DESTEX Summer School
- Participants from Kolding School of Design
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Marianne Elisa Hansen
Charlotte Hansen
Melissa Annesofie Bundell
Sofia Catalina Fiorentino Sarrate
Hedwig Amarins Abma
Iben Høj
Ana Catarina Cabral
Kristine Boesen
Anna Bruun Kristiansen
Karoline Lind
Marianne Nielsen
- Project period
- 2021
- Project management
DESTEX
- Collaboration partners
- Design School Kolding
LCI - School of Design and Visual Arts, Barcelona
Politecnico di Milano
University of Borås
About
The project represents 8 partners from industry and academia with LCI Barcelona, Politecnico di Milano, University of Borås and Design School Kolding as the higher education partners.
The DESTEX SUMMER SCHOOL took place between the 21st and 25th June 2021 and covered different topics related to Advanced Textiles ranging from sustainability to digital fabrication such as 3d printing and laser-cut opportunities and from smart textiles to business opportunities.
“Participating in the Destex Summer School gave me great possibility to connect to students from Denmark and through Europe, as the programme is so well connected in so many different European centres. This made the intercultural exchange unique.”
Purpose
Organized in a hybrid setup 20 students from all universities collaborated virtually in multidisciplinary teams on a different challenge every day. Each day was hosted and organized by a different university.
The workshop day centering around laser-cut opportunities in the textile sector, concluded with a series of bags produced from different textiles exploring the effects of distinct materials on the overall shape of the bag.
Methods and outcome
The day started with a virtual tour around DSKD’s weaving and knitting lab, followed by a presentation of the textile company Ohmatex who are producing smart textile wearables and ended with a hands-on workshop and virtual group activity. These group sessions explored sustainability opportunities in textiles products where students developed business opportunities for companies such as Bananatex, IKEA, H&M and Pangaia.
The day that was organized by Politecnico di Milano dealt with options of digital fabrication technologies, where laser-cut was applied to textiles in order to build on sustainability strategies such as modularity and zero-waste options.
