Risk & Progress has published "Paying You to Live," an essay exploring risk, human progress, and individual potential. The publication states its mission is to educate, inspire, and invest in concepts promoting a better future for all, with free subscriptions and paid tiers offering full archive access and Pathways of Progress.
Textile Tales in STRUCTURE presents works by Do Ho Suh, known for sheer structures, alongside Harmony Hammond's 1980 piece 'Hunker Time' and a birds nest made from paper. The feature also includes ballet shoe industrial offcuts by Isabel Fletcher and Daniel Graffin's 1995 Wind Sculpture, plus original structured textiles.
The International Sign Association is directing sign and graphics professionals to August affiliate events, including the Tri-State Sign Association 2026 Sign Expo on Aug. 4-6 and the Northeast States Sign Association Table Top Event on Aug. 12. Sign Association of Canada regional golf tournaments run throughout August, and the ISA Events Calendar lists the full schedule of affiliate meetings, trade shows, and educational sessions.
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Risk & Progress, a publication covering risk and human progress, frames failure as a universal human experience in its "Try Everything" installment. The piece is part of the outlet's mission to educate, inspire, and invest in concepts promoting a better future, with free subscriptions and paid tiers offering full archive access and the "Pathways of Progress" series. No technical metrics, materials, or manufacturing outcomes are reported in the available source text.
ISA selected 35 participants from more than 90 applicants for its 2026-2027 ISA Elite class, which recognizes young leaders in the sign and graphics industry. The class will meet in person for the first time in October at ISA headquarters and reconvene at ISA International Sign Expo 2027 in Las Vegas in March. ISA is also opening sponsorship opportunities for the first time to support continued growth of the program.
ISA is calling on sign and graphics companies to use its Sign MFG Day toolkit to bring students into their facilities and build a future workforce pipeline. The toolkit provides step-by-step planning guidance, school and official outreach templates, ready-to-use infographics and promotional materials, and a full timeline checklist. Companies can host on the official October 2 date or schedule events when it works best and use the toolkit year-round.
Techtextil and Texprocess 2026, held 21–24 April in Frankfurt, convened over 1,700 exhibitors and 36,000 visitors from 112 countries, with more than 150 exhibitors specifically addressing defence-related protective textile needs.
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Cass produces microbe-patterned t-shirts by burying wetted, balled-up Everybody.World 100% cotton blanks one to two feet deep in thermophilic compost piles, adding them at around 120°F and pulling them as the pile climbs to about 165°F over roughly 3 to 4 days.
Katherine Soucie (Sans Soucie) has released a series of upcycling textile business resources for Earth Day, including a Reuse Brand Manifesto Template, an Up-Cycology™ system template, a Business Plan Guide, and a Waste Sourcing and Industry Partnerships Template.
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Risk & Progress has published "Dynamos of Discovery," an essay exploring risk, human progress, and individual potential. The publication states its mission is to educate, inspire, and invest in concepts promoting a better future for all, with free subscriptions and paid access to the full archive and "Pathways of Progress."
Katherine Soucie of Sans Soucie adapted a three-thread Union Special coverstitch machine to develop the Collage Technique, a zero-waste textile reassembly method for accessories that uses two- and three-thread layering to stitch and join sock waste.
Textile artist Katherine Soucie argues that the ethics of upcycling begin with "Unmaking"—a slow, observational practice of studying waste materials before transformation—rather than with re-making itself.
Katherine Soucie released her Multi-Stream Upcycling Framework as a free visual resource on International Women's Day, adapted from her M.E.N.D framework covering Method, Evaluate, Navigate, and Design. The framework is intended to help makers, designers, artists, and small practices assess and work with multiple textile waste streams as part of a larger system rather than a single material pathway. Soucie is sharing the full framework as downloadable images with a credit requirement and is developing it into an online course and book.
Textile waste designer Katherine Soucie has launched the Waste(D) Substack to share frameworks and methods from over 25 years of upcycling practice, including her M.E.N.D and Up‑Cycology frameworks developed through a practice‑based PhD.
George & Willy's retail display guide outlines six merchandising strategies aimed at lifting in-store sales, citing that over 70% of purchasing decisions occur inside the store. The guide reports that special display boxes raised sales by 80% to 478%, cross merchandising drove up to 30% revenue growth, and digital displays increased foot traffic by about 17% and sales by 30% on average. It also states that products at eye level see a 35% higher selection rate than those on lower shelves.
George & Willy's 2026 guide specifies that outdoor electronic message signs require an IP65 or higher ingress protection rating to seal against dust and direct water jets. It recommends a minimum of 1,500 nits for shaded or semi-outdoor areas and 2,500 nits or more for direct sunlight, with active cooling, integrated heaters and filtered ventilation to manage heat, condensation and freezing.
This 2026 guide compares online signage creators Canva, Adobe Express, Snappa and Vistaprint for designing and printing business signs without professional design software.
Textile Tales has republished its "Keeping Warm" archive feature, originally posted in January 2021 and previously revived in January 2023. The piece compiles work from Issey Miyake by Irving Penn, Deepa Panchamia, Maryam Ashkanian, Tom Johnson Studio, Daisy Collingridge, Alice Walton, Andrea Salvatori, Thom Browne SS14, Foldi Kinga, Jacqui Fink, Lin Tianmiao, Lucy McCrae, Lorina Bulwer, and a 200BC padded armour reference.
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Textile Tales' winter edition features work by Tokujin Yoshioka, Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2012 collection, and 94-year-old Italian artist Elisa Montessori, among others. The post also notes Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña's exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, running until July 26. The author says the monthly series will continue in 2026.
Messe Frankfurt has opened presentation submissions for the Techtextil Forum and Texprocess Forum 2026, with a deadline of 15 December 2025. An international Programme Committee will review contributions for relevance and quality and curate the programme; selected speakers will be announced at the beginning of February 2026. The forums run from 21 to 24 April 2026 in Frankfurt, and participation is free of charge, with short presentations written in English and supplemented with visualisations.
Messe Frankfurt reports high registration numbers for Techtextil and Texprocess 2026, with an exceptionally large number of new exhibitors alongside established players. The trade fairs, scheduled for 21 to 24 April 2026, will feature an adapted hall layout including a new Textile Chemicals & Dyes area in Hall 9.0 and a Performance Apparel Textiles area. Exhibitors from cutting, sewing, and finishing equipment segments have already registered, driven by automation, digitalisation, and AI.
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