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I AM WATER: Accessory Engineering
Client: Studio Lotto, for I AM WATER Challenge: develop a premium, protective accessory for the iamwater glass water bottle. Cost and schedule were limited. Solution: recommended that iamwater consider 3D knitting, in addition to cut&sew. Provided tech packs for sewn and knit construction, intros to suppliers, and guided supplier conversations…
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Hands-on linen learning
Excerpts from Laura’s travel notes in the flax-growing region of Belgium In June 2025, I went to the world’s center of linen production, Kortrijk, Vlaanderen (Flanders), Belgium. I saw flax fields, toured a linen weaving mill, and visited the flax museum there. After my visits, I am in possession of…
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3D Modeling Textiles
Modeling the knit Following up on our Beni Lamp design article, we wanted to discuss the process we used for 3D modelling the textile for use in Gray Dawdy‘s renderings. There are textile rendering “swatch” libraries available online, but we wanted to be able to do a first pass assessment…
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Smart Textiles: a Guide to Designing With Their Complexity
In early 2025, we surveyed the smart textile landscape. We found that smart textiles make vast promises as a powerful new materials category.However, smart textile products have yet to properly deliver on those promises, since designing with smart textiles is not yet like working with components from mature industries. Read…
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Beni Lamp: Design Process
In a recent collaboration with Gray Dawdy, Oplossing Design specified the “hat” textile for Beni. Here’s what that design process looks like. Oplossing Design specializes in anticipating challenges at the prototype stage, so that each product’s journey to mass production is as smooth as possible. So how do we do…
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Materials Analysis – Technical Rain Coat
Main, blue textile The blue textile is 100% nylon, and it is a laminate of an inner, grey knit, a white membrane/adhesive layer, and the blue, outer woven. The adhesion in this laminate stack failed in two areas: The hem, possibly due to abrasion. See area of chatoyance on the…
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