No Ordinary Cloth: Textile innovations in future materials, manufacturing and sustainability

Textiles matter! It is the most ubiquitous and powerful material we live with - it has the power to fulfil both our senses and our soul. 

Textile innovation is shaping the future of materials, manufacturing, and the products we use every day, with sustainability and circularity driving a radical revolution.

Most conversations about the textile industry focus on fashion trends, finished products, or sustainability claims. Others focus on breakthrough technologies without explaining how they move from laboratory experiments to real-world adoption.

The most important shifts happen further upstream: where researchers, designers, material scientists, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and innovators are creating the future materials that will define the next generation of textiles.

That's what No Ordinary Cloth explores.

Host Mili Tharakan, a smart textiles innovator and researcher, unpacks textile material and manufacturing innovations from idea to market adoption, through her conversations with pioneers and global experts radically transforming the textile industry around the world. 

Through these in-depth conversations, you'll explore emerging textile technology, textile engineering breakthroughs, sustainable textiles, biomaterials, next gen materials, textile manufacturing innovation, circular systems, smart textiles, materials commercialisation, and the future of textile manufacturing.

From biodegradable textiles and bio based fibres to digital transformation, advanced technical textiles, responsible sourcing, and industry-wide transformation, each episode explores how innovation moves from idea to impact.

If you're interested in textile innovation, future materials, sustainable textiles, fashion, and the people building the future fabric of our world, this show will help you understand where the industry is heading and why it matters.

This show brings alive the myriad facets of the complex world of Textiles - a world where there are no ordinary cloths and fabrics have the power to change us and our world.

Popular Episode Topics Include: Textile Innovation, Future Materials, Sustainable Textiles, Fashion, Biomaterials, Next Gen Materials, Textile Engineering, Emerging Textile Technology, Smart Textiles, Advanced Textiles, Technical Textiles, Textile R&D, Textile Manufacturing Technology, Future Fabric, Circular Fashion, Textile Recycling, Regenerative Materials,  Supply Chain Transparency, Digital Product Passports, Materials Commercialisation, Textile Industry Transformation. 

Listen and be inspired, find new connections and create extraordinary textiles...

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Cover art: Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash

Music: Inspired Ambient, Orchestraman