make-a-thek TEXTILE BAR — A living textile system in public

Hanna Sin Gebauer , Sara Diaz Rodriguez , Sarah Prien , Jessica Guy , Carina Bischof

Englisch
Sonderformat
Wirtschaft & Innovation
#Common good #Nachhaltigkeit #Never Gonna Give You Up
make-a-thek textile bar
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Textile Bar is a hands-on installation where retired event fabric, hotel linen and household textiles are washed, visibly mended, naturally dyed, and transformed into new items in front of visitors. As part of make-a-thek, Europe’s modular library-makerspace project for circular fashion and craft, Textile Bar lets people bring fabric, watch the work, and take part in a Collect → Care → Create → Circulate loop.

Textile Bar turns circular fashion into a public, participatory experience. Instead of hiding textile reuse inside factories or recycling plants, we bring the work into the room: washing, mending, dyeing with plant waste, cutting, and sewing all happen live. The installation is part of make-a-thek, a European project that equips public libraries with modular makerspaces for circular fashion, heritage craft, and digital fabrication. Textile Bar focuses on textiles: visitors can bring in worn clothing or retired hotel linen, see stains become colour through natural dyes, and watch visible mending turn wear into design. Each piece of fabric is treated as a material with many lives. Some items return to use as refreshed linen or cloth; others are transformed into aprons, napkins, tote bags, or small design objects. 

At re:publica, Textile Bar becomes a micro-economy and a conversation starter about labour, fashion, making, circular economy, waste, care, and climate.

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