
Collaboration & Research
We initiate and facilitate collaboration and research in textiles and regional development.
We collaborate on distance education services and supervise the "Námsver."
The Icelandic Textile Center is located in a historic house, the former Women's College in Blönduós.
Our TextileLab offers access to state-of-the-art digital textile equipment and expertise.
On May 21, 2021, Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, the Icelandic Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, and Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, the Minister of Education, Science and Culture, formally opened the TextileLab on Þverbraut 1 in Blönduós (just down the road from the Textile Center). The first of its kind in Iceland, the TextileLab offers access to state-of-the-art textile equipment and digital technology for makers, students and artists, including two Tc2 digital looms, a felt loom, laser cutter, laser printer, digital embroidery machine & digital knitting machine. The project received a development grant from the Icelandic Infrastructure Fund and is part of the Textile Center's ongoing European collaboration CENTRINNO, funded by the research and innovation program Horizon2020.
If you are interested in using the Lab, send our lab manager Margrét an email (margret.katrin@textilmidstod.is) and follow us on social media! (Facebook / Instagram: #textilmidstod / Icelandic Textile Center, #textilelabiceland).
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