The Textile Innovation Podcast speaks with Dr Yuly Fuentes-Medel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Fabric Innovation Hub about how academic collaboration is transforming practices within the fashion industry. The Massachusetts Inst

Ep. 96: Traceability across cotton’s supply chain

Mar 6th, 2024 29m 50s

Cotton accounts for roughly 65% of the fibres present in wardrobes worldwide. It is therefore a key discussion topic in the textile industry’s transition towards a sustainable future. In episode 96 WTiN’s Textile Innovation Podcast, we speak wi

Ep. 95: Standard vs. Index, DPP's and How To Adapt (with Bluesign in Switzerland)

Dec 19th, 2023 22m 16s

This month, WTiN speaks with Daniel Rufenacht, chief executive officer at Bluesign. Based out of Switzerland, Bluesign partners with brands, manufacturers and chemical suppliers, from fibre to finished product, with the aim to make safer workpl

Ep. 94: Alpacas, Traceability and North Stars (with PAKA in Peru)

Dec 12th, 2023 18m 46s

This month, WTiN speaks with Kris Cody. Founder and chief executive officer at PAKA, a company paving its own path with natural fibres since 2015. The idea of PAKA and traceable alpaca wool came after Cody was in Peru as part of a backpacking t

Ep. 93: Better, Greener and Certified Cotton (with Fibre 52 in the US)

Oct 23rd, 2023 15m 8s

This month, WTiN speaks with Graham Stewart. He is the man behind a holistic patent-pending process called Fibre 52. The Fibre 52 process is holistic from prep to dye, and mill tests around the globe show it’s consistently repeatable. It also i

Ep. 92: How Will Standardisation Push E-Textiles Forward? (with Ishan Chathuranga in Canada)

Jul 13th, 2023 15m 12s

This month, WTiN speaks with Ishan Chathuranga – an e-textiles engineer based in Ontario, Canada. Chathuranga has more than eight years’ experience in electronic textile product development, failure analysis, and manufacturing. Chathuranga delv

Ep. 91: Synthetic Biology, Technology and Ethics (with Natixis in France)

Mar 21st, 2023 18m 59s

Talk of the metaverse, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) has taken over the textile industry as of late. This month, WTiN speaks with Eric Benoist – a technology and data specialist at Natixis, a Corporate investment banking company h

Ep. 90: Making Circular Fibres From Kelp (with Keel Labs in the US)

Dec 19th, 2022 16m 33s

When looking for more circularity within the textile & apparel industry, most look to existing fibres and ways to elevate them. Keel Labs were on the hunt for something new and looked to the ocean. On this episode of Textile Innovation, WTiN ta

Ep. 89: Turning Mushrooms into Vegan Leather and Foam (with Ecovative in the US)

Nov 2nd, 2022 23m 13s

The way most of us know fungi best is by mushrooms. Ecovative’s innovation, AirMycelium, is expanding the possibilities of working with mushrooms. This month, WTiN talks to Gavin McIntyre, co-founder of New York-based company, Ecovative. There

Ep. 88: Carbon Capturing Aprons & A 40ft Supply Chain (with HKRITA in Hong Kong)

Sep 21st, 2022 28m 49s

This month, World Textile Information Network talks to Edwin Keh, the CEO at the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel or HKRITA ⁠— an applied research center for the textile, apparel and fashion industries. It says it’s goal is

Ep. 87: Silver-Based Technology (with Noble Biomaterials in the US)

Aug 16th, 2022 22m 44s

This month, World Textile Information Network talks to Joel Furey, the founder and chief commercial officer at Noble Biomaterials. The intelligent materials company is based out of Scranton, Pennsylvania in the US and is the home of both Ionic

Ep. 86: Bast Fibre Technologies

Jul 1st, 2022 39m 53s

In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, we talk to Jason Finnis, executive vice president and chief innovation officer, and Caleb Beyers, brand and design manager, at Bast Fibre Technologies.Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Victoria (British C

Ep. 85: Decentraland

Jun 10th, 2022 35m 12s

In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, we talk to Dr Giovanna Graziosi Casimiro, head of Metaverse Fashion Week at Decentraland. Decentraland is a software development company that is creating a virtual world (aka a metaverse) that will grow beyo

Ep. 84: NTX Cooltrans

May 6th, 2022 40m 10s

In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, we talk to Jeffrey Hsu, chief innovation and marketing officer, and Peter Decorte, chief operations officer, at NTX. NTX is a textile innovation and solution company that has developed a hybrid textile colou

Ep. 83: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Apr 8th, 2022 36m 42s

In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, we talk to Yoel Fink, Professor of Materials Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT is well-known for its research concerning textiles & apparel, and most recently Fink and his team

Ep. 82: LifeLabs

Mar 11th, 2022 38m 8s

In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, we talk to Scott Mellin, CEO of LifeLabs. LifeLabs is a materials science company founded by Professor Yi Cui, director of Stanford University’s advanced materials laboratory, and Meng Sui, a chemist and CEO

Ep. 81: Portland Garment Factory

Feb 11th, 2022 42m 48s

In this episode of The WTiN Podcast, Jessica Owen interviews Britt Howard, founder of the Portland Garment Factory. Founded in 2008 and based in Oregon, US, the Portland Garment Factory is a full-service manufacturing company that can prototype

Ep. 80: North Carolina State University

Jan 14th, 2022 23m 14s

To kick off 2022, Victoria Nickerson interviews Milon Hossein, a graduate research assistant at North Carolina State University (NC State) in the US.

Ep. 79: Genomatica

Dec 17th, 2021 34m 6s

The last guest on this year’s The WTiN Podcast is Lisa Kennedy, vice president of strategic partnerships at Genomatica. Founded in 2000 and based in San Diego (US), Genomatica develops commercial bio-based products and processes. Having started

Ep. 78: W L Gore

Nov 19th, 2021 32m 40s

This week’s guest on The WTiN Podcast is David Dillon, smart apparel business lead at W L Gore. Founded more than 60 years ago by Bill and Vieve Gore, the company makes everything from consumer products to medical components to fibres and vents

Ep. 77: Bucha Bio

Oct 8th, 2021 38m 40s

This week’s guest on The WTiN Podcast is Zimri Hinshaw, CEO of Bucha Bio. Based in New York City (US), Bucha Bio is a biotechnology company that creates materials using bacterial nanocellulose. The company was founded in 2019 and the team plans

Ep. 76: NUtec Digital Ink

Sep 3rd, 2021 45m 8s

This week’s guests on The WTiN Podcast are sales and marketing director Neil Green and technical director Paul Geldenhuys from NUtec Digital Ink. Based in South Africa, the company began its journey in 1995, when it was an early ink manufacture

Ep. 75: Green Theme Technologies

Aug 6th, 2021 44m 10s

This week’s guest on The WTiN Podcast is Martin Flora, VP, Business Development, Green Theme Technologies. Founded in 2013, Green Theme Technologies is an emerging textile innovation company based out of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, US. The busine

Ep. 74: Speedo

Jul 23rd, 2021 38m 7s

This week’s guest on The WTiN Podcast is Dr Jan Blenkinsopp, head of research and development at Aqualab (the innovation arm of Speedo). Based in Nottingham, UK, Speedo created its first swimsuit in 1928, and has since helped to pioneer Lycra

Ep. 73: ZSK Research and Training Center

Jul 9th, 2021 39m 28s

This week’s guest on The WTiN Podcast is Topher Anderson, manager, technical embroidery application at ZSK Research and Training Center. Founded just a few years ago, the ZSK Training and Research Center is a subsidiary company to ZSK Embroider