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BF+DA Research Fellow Russell Joye To Focus on Helping Dad with Parkinsons
BF+DA Research Fellow Russell Joye’s father Michael When BF+DA Research…
CLO Teaches Apparel Design at BF+DA with 3D Garment Simulation
CLO recently hosted a 3-day Open Workshop at the Brooklyn…
Automation Leaves Women Garment Workers Vulnerable, A Video Game Aims to Change That
Image: Shimmy Upskill Technology has changed how we make clothing,…
Burberry Stops Incinerating Clothing Launching ‘Responsibility Agenda’
The South China Morning post recently wrote a story “Where…
Genetically Engineered Clothes: Forward Thinking or Harmful?
Can science make for a better fashion future? That has…
Allbirds Launches Sustainable Flip Flops & Goes Open Source
The Current Daily reports today that Allbirds has announced the…
TALKING TEK-TILES: How is Arduino Sustainable?
Arduino image, Chloe Falkenheim What is arduino? It’s more than…
INTERVIEW: Olivia Burca on the Future of Yoga & Interactive Clothing
Olivia Burca is a designer in sustainability and technology and…
27 Textile Books to Read Instead of Going to the 4th of July Barbecue
Summer is in full swing and while everyone else is…
How to Redefine Fashion & Tech in 10 Weeks in Brooklyn
Design for fashion’s future is being flipped on its well-coifed…
Op-Ed: I Am A Disabled Cyborg
On the heels of our recent Pizza, Beer and Ethics…
COMPUTER 1.0 Explores the Industrial Revolution’s Impact on Textiles & Tech
What happens when you let two people, from two different…
BU Period’s Smart Sanitary Pad Helping Women Take Health Back
Vanessa Siverls is the developer of BUP Smart Pad, a…
DETA Creates Zero Waste Knitted Bathing Suits
This week, DETA Knitwear launches their brand new collection all…
BF+DA’s Make It Black Selected For Levi’s Collaboratory
Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator business Make it Black has…
Four Rabbit’s Tyvek Jacket Embraces Zero Waste
Four Rabbit’s Tsunami Jacket on Kickstarter aims to throw the…
Dana Bronfman’s 3D Printed Sustainable and Socially Conscious Jewelry
Dana Bronfman makes jewelry that tells many stories – of…
#PressforProgress in the Fashion Industry This International Women’s Day
With International Women’s Day upon us, we look to storytelling…
New York State Awards Regional Economic Development Grant to BF+DA
Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator (BF+DA) has been…
POSITIVE IMPACT AWARDS: Avery Dennison Advances Responsible Technology
If some 10 billion products in the apparel, accessories and…
Knitted Rooms at New York Textile Month
TALENT! is an ongoing exhibition series featuring graduate works from…
Throwback Tech: The Cotton Gin
When we consider technology as it relates to apparel in…
Grammar Launches 5 Perfect White Shirts
Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator based business Grammar just launched…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
Sustainable Fashion Roadmap: Low Water Use Fibers
When thinking about low water use fibers, have you considered…
Algorithms Are Set to Replace Designers in the Fashion Industry
Quartz’s Marc Bain writes in “Amazon has an algorithm that…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
A Q&A With Mimaki on Environmentally Friendly Digital Printing
Mimaki USA is a global industry leader and manufacturer of…
Google Digitizes Fashion on ‘We Wear Culture’ Platform
“We Wear Culture” is a collaboration between Google and more…
Project Reefstone Uses Data-Generative Garments Showcasing Ocean Warming
Project Reefstone is a data-generative garment from Brooklyn Fashion +…
Futureworks Shops Opens Access to 9 Advanced Manufacturing Spaces
Prototyping in New York City just got a whole lot…
‘Shoetopia’ Makes 3D Sneakers Biodegradable
Barbara Motylińska and Zuza Gronwicz’s biodegradable 3D sneaker According to…
7 Ways Textiles & Design Are Helping Refugees
In the face of the refugee crisis, many designers are…
Is Neurocouture the New ‘Sexy’ in Fashion?
OpenBCI is a Brooklyn- based company providing open- source EEG…
BF+DA Knitwear Apprenticeship Open!
The Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator has just opened a…
We’re Hiring!
The BF+DA is growing and looking to add new staff!…
Adidas Uses Synthetic Spider Silk For Biodegradable Sneakers
According to Designboom, “Adidas’ Futurecraft has dedicated the past years…
10 Fashion Brands Innovating with Textile Waste
In a world of excess, innovation comes not just in…
U.S. Department of Commerce Awards $486K Research Grant to BF+DA
2016 Research Fellow Maddy Maxey, founder of Loomia. Photo by…
SERIES: Part 1-How Helpful Are Standards and Certifications?
The 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza should have never happened,…
INTERVIEW: Positive Impact Awards, Jamie Bainbridge, VP of Product Development, Bolt Threads
Jamie Bainbridge is the VP of Product Development at Bolt…
What If the Unworn Clothes in Your Closet Could Tweet at You to Wear Them?
