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School canopy on high
July 1st, 2026
The open-air play area, located on a third-floor terrace, allows natural light while also offering safety and protection for the students. Photos: Marvel Architects This open-air play area is located on a third-floor terrace at the KIPP charter school in New York City’s Bronx, Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood. Its grounding is defined by the six-story brick […]
2026 State of the textile industry report
July 1st, 2026
Top row, from left: U.S. Army/Capt. Stephanie Snyder; Wholesale Shade/Robin DuBroy; Mohawk Textiles; Middle row: The Textile Engine/Franzi Charen; ILC Dover; Bottom row: Tropical J’s; Archroma; NASA JSC/Mark Sowa Last year, we were wondering how tariffs would affect the U.S. economy and the domestic portion of the global textile industry, as the rates seemed to […]
Fabric canopy aids environmental protection efforts
July 1st, 2026
Image: J. Miller Canvas LLC A canopy roughly the size of a blue whale’s torso is part of an apparatus in Newport Beach, Calif., helping to protect marine wildlife. The equipment is a trash interceptor, moored in San Diego Creek, where it removes trash and debris from the riverbed before it enters an environmentally sensitive preserve, […]
Why SOPs are the missing link in company growth
July 1st, 2026
Image: Dreamstime.com/© Andrei Dodonov Chaos can often be mistaken for capability. The ability to pivot quickly, solve problems on the fly and “make it work” under pressure is what many of us built our businesses on. For years, I believed that the more chaotic my life was, the more successful I must be. That the […]
Climate-friendly manufacturing
July 1st, 2026
To support sustainability goals, some companies, such as Jayalakshmi Textiles, based in Aruppukkottai, India, have invested in their own wind and solar power-generation sources. Image: Dreamstime.com/© Ilja Mašík Textiles have typically been an industry with high energy consumption. In some circumstances, it can be highly labor-intensive, depending on the level of modernization. A February 2026 […]
Artist Tomislav Topic features colorful mesh textiles
July 1st, 2026
Four artists led by the duo Quintessenz, Thomas Granseuer and Tomislav Topic, installed Kagkatikas Secret in a 400-year-old ruin on Paxos, Greece, for the inaugural Paxos Contemporary Art Project, which is part of the Paxos Biennale. The artwork comprises 120 mesh panels and 820 linear feet of steel wire and took 11 days to install. […]