Beyond Entangled: A collection of research stories from the Beyond e-Textiles research project 2021-2025

Together with the published articles and numerous exhibitions, both physical and digital, this collection of cases represents the project’s legacy. The presented works
showcase the formation of deep interdisciplinary links between participating researchers and mixing methodologies typical for the diverse participating domains. We see the case book as a rich material library and as a foundation for cross-disciplinary training where design and science meet to generate more sustainable material practices together, based on a better understanding of natural phenomena as agent for change. Moreover, a meaningful learning was that textile craftsmanship such as weaving, knitting, bobbin lace, dyeing and printing was a crucial factor to fully understand the character and potential of different light stimuli, ranging from UV to near-IR, as well as temperature as change agents on textiles. Other learnings, too numerous and occasionally too personal to list here, will hopefully reveal themselves to you, while reading.
NordForsk enabled this research through the funding to Nordic network on smart light-conversion textiles beyond electric circuits, 2021-2025, project ID: 103894. The work will continue with NorTex, 2025-2026, which allows us to further explore the journey towards a Nordic Center of Future Textiles, project ID: 202996. For this support we are truly grateful.