No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging technology, craft and sustainability
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No Ordinary Cloth: Intersection of textiles, emerging technology, craft and sustainability is a arts podcast hosted by Mili Tharakan. It has 32 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
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. Join Mili Tharakan, a Smart Textiles innovator and researcher with 20+ years of experience, as she speaks to textile makers, engineers, bio-chemists, material scientists, artists, innovators and others who are pushing the boundaries of the Textile and Fashion industry by creating fabrics that challenge the very meaning, role and function of textiles as we know it today.Through her conversations and insights with global experts, she brings alive the myriad facets of the world of Textiles - a world where there are no ordinary cloths and fabrics have the power to change us and our world.Listen and be inspired, find new connections and create extraordinary textiles...Connect with Mili Tharakan: Linkedin [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjtharakan/] I Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/noordinarycloth/] I Website [https://www.noordinarycloth.com/]E
arts ·en ·32 episodes
Ep 31. Clean Run: Detoxing the Running Jacket I Part 1 - Fibre and Fabric with Hitesh Manglani, Jeanne Begon-Lours and Khorceska Batyrova
🌱 Ep 30. Behind the Label: How Data is Rewriting the Rules of Fashion with Jothi Kanayala and Atnyel Guedj (x Fashion District
🌱 Ep 29. Cotton, Soil & Solar: Re‑imagining the "Quiet King" of Textiles with Catherine Bottrill and Felix Bartlett (x Fashion District)
Ep 28. AI Robotics for Fabrics and the Future of Stitchless Garment Making with Cam Myers
Ep 27. Sustainability Through Longevity: Emotional Durability in Fashion with Charles Ross
🌱 Ep 26. Clothing Poverty, Pre-loved South Asian Wedding Fashion and Building Community for Change with Anoli Mehta and Sol Escobar (x Fashion District)
Ep 25. Turning Agri Waste to Cellulose Fibre, High-Tech Naturalism and the Making of a Fashion Scientist with Amanda Parkes
Ep 24. Medicine-Embedded Textiles: Reimagining Fabric for Pain Relief and Healing with Bradley Seese
🌱 Ep 23. Stitching together South American Folklore, Migration and Community with Jennifer Droguett Espinosa (x Fashion District)
🌱 Ep 22. Beyond the Bin: Fight Against Fashion Waste with Annabel Hought and Yayra Agbofah (x Fashion District)
🌱 Ep 21: Circular Fashion in Action: Insights From Luxury to Highstreet Brands with Laetitia Forst, Patrick McDowell and Philippa Grogan (x Fashion District)
🌱 Ep 20. Ecosystem Builders Transforming Fashion from the Inside Out with Amy Tsang, Georgia Parker and Helen Lax (x Fashion District)
Ep 19. Now and the Future of Smart Textiles with Victoria Nickerson
Ep 18: Investor Insights for Fashion and Textile Startups with Gabbie Swycher, Joseph Aziz and Nic Gorini (x Fashion District)
Ep 17. Scaling an E-textiles Startup and Soft Electronics for the Auto Industry with Madison Maxey
Ep 16. A Catalyst Shaping the Future of Sustainable and Ethical Fabric with Nina Marenzi and Amanda Johnston
🌱 Ep 15. Brewing Beer for Bio-Leather with Brett Cotten (x Fashion District)
🌱 Ep 14. Farm to Fibre: Spinning Yarn from Potatoes (x Fashion District)
Ep 13. 3D Weaving Yarns into Garments and Zero Inventory Circular Fashion with Beth Esponnette
🌱 Ep 12. Strategies and Ecosystems for Fashion / Textile Startup Success with Brooke Roberts-Islam, Helene Steiner, Jim Ajioka (x Fashion District)
Ep 11. Dreaming of Weaving Clouds and Inventing the Digital Jacquard Handloom with Vibeke Vestby
Ep 10. Disobedient Fabrics: A Journey in Smart Textiles with Linda Worbin (Part 2)
Ep 9. Disobedient Fabrics: A Journey in Smart Textiles with Linda Worbin (Part 1)
Ep8. Energy Harvesting Nanotech Fibres for Wearables and Women in Science with Sohini Kar-Narayan
Ep.7 ⭐️ Fashion District Manufacturing Futures Innovation Challenge 2024
Ep 6. AI for Zero Waste Fabric, Sustainability and Traceability in Textile Factories with Gilberto Loureiro
Ep 5. Indigo-Dyed Fabric Migration and Thinking Through Making with Mika Satomi
Ep 4. Unboxing Science to Make Future Fabrics with Anastasia Pistofidou
Ep 3: Knitting Mathematics and Musical Textiles with Sophie Skach
Ep 2: From Garden waste to Leather with Daniela Rondinone
Ep 1: Light and Lace with Sara Robertson
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