Greening Interior Spaces

Crafting Bioreceptive textiles for plant-human interactions

Greening interior spaces through multi-species design offers a vibrant approach to enhancing our living and working environments. By integrating textile-based interior design pieces, we can invite plants to cohabit alongside us, creating dynamic ecosystems that promote well-being and biodiversity.
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Sustainability
This project is part of
Incubators in Fashion Tech: What's new in 2025
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Fashion Tech Farm
Zeelsterstraat 80
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Oscar Tomico

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Fashion Tech Farm
o.tomico@tue.nl
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A Research through Design process to create hybrid space dividers

The hybrid space divider was designed by Maud Zonneveld, Femke Vorselen and Oscar Tomico at the TUe Wearable Senses Lab. The piece has been deployed at the Fashion Tech Farm since October 2024. In its deployed form, the 2-meter by 70-cm woven cotton textile is placed in a Danish trolley, and 4 climbing plants are growing on it, supported by 4 grow lights and a smart watering system. The climbing plants are Rubus Henryi var Bambusarum, Ampelopsis Aconitifolia, Akebia Longeracemosa, and Momordica Cochinchinensis. Each plant has a different climbing mechanism (thorns, adhesive pads, twining stems, and tendrils).

Hosted by Oscar Tomico

Oscar Tomico is associate professor at the Department of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology on Design Research Methodologies for Posthuman Sustainability. His research expands the context of human-centered design and positions designers as part of complex ecological systems.