Due to Taiwan join WTO and quotas cancellation, textile goods faced global competition. With the short life cycle of the textile market and demand uncertainty in market, it leads to increasing pressure on the textile industry. Brand vendors start to search partners and hope to solve these problems through information sharing and collaboration. After sixty-year’s development, textile industry in...

This paper will track how three design research students utilised their developing research skills in industry and society while undertaking a PhD. Traditionally in design schools, there has been little direct transition between design research methods and design practices and processes. This is changing. As clients, and society in general, demand more evidence-based answers to design decisions...