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ByBorre introduces Textile Room: Digital platform for customisable textiles

Amsterdam-based textile innovation studio ByBorre launched the Textile Room, a digital platform that offers designers worldwide access to configurable fabrics. The Textile Room features 20 directly customisable textiles within the studio's AO3 and 3D-knit structures. Designers can configure colour combinations, pattern repeats, and texture...

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Byborre names Mijke van Ballegooijen as CEO

Byborre, the Dutch textile innovation company, has named Mijke van Ballegooijen its new chief executive officer to lead “the acceleration of positive change”. In a statement, Byborre said the new leadership will help the company, which has evolved from a creative textile studio into a leading platform for sustainable textiles, to drive...

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ByBorre co-founder: 'The more textiles we sell, the more of a positive impact we make'

Dutch textile innovation company Byborre is committed to shifting towards a circular textile economy and raised nearly 17 million euros in an investment round in early February. With the capital injection, textile designer and ByBorre co-founder Borre Akkersdijk aims to expand internationally and continue investing in automation, materials...

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Byborre raises 16.9 million euros in Series B funding

Dutch textile innovation company Byborre has raised 16.9 million euros (18.3 million US dollars) in a Series B funding round to accelerate its international growth. The funding round was led by Invest-NL and VP Capital, along with existing investors Shift Invest and Amsterdams Klimaat en Energiefonds (AKEF), and a group of angel investors...

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Byborre stepping away from in-house label Editions

Dutch textile innovation studio Byborre has confirmed that Edition11, dropping this month, will be the last collection of its in-house label Editions. In an open letter, Byborre co-founder and chief creative officer, Borre Akkersdijk, said: “There’s nothing that we use more in life than textiles. We need a textile's tactility and protection....

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Byborre to step away from “relentless” fashion calendar

Dutch textile innovation studio Byborre will only issue one collection in 2022, as it steps away from what it calls the “relentless” fashion calendar to show that the industry needs to "make less but better products". In an open letter, Byborre chief creative officer and co-founder, Borre Akkersdijk, said: “Since 2015, we at Byborre have...