Background: Organized by Textile & Fashion 2030, the Big DO is an international design hackathon uniting innovators, designers, and researchers to explore transformative solutions for the global textile industry. Grounded in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the initiative challenges participants to rethink fashion’s systems — creating forward-thinking concepts that push beyond conventional sustainability. Through workshops, mentoring, and local lab collaborations, the Big DO aims to illuminate how apparel and textile design can lead the transition toward a clean, circular, and regenerative future.

Casted wool hat: An exploration of wet-felting techniques to cast reproducible wool hats with defined shape and character. The focus was on mastering the felting process to achieve a thin yet durable wool material suitable for wear. Multiple variations were created, testing thickness, form, and function. MOE’s ongoing research centers on extending garments’ technical and cultural lifespan — developing durable, repairable, and timeless pieces made from 100% Swedish leftover wool material, and investigating the potential of a high-performance material.