In visions of the future, it’s often the machines that…
INTERVIEW: Teknikio Likens Wearable Tech to Zippers
“Wearable technology” is creating quite the buzz these days. Though…
QUOTED: The Falling of Fashionopolis
“But as the pillars of the inner temples of fashionopolis…
VIDEO: BF+DA Founder Deb Johnson Talks McQueen at FashTech London
Launched in 2014, FashTech has produced events and curated discussions…
NYC Fashion M.A.D.E. Awards the BF+DA a Knitwear Grant
A big thanks to a new NYC initiative, NYC Fashion…
Andrew Bolton, The Met’s Costume Institute Curator Embraces Future Fashion
(Image: Fashion Redef) In a Fashion Redef original interview, Adam…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
Rio Olympians Suit Up in High-Tech Apparel
Business of Fashion writes: “For the Rio Olympics, Nike used…
Etology Embraces a Circular Economy For Fashion With Information Tech
Etology, a fashion tech company embracing circular economy principles will…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
Friday 5: Five Stories That Changed The Way We Think About Fashion
Every week we put together our Friday 5 -five stories…
15 Textile Books To Add To Your Summer Reading List
Earlier this year, we rounded up 10 fantastic textile books,…
Wearable Experiments’ Football Fan Shirt Connects Players to People
Wearable Experiments and Billie Whitehouse just announced the European launch…
Are Robots The New Seamstresses?
According to Business of Fashion, robots just might be the…
Fashion Innovation Alliance, Connecting Leading Voices in Fashion+Tech Policy
Based in Washington D.C., The Fashion Innovation Alliance serves as…
Safety Wearables: Armor For the ‘Industrial Athlete’
The Crated, Strong Arm Technologies, and Bon Bouton by Flextra…
Lauren Slowik of Shapeways’ Ten Favorite 3D Scanning Projects
Lauren Slowik at the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator’s Tech Tuesday It…
3D Printing’s “Pink Panther” Sets Stage For Talking Feminism In Tech
When you start poking around 3D printing blogs, marketplaces, websites,…
10 Billion Items of Connected Clothing, A New Mine for Sustainability Data
Forbes writes that some 10 billion products in the apparel,…
A&E Launches Color Identification Mobile App
Continuing its 125-year tradition in textile manufacturing, American & Efird…
Female Farmers Changing The Fashion Industry-Profile: Jeanne Carver
This interview is part of a series focused on female…
5 Ways Designers Are Using Pollution For Good
Image: Bury Pollution Garment: Alex Tosti Today, one in eight…
Are Self-Cleaning Fabrics In Our Future? New Research Says Yes
Image: RyanMcGuire Almost a quarter of the water used in…
Join Us Wednesday At The FashTech London Summit!
Launched in 2014, FashTech has produced events and curated discussions…
Live Chat on The Guardian: ‘Can Tech Give the Fashion Industry a Sustainability Makeover?’
Join experts from the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator, Patagonia, FashTech London,…
The Textile Industry Looks to Tech for Revival
As the textile industry looks to tech for a modern…
4 Reasons Indie Designers Should Get Onboard the 3D Printing Train NOW
In the not-too-distant future, there is no part of our…
Is The Next Industrial Revolution 3D Centric?
TechCrunch writes: “3D printing is making its way forward in…
BF+DA Research Fellow Maddy Maxey Gets a Today Show Close Up!
The TODAY show just launched a special series in honor…
Evolving Fabrics Might Just Lead Fashion’s Tech Future
Lauren Bowker and her studio THE UNSEEN have come up…
Iris Van Herpen’s ‘Transforming Fashion’ Exhibit Launches in Atlanta
Image: Bart Oomes, No 6 Studios, Chemical Crows (2008) Fast…
Positive Impact Awards: Fanmail, BF+DA Mentors Award for Entrepreneurship
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
Positive Impact Awards: Carl Zimring, Pratt Design Educators for Technology and Sustainability
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
Positive Impact Awards: Phelan, P.LAB Award for Design Innovation
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
Positive Impact Awards: Madison Maxey, T.LAB Award for Technology and Apparel
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
Positive Impact Awards: Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, Pratt Design Educators Award for Technology and Sustainability
This year, to celebrate the Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator’s…
Do You Know Where Your Halloween Costume Came From?
MTV News reports: “Halloween is a money-maker. Though the holiday’s got…
CraftingPlastics! Fuses Plants, Craft and a Sprinkle of Technology
Image: Crafting Plastics Not Just a Label writes about Berlin-based…
The Kansas City Factories That Once Made Our Clothing
KCUR 89.3 is the flagship NPR station in the Kansas…
VIDEO: Dressed in Code With Zac Posen and BF+DA Research Fellow Maddy Maxey
WWD writes: “All over Manhattan designers are calling in their…
Savile Row Tailors Embrace Tech
Google’s Project Jacquard smart fabric Forbes writer Rachel Arthur writes:…
‘Wool’ From Slaughterhouse Waste: Cool or Creepy?
The Christian Science Monitor reports that researchers have pioneered a…
Textile Plants Are Dhaka’s Water Problem And Solution
Water is becoming an increasingly hot topic world wide in…
Grad Student Creates Entire (Soft) Fashion Collection With 3-D Printers
Danit Peleg, who recently graduated from the Shenkar College of…