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TF 3/2011

Sustainable Textiles

English edition

Title: Contract fabric "blue-structure", Lifecycle pure new wool with proof of origin/ramie; Design by Gessner AG

TF: 48 high quality colour pages, A4-format
Some of the articles are presented with complete contact addresses.

Active links as of 1st September 2011 (Without guarantee for later functioning)
(The Address Database of the ETN Association is continuously updated, including all available and current links.)

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TF Regional (pp. 2-6)
Reports (pp. 7-19)
Preview (pp. 20-27)
MAIN TOPIC (pp.28-43)
Books (pp. 44-45)
Calendar (ETN Database!)
Ads (pp. 47-53)

 

Short Notes

2

FIBERARTS magazine discontinues distribution

Telos Art Publishing closed its doors and offers remainders
Successor

Reopening of the Abegg Foundation
Abegg Foundation

Laos and its ethnic groups
The TAEC Centre

Supplementary videos for the Wool Route in the Maas-Rhine Euregio
Woll Route


TF Regional (A, CH, D)

 

Textile+Fashion Innovation Awards 2011
Textil+Fashion Confederation


3

Hat Creations
Website

'Femme 1' - Fair for Fashion and Wearable Art
Women's Museum


4

33 Fabric Pattern Books Rediscovered in Berlin

Knitted, Glued, Knotted - Art Brut and Textiles
Kunsthaus Kannen

'Bramsche Red' and Green Coats
Museum of Clothmaking

Fan Flirting, exhibition in Munich
Munich Stadtmuseum

'Infinite Blue', Competition in Osnabrueck

Patchwork Competition in Bremen
Forum Molakunst

The Zweifach Fair

Quilt Art Symposium in Frankfurt/M.
Quiltkunst e.V.

Travel Bug Next to Skin, exhibition in Leipzig
Grassimuseum


5

St. Gall - The History of Lice in St. Gallen, exhibition
Textile Museum

Dare to Wear a Hat: 'The largest show of hats in the world' in Neuburg/D
Website

Shapes and Colours in Basel, exhibition of a Swiss artists group


 

Reports

7

'Stickstich 2011', International Design Award of Plauen-Vogtland
Website

Apolda European Design Award 2011
Website


8

ISEND 2011 Europe - International Symposium & Exhibition on Natural Dyes in La Rochelle
Website


9

The Surface Design Conference in Minnesota, USA
Website


10

Arrrgh! Monsters in Fashion, exhibition in Athens
Atopos

Feltrosa: 2011 Conference in Italy


11

The Handbag, exhibition in Florence

'Reverse and Frontside', exhibition in Bratislava
TXT Association

5th International Exhibition of Mini Textile Art, Kherson/Ukraine

Major Weaving Exhibition in Denmark


12 The 14th Techtextil/Avantex and Material Vision plus Texprocess fairs
The Techtextil fair
16 The 6th World Textile Art (WTA) Biennial in Mexiko
WTA
19 The 4th Arnhem Fashion Biennial
Website

Preview  

 

Textile Forum magazine is known for its complete quarterly calendar. For the fourth quarter of 2011, 154 current exhibitions are listed, 41 specialized meetings respectively further educational opportunities and 17 competitions. The special pages for Germany, Austria and Switzerland have a calendar of more than 54 additional exhibitions, meetings/courses, competitions and fairs/markets.
(Up-to-date event overview see Calendar/ETN Database)
 

 

Exhibitions

20

Textiles & Fashion: Europe's View of the World
- The 7th International Triennial of Textile Art in Tournai/B
- The First International Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2011


22 Exhibition of Textile Art in Japan und New York
23 Energheira - 2011 Como Miniartextil
24

The 7. International Paper Triennial of Charmey/CH

Fascinating Paper, travelling exhibition of the IAPMA Association
IAPMA


25

Art, Culture and Elegance, exhibition with Willy Maywald fashion photos in Mulhouse/F

The 2nd 'TexpoArt' - Triennial in Iaşi/Romania

'Fashion and Art, a passionate affair', exhibition in The Hague/NL
Gemeentemuseum

'Thoughts of a Summer Night', exhibition at the Brussels Musée du Costume et de la dentelle

50th Anniversary of the Riga Textile Department, in autumn 2011



 

COMPETITIONS

26

'Animal Fibers: Art informs Shibori', in the framework of the Hong Kong Shibori Symposium

'Fash 2012' - Active Performance Sportswear, competition of the German Clothing Industry
Website

New Publication on Textile Art by Mary Schoeser/UK

'New Beat' - International Student Competition in the framework of the Hong Kong Shibori Symposium

'Outside/Inside the Box', competition in USA
Fiber Philadelphia

Costume Colloquium in Florence
Romualdo del Bianco Foundation

The 2012 Holland Paper Biennial
Website

Tapestry Exhibition ''Pacific Portals', USA
American Tapestry Alliance

European Art Quilt VII - EQA competition
EQA

'Scythia 9' - International Symposium of Textile Art
Skythia


 

MEETINGS/COURSES

 

17th Patchwork Meeting in Alsace
Patchwork Europe

The World Batik Summit 2011 in Indonesia
Website


27

The Knitting & Stitching Show in London, Dublin and Harrogate
Website

The 8th International Shibori Symposium in Hong Kong
Website


 

EXHIBITIONS

 

Table Cloth Stories, exhibition in Horst/NL
Museum de Kantfabriek

iFabric - European Talent, exhibition in Tilburg/NL
Textile Museum


MAIN TOPIC: Sustainable Textiles

28

The Gessner Company and the Cradle-To-Cradle-Princip, Report by Dietmar Laue


30

Introduction: Eco/Sustainable Fashion


31

Sustainable Fashion & Textiles - A book by Kate Fletcher, Report by Beatrijs Sterk


34

Shaping Sustainable Fashion - Changing the Way we Make and Use Clothes, A new book, Report by Beatrijs Sterk


36 Sustainable Textiles: Nature or Nurture? Report by Marie O'Mahony
39 Eco Fashion - Top Labels Discover Green Fashion - A new book, Report by Dietmar Laue
40 Textiles and Sustainability - Incidental remarks and afterword, by Dietmar Laue
43 Plastic Bottles Turn to Yarn - The PET Bottle Story, Report by Dietmar Laue
 

Books

44

Fashion Museum at Meyenburg Castle - 20th Century Ladies' Fashion, Josefine Edle von Krepl Collection; Modemuseum Schloß Meyenburg 2011

Color Tattoo Art - Cartoons,Comics, Pin-Up, Manga, by Marisa Kakoulas; Edition Reuss, Aschaffenburg 2011

German Fashion Design 1944-2012; ed. Nadine Barth; Distanz-Verlag 2011


45

Advanced Textiles for Health and Wellbeing, Marie O'Mahony; Thames & Hudson, London 2011


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Surface Design Association


50

Digital Weaving Norway AS


51

Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio

Abegg-Stiftung


52

Wollknoll

Haupt-Verlag

Arm AG, Webgeräte

Textilmarkt Benediktbeuern

Quilt Star

Venne-Colcoton

Webstuhlmanufaktur Rudi Künzl


53

Tree Tops Colours Harmonies

Textile Support

Centre for Sustainable Fashion

Gruppo Colle, Colour Card for Felt Artists & Designers


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