Material-Driven Textile Design (MDTD): A Methodology for Designing Circular Material-Driven Fabrication and Finishing Processes in the Materials Science Laboratory

In the context of circular economy, materials in scientific development present opportunities for material design processes that begin at a raw state, before being introduced into established and applications. The common separation from intervention results lack methodological approaches enabling designers to inform new respond properties. This paper presents PhD investigation led application Material-Driven Textile Design (MDTD) methodology research based science laboratory. It also fabrication textile composite with regenerated cellulose obtained waste textiles, resulting MDTD informing novel processes. methods practice which make up this include distinct phases exploration, translation activation, were developed via three design-led residencies laboratories Europe. proposes an approach setting is decoupled specific product or order lift disciplinary boundaries material-driven finishing intersection design.