An Iconology of the Textile in Art and Architecture" (University of Zurich) and "Networks: Textile Arts and Textility in a Transcultural Perspective (4th-17th Cent.)" (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) posts
The Economist Nigeria's northern cities of Kaduna and Kano were once home to textile mills that employed 350,000 people. They now employ perhaps a tenth of that number
Why textile factories across many African countries are rusting
economist.com
Will manufacturing in Africa ever take off?
97 months ago
HuffPost Impact This mobile lab is spreading the word about ethical textile design.
104 months ago
Huffington Post UK This mobile lab is spreading the word about ethical textile design
104 months ago
The Huffington Post This mobile lab is spreading the word about ethical textile design.
104 months ago
CNNMoney The U.S. sent thousands of textile jobs to China.
Now China is sending some back. (via Quartz)
118 months ago
The New York Times Twenty-five years ago, Ni Meijuan earned $19 a month working the spinning machines at a textile factory in China.
Now at a cotton mill in South Carolina, she is training American workers to do the job she used to do.
Chinese Textile Mills Are Now Hiring in Places Where Cotton Was King
nytimes.com
Chinese textile manufacturers drawn by cheap cotton, falling labor costs and government incentives are helping revive depressed mill towns in the American South.
119 months ago
The Wall Street Journal How a textile giant once led by an anti-Free Trade activist learned to love free trade.
How a U.S. Textile Maker Came to Embrace Free Trade
wsj.com
South Carolina textile maker Milliken & Co., like other U.S. companies, dropped its protectionist stance as business went global.
122 months ago
Heather Kirk Calling all graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers. We are looking for the best design to present our company manifesto. The winner will receive an iPad mini, and a tote bag with their design printed on it. The manifesto is as follows:
F Read more ... ind joy in life’s mysteries and reverence in discovery. Get to know other living things and understand your relationship to them. Ask questions and share your ideas. Consider where things come from and what will happen to them when you let them go. Accept the kindness of others, then pass it on. Write your own story and play a brilliant role in the stories of others. Be sure that your idea of success is your own. And always wear clothes that you can dance in, because you never know when movement will strike you.
see www.amitytextilearts.com/contest/ for more details, and please share!
Amity Textile Arts - Style, Sustainability, Simplicity
amitytextilearts.com
At Amity Textile Arts, we are all about finding the best ways of producing stylish and ethically manufactured textile-based items. We want to do things differently, by providing everybody in our supply chain with opportunities to earn a living wage, Read more ... build profitable and creative businesses in their…
124 months ago
Heather Kirk Calling all graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers. We are looking for the best design to present our company manifesto. The winner will receive an iPad mini, and a tote bag with their design printed on it. The manifesto is as follows:
F Read more ... ind joy in life’s mysteries and reverence in discovery. Get to know other living things and understand your relationship to them. Ask questions and share your ideas. Consider where things come from and what will happen to them when you let them go. Accept the kindness of others, then pass it on. Write your own story and play a brilliant role in the stories of others. Be sure that your idea of success is your own. And always wear clothes that you can dance in, because you never know when movement will strike you.
see www.amitytextilearts.com/contest/ for more details, and please share!
Amity Textile Arts - Style, Sustainability, Simplicity
amitytextilearts.com
At Amity Textile Arts, we are all about finding the best ways of producing stylish and ethically manufactured textile-based items. We want to do things differently, by providing everybody in our supply chain with opportunities to earn a living wage, Read more ... build profitable and creative businesses in their…
124 months ago
Heather Kirk Calling all graphic designers, illustrators, and photographers. We are looking for the best design to present our company manifesto. The winner will receive an iPad mini, and a tote bag with their design printed on it. The manifesto is as follows:
F Read more ... ind joy in life’s mysteries and reverence in discovery. Get to know other living things and understand your relationship to them. Ask questions and share your ideas. Consider where things come from and what will happen to them when you let them go. Accept the kindness of others, then pass it on. Write your own story and play a brilliant role in the stories of others. Be sure that your idea of success is your own. And always wear clothes that you can dance in, because you never know when movement will strike you.
see www.amitytextilearts.com/contest/ for more details, and please share!
Amity Textile Arts - Style, Sustainability, Simplicity
amitytextilearts.com
At Amity Textile Arts, we are all about finding the best ways of producing stylish and ethically manufactured textile-based items. We want to do things differently, by providing everybody in our supply chain with opportunities to earn a living wage, Read more ... build profitable and creative businesses in their…
124 months ago