Ista Boszhard 2020

Ista BoszhardCo-founder TextileLab

Ista was a concept developer and co-founder of Waag's TextileLab Amsterdam. In her work she always questions the status quo that we are used to and explores possible and desired alternatives for the textile and clothing industry.

She empowers and connects people by building communities that want to push things forward together. She is experienced in guiding people through creative processes by combining different methods such as storytelling, co-creation, design and scenario thinking. Being value-driven, she combines intuition and research into cultural studies. Ista also works as a lecturer at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) and HvA. 

Closed projects

LABS: Future Interiors

Samira Boon
TextileLab
LABS: Future Interiors aims to take the first step towards the creation of a living interior piece. A collaboration between Studio Samira Boon, Waag and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

HOPECHEST2090

UITZET2090
TextileLab
On the newly emerged Wadden island of Zaankogerland, historian Stientje Molenaar is researching worn and household textiles from after the Great Flood. It is the year 2090. Textile is the most precious possession in a person’s lifetime.

Craft in Abundance

Craft in Abundance. Charlotte Bakkenes.
TextileLab
In collaboration with TextileLab Amsterdam, designer Charlotte Bakkenes researches the importance and reinterpretation of traditional crafts techniques for the fashion industry. Aesthetics, crafts and technology together will lead to innovative materials, processes and techniques.

Fabrics and Fabrication

KABK - Master Industrial Design
TextileLab
Master Industrial Design students worked on design projects that focus on the unethical and environmental unfriendly realities of the current textile and clothing industry.

Matérialités Futures

Detail of Joséphine Schmitt' s graduation project
TextileLab
Matérialités Futures is a course at EnsAD during which students will learn about biofabricating dyes and materials from TextileLab Amsterdam.

TextileLab Amsterdam

TCBL round table workshop
TextileLab
The TextileLab Amsterdam is a lab for creatives interested in experimenting with craftsmanship, technology and digital fabrication for the textile and clothing industry.

Smart Retrofitting for Urban Housing

Smart retrofitting for urban housing
Future Internet Lab
This project researches the effect of co-creation on the energy reduction during home renovations.

Dutch Design Week

Dutch Design Week - Embassy of Health
 
Waag is a regular guest at the annual Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, with a main focus on the future of healthcare with the Embassy of Health.