Royal College of Art graduate Iona Inglesby has launched a company that converts DNA data into unique graphic prints and patterned textiles (+ movie). More about Dot One produces personalised textiles and prints based on DNA data
Google data and mouse movements become customisable textile patterns in Print All Over Me's fashion collaboration with artist Lia and studio Sosolimited. More about Print All Over Me turns search terms and mouse activity into textile patterns
Dutch Design Week 2015: Tilburg's TextielMuseum has worked with Dutch designer Hella Jongerius to launch a collection of plaid throws developed by Simone Post and Studio Truly Truly (+ slideshow). More about TextielMuseum collaborates with Dutch designers on plaid textile collection
Dutch Design Week 2015: Eindhoven designer Jessica Smarsch used digitally captured body movements to inform the raised patterns across the clothes in this fashion collection. More about Jessica Smarsch transforms muscle movements into textured garments
Norwegian designer Andreas Engesvik has created a range of textiles for Danish brand Georg Jensen Damask, with subtle patterns based on hand-drawn lines. More about Andreas Engesvik's hand-drawn grids inform textile patterns for Georg Jensen Damask
This footwear from the Swiss Barefoot Company is designed to protect wearers' feet by wrapping them in Dyneema – a fabric stronger than steel and Kevlar (+ slideshow). More about Swiss Barefoot Company's glove-like socks are made from material stronger than Kevlar
Dutch researcher Paulien Routs has worked with conceptual design studio Droog to develop a spray for activewear that monitors wearers' hydration levels by reacting to their sweat (+ slideshow). More about SOAK textile coating changes colour to warn wearers of dehydration
Graduate shows 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Adam Blencowe has created a series of samples to demonstrate a new technique that brings "unprecedented precision" to the felting of woven textiles (+ slideshow). More about Adam Blencowe brings digital technology to traditional felting techniques with Fuzzy Logic
In this movie, Dutch designer Hella Jongerius introduces the three latest additions to Danskina's range of rugs and explains how she "always starts with the yarn" when designing new textiles. More about Hella Jongerius' new rugs for Danskina were designed from the yarn up
NeoCon 2015:David Adjaye has created a range of African-inspired textiles for Knoll, in addition to curating a related exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. More about David Adjaye aims to dispel stereotypical images of Africa through textile designs
Milan 2015: Polish designer Martyna Barbara Golik has created a collection of textiles based on the different categories of flavour the mouth can taste (+ movie). More about Martyna Barbara Golik translates tastes into textiles
Brazilian designer Bianca Cheng Costanzo has created a woollen blanket from 180 triangles hand-sewn into tessellated pyramids (+ slideshow). More about Wool pyramids form origami-inspired Bloom blanket
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie, designer and researcher Amy Congdon explains how tissue engineering could be used to grow new biological textiles for the fashion industry. More about Amy Congdon's couture fashion integrates textile design and tissue engineering
DesignMarch 2015: this textile range by Reykjavik designer Hanna Whitehead is covered with bright flecks and dots based on the coloured glazes from her ceramics collections. More about Colourful speckles and polka dots pattern fabrics by Studio Hanna Whitehead
Lengths of delicately woven fabric were draped over metal skewers at this Tokyo exhibition about the tradition of hemp textiles in Japan (+ slideshow). More about Yusuke Seki showcases fragile hemp textiles across banks of metal rods
Stockholm 2015: Oslo studio StokkeAustad has combined colourful textiles with a selection of shinier materials to create acoustic panels that feature geometric patterns (+ slideshow). More about StokkeAustad's acoustic panels pair colourful fabric with metal and stone
Design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir has launched two Icelandic wool blankets shaped to look like the wings of a swan and an eider duck as part of a range of avian-influenced covers. More about Vík Prjónsdóttir launches latest wing-shaped blankets made from Icelandic wool
Dutch Design Week 2014: these textiles by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alexandra Stück are infused with different remedial herbal scents to make the wearer feel calm, focused or horny. More about Alexandra Stück's Herbal Kneipp Textiles use scent to promote wellbeing
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: these objects designed by Austrian studio Mischer'Traxler are equipped with both the tools and instructions required for reproducing them (+ slideshow). More about Mischer'Traxler reveals manufacturing processes by transforming objects into tool kits
Dutch Design Week 2014: retro-reflective thread is woven into a range of fabrics by Marlies Schets to create a line of accessories that reflect light at night, turning them into cycling safety garments. More about Marlies Schets' reflective fabrics turn everyday accessories into cycling safety gear