Design and consulting company New York Textile Lab is helping move the textile industry away from extraction and waste, and towards circularity and regeneration.
Q&A with Laura Sansone Founder, New York Textile Lab
May 20, 2021
The Way Of Rebellion
Sansone, Laura, “Distributed Network: The New Fashion Economy”. The Way Of Rebellion Vol: 1. Edited by Kate Fletcher, 2018: 8-9
Corporate growth logic in the fashion and textile industry leads to environmental problems, lack of trust and the centralization of economic power. This writing discusses the potential to build deep value and trust into our clothing and textile production systems through distributed network technologies.
Design and Nature
Timo Rissanen and Laura Sansone. Design and Nature: A Partnership. Edited by Kate Fletcher, Louise St. Pierre, Mathilda Tham, NY: Routeledge, 2019: 153
I collaborated on a chapter in this book with my colleague Timo Rissanen. The writing is about our teaching pedagogy in the Sustainable Systems course at Parsons School of Design in NYC . My contribution explores the relationship between design, nature and textile production through the lens of harvesting and developing regionally sourced, plant based textile dyes. My writing speaks to designers about the importance to foster interdependencies between our natural and human ecosystems. This book was edited by Kate Fletcher, Louise St. Pierre, and Mathilda Tham. The book is published by Routledge and can be purchased here.
The Spirit Of Place
Sansone, Laura, “The Spirit of Place”. New York Textile Month Issue 2 2017: 179-181
This article is a call to action for designers to build deep wealth in the textile products they create through regional sourcing and place based textile development. It discusses the creation of the NYS Regional Yarn Sourcebook, a tool that connects designers and farmers together to help grow a decentralized textile economy. You can purchase this publication here.