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Troy Nachtigall

Professor Fashion Research & Technology

Troy Nachtigall is a highly experienced Designer and Design Researcher who leads research at the intersection of fashion and technology. He actively seeks out strategic partnerships that will play a crucial role in shaping the future of the textile, clothing, fashion