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What if data could be used as a shared language to connect the public and private sectors—and optimize both the economic viability and the CO2 footprint of textile circulation? Based in the Netherlands, the TEXroad Foundation is working to make this possible.
Its focus is on using data to strengthen the infrastructure of textile management, optimize available data, statistics, and KPIs for business and policy decisions, and co-develop a network for exchanging B2G and B2B data.
TEXroad acts as a neutral entity that connects digital platforms and develops a flow of standardized data to map the movement of textiles through the reverse supply chain. This is used to generate statistics, KPIs, best practices, and reports that meet the requirements of policy monitoring, assess impacts, identify system inefficiencies, and enable transparency.
TEXroad was founded by Traci Kinden, an innovator with more than 10 years of experience in circular textiles.
»Good data helps companies in the textile and fashion industry work more efficiently, identify new opportunities, and ensure compliance more easily.«
Traci Kinden, Director of TEXroad
TEXroad is currently developing a digital platform that consolidates key textile data from various sources and makes it usable for public authorities, projects, and circular value chains. The platform is scheduled to go live in spring 2025.
Follow their LinkedIn page for more information and launch updates.
»The Data Hub addresses challenges in the post-consumer value chain, such as a lack of transparency in textile flows, inconsistent data sharing between partners, and inefficient reporting to the public sector.«
Traci Kinden
On January 22, Traci will debunk misconceptions about textile data—and show how industry stakeholders can benefit by turning numbers into action. Join the session moderated by Muchaneta ten Napel at 11:30 AM on the KEYHOUSE stage.
Modularity is not a new concept. For decades, it has shaped architecture, furniture and industrial design. Applying it to soft textiles, however, opens up an entirely new discussion.
Creativity and curiosity have always been our driving force. Our work evolves through prototypes—never finished, always raising new questions about materials, processes, and possibilities.
Both the fashion and textile industry often celebrates creativity. Yet many of the industry’s creative decisions are made long before a designer ever begins designing. Colour being one of them. The thing is, by the time a designer selects yarn, someone else has already determined the available colours, sequences and combinations. Choice exists, but only within boundaries.
“Through hands-on experimentation, I explore the potential of new surfaces and alternative forms of leather, aiming to reconnect human life with the natural world as an interconnected fabric.”
