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WOVNS Turns Digital Designs into Made-to-Order Textiles

Dena Molnar is a Textile Designer and graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a concentration in Technology. Dena is the co-founder of WOVNS, a textile technology platform that is changing the way textiles are produced. Her work focuses on the relationship between textiles and digital technologies, addressing how their intersection can influence material development and specification.

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By David A. Mellis

David A. Mellis

David A. Mellis has a long history with DIY and personal fabrication, both in academia and industry. David is one of the creators of Arduino and is now the Technology lead at WOVNS where he advocates the introduction of code through new mediums and mode of practice. His work seeks to engage new audiences in technology, design, and making.

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June 21st, 2016June 20th, 2016

We’ve seen print on demand knitted goods before, but WOVNS is jumping into the tech of textiles with jacquard.

Learn to Weave with a Simple Cardboard Box Loom

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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March 26th, 2015 4

Have a cardboard box and some popsicle sticks sitting around your house? You’ve already got the basic building blocks for a simple cardboard box loom! You don’t need to spend tons of money on new equipment just to give weaving a try. In fact, you don’t really need to look beyond your recycle bin. This […]

The Anatomy of a Weaving Loom

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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