Milou Voorwinden is a woven textile designer based in the Netherlands. She graduated from the product design department of ArtEZ University of Arts in Arnhem in 2016.
Voorwinden currently runs her own textile design and research studio and works as a jacquard designer and product developer at EE Exclusives.
She specialises in weaving three-dimensional structures and one-piece woven products on the loom. Voorwinden is inspired by traditional weaving techniques and aims to rediscover, renew and apply the techniques in an innovative way using contemporary digital tools.
The Space Between
The Space Between explores the creation and application of knitted and woven spacer fabrics. The project is a collaboration between Milou Voorwinden, Suzanne Oude Hengel and  the Functional Textiles Unit at Eurecat in Spain. By working alongside the machines and closely with the technicians Francesc Mañosa and Francesc Pera of Eurecat, Oude Hengel and Voorwinden are able to engineer each step of the process, allowing for functionalities to be built directly into the fabric
In this project Voorwinden used the leno weaving technique to create the woven spacer fabrics. A Leno weave is a weave in which two warp yarns are twisted around the weft yarns, Voorwinden used this twisting of the warp to push the weft yarns up and down to create the spacer fabric as it develops.
Instagram: @milouvoorwinden
Contact: Milou Voorwinden
Text & images: with Thanks to Milou Voorwinden
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