TFRC

TFRC is comprised of researchers across Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (CSM) and Chelsea College of Art and Design (CCW), at the University of the Arts London (UAL). The researchers are engaged in a clearly focused range of textile related research that explores the question "How can more sustainable futures be enabled by textiles?"

Our approach to sustainable design is pursued through strategy, science and technology, and society & wellbeing. Its principle concerns are to improve the textile product's footprint through design - developing the interface between science and design, and exploring and facilitating technology translation and convergence - in order to improve future textile/material applications. TFRC researchers are also interested in how textile design can facilitate social change, often through using digital and social networking tools. Textiles as a subject leads to diverse interfaces with many other design fields, and this is well reflected in our members projects and outputs, covering design applications such as fashion, interior textiles, new materials, future design probes, design for future energy, food design, as well as critical texts. www.tfrc.org.uk

TFRC Industry Collaborations: TFRC is working on a collaboration with US based VF Corporation which has resulted in numerous contracts - for exhibition curation, product development, creative direction, and sustainable design training. Research and training projects are also under way with MISTRA and H&M in Sweden, and a number of other international clients.

The Textiles Environment Design (TED) cluster, part of TFRC, based at Chelsea College of Art and Design, has over the last ten years it has been developing a set of practice-based sustainable design strategies that assist designers in creating textiles that have a reduced impact on the environment. These individual strategies have over time evolved into TED's TEN, a design toolbox which promote interconnected design thinking for textile, fashion & product design. www.tedresearch.net

Rebecca Earley, TFRC Director

For more information about TFRC research and consultancy, please contact:
Monica Hundal, CSM Innovation
E: m.hundal@csm.arts.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)20 7514 8716
TFRC, Central Saint Martins College of Arts & Design
Granary Building, 1 Granary Square
London N1C 4AA

TFRC would like to thank the following companies and organisations for their support: