …

The textile trading system is based on the ‘take-make-use-dispose’ linear economic model: as high amounts of resources are utilized at low costs, the final products become waste after being used for a only short period. This creates an unbalanced system that has to change. A circular economy model can …