berlin textile coop. - Textil-Workshops in Berlin

The founders of berlin textile coop., Sara Diaz Rodriguez and Essi Johanna Glomb, share both a passion for textiles, textile processes and sustainability, but also the vision to provide accessibility of technology and know-how - which is a core focus of the berlin textile coop. By means of that, they created an open and vibrant space in Berlin Friedrichshain, equipped with different textile technologies which can be explored in several workshop formats or even rented for private projects. In their workshops, creativity, fun and aesthetics go hand in hand and will be taught to the participants.

Sara Diaz Rodriguez 

Sara Diaz Rodriguez is a textile expert, design researcher and co-founder of  HILO Textiles in Berlin. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Textile and Surface Design from the Berlin-Weissensee School of Art. In 2018, she co-founded HILO Textiles to develop open-source textile tools that explore circular processes and small-scale textile production. Since then, HILO has developed several open-source spinning machines and software to enable designers and researchers to produce their own digitally programmed yarn.

Essi Johanna Glomb

Essi Johanna Glomb is a textile designer and design researcher (Master of Arts) with a focus on sustainability, new materials and new forms of cooperation within the textile industry. As a studied textile and surface designer, she combines the fields of (textile) research, design and application in her practice. As a long-time lecturer, she teaches at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Akademie für Mode und Design and other renowned institutions with a focus on applied textile technologies, conceptual textiles and sustainable design strategies.