TRACCIA is a public-funded innovation initiative co-funded by the European Union and Regione Lombardia under the NEXT FASHION call.
The project develops an interoperable digital platform to systematically archive textile materials and design projects, making industrial material know-how accessible to companies, designers, students and researchers, with sustainability data embedded from the first design choice.
Within this framework, Designtech contributes its expertise in technological design and open innovation, exploring new applications at the intersection of fashion, materials and circular economy to help shape a new value chain for responsible innovation in the Textile, Fashion & Accessory sector.
Digital material archive | Develop a customizable, interoperable platform to digitize material archives, improving traceability, management, and information sharing across the entire supply chain. --
Sustainability by design | Embed sustainability indicators — origin, production processes, certifications, and traceability — to support informed material selection from the earliest design stages. --
Open Material Library | Create an open-access digital library for students, designers, and researchers, providing access to curated references of innovative and sustainable materials. --
Pilot digitization | Validate the platform on a real and representative textile archive, building a concrete case study for the fashion and textile sector. --
Education & research | Engage schools and universities through demos, workshops, and design challenges to foster awareness of material impact within the design process. --
Supply-chain validation | Activate regional fashion supply chains to test and validate the platform with companies, operators, and key production stakeholders.
1. Co-leading benchmark analysis and supply-chain requirements, mapping reference platforms for digital material management and defining functional specifications.
2. Designing collaborative, community-driven services and the information architecture for consultation and comparison of materials.
3. Building and validating the open component of the platform within the Designtech ecosystem, enabling contributions from community, schools and researchers.
4. Activating an education and innovation ecosystem to support adoption and continuity beyond the project duration.
A dedicated stream makes a curated selection of materials openly available to schools and researchers, supporting the growth of skills and knowledge around sustainable textile design. By giving students and designers access to reliable material information, the project promotes more conscious choices from the earliest stages of selection and design.
Working alongside partner companies and the education system, TRACCIA fosters a positive exchange between new sector competences and the experience of the Italian textile and fashion supply chain.
DESIGNTECH S.R.L.
Via Polidoro da Caravaggio 30B
20156 Milan Italy
VAT: IT12415810964
