Smart clothing plays a key role at Techtextil 2019. To what extent is the fashion industry really focusing on combining fabrics with technology, however?

On the occasion of Techtextil 2019 we show you five trailblazing projects – and in each of them technical textiles really make the architecture.

Techtextil 2019 will once again be showcasing innovative developments in the field of technical textiles and nonwovens.

On May 14, Techtextil 2019 opens for business. And this year the trade fair has chosen “Urban Living – City of the Future” as its special theme.

What impact will global urbanization have on our cities? An essay by Peter Cachola Schmal on the occasion of the Techtextil special event themed “Urban Living – City of the Future”.

With a textile pavilion, Ben van Berkel, the founder of UN Studio, has demonstrated what we may soon see being used for high-rises. We spoke to the architect about his research.

What is currently being developed for outer space and will soon also be used on Earth – is something that is right up the alley of Arnaud Runge, who researches high-tech textiles for medical applications for the European Space Agency. In our interview he gives us an idea of his work.

Travel with UN Studio to Mars to discover new products and new applications for lightweight architecture: We present the highlights of this year’s Techtextil in Frankfurt.

The Millennium Dome in London is one of the largest domes made from textile in the world. Now a spectacular roofwalk leads over the dome.

The pavilion that UN Studio and MDT-Tex have designed for the Amsterdam Light Festival is inspired by luminescent fish from the depths of the ocean.