“Research plays a great role in creating a more sustainable fashion industry”
Date: 2023.01.31
Malu Lücking has recently joined the Conscious Textile Group, the joint initiative of MOME Innovation Center and Nanushka.
After working as lead product designer at the next gen material company Saltyco in London, she will now work as a Research Fellow on the topic of Down to the fiber recycling, aiming to provide meaningful results for textile circularity. We had the chance to ask her about her new research and the arrival to Budapest.
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