Author Archives: Hellen van Rees
Nov
On saturday evening the 6th of november Hellen will be a guest at the Museumfabriek in Enschede. It’s “museumnacht” or late opening, at 9 cultural institutes in Enschede. All locations have a full programme starting at 19:00h until 0:00h. One of the Museums, “De Museumfabriek,” is focussing their evening on the Textiel Festival Twente, that […]
Nov
This Thursday Hellen will be in Berlin for a keynote at the at Pioneers of Future Fashion event by Re-Fream. She’ll be discussing within the theme “user centered and inclusive design approaches in the fashion industry for creating a better tomorrow” with Wolfgang Gumpelmaier-Mach and Anna Bernagozzi. User centered and inclusive design approaches in the […]
Oct
The Wearable Breathing Trainer, Brish, is nominated for the Klokhuis Science prize. The initiative by the popular Dutch childrens TV programme puts research projects in the spotlight, that are particularly interesting for their target audience. The Brish shirt is a smart wearable for children who have troubles with breathing, such as asthma and other types […]
Feb
On 1 March 2021, television broadcaster BNNVARA will launch a programme called ‘We Gaan Het Maken!’ (We’re going to make it!) on the NPO 1 channel. In this programme, researchers/creators help people with disabilities to find a solution that will change their lives. Hellen van Rees was asked by the University of Twente to participate, since […]
Feb
Sustainability in Tech – The Future of Fashion, Textiles, and Electronics with Wearable Tech – online, 4 Feb 6-7:30 CET What role can wearable and close-to-body technologies play in ensuring that the fashion, textiles, and electronics industries are sustainable? Hellen van Rees will be part of the expert panel alongside Max Marwede, researcher at Fraunhofer […]
Jan
The Dutch “Textile Committee,” a non-profit organisation aiming to collect and spread knowledge on contemporary and historical textiles, published the 10th edition of “Studies in Textiel.” The book is a collection of articles on the theme ‘Nonwoven’ as a result of their symposium that took place earlier, with the same theme. Hellen van Rees gave […]
Dec
The last few months we have been working on shooting pictures to amp up the webshop! We’re making new photo’s of all the garments, a huge job! On January 1st, the new pictures will be up on the website! Here’s already a sneak peek at what the new pictures look like! Instead of showing you […]
Dec
Futures is the new magazine by the Designlab of the University of Twente (UT). Hellen van Rees has collaborated with the UT through the Designlab in several projects and presented her work on a number of occasions. To highlight the special position and role of the Designlab and the many interesting projects, they’ve published the […]
Nov
Last weer Dutch tv programme Radar showed their text of handheld garment steamers. Hellen van Rees was one of three experts invited to test different steamers on various aspects. The results can be seen through the Radar Website here (in Dutch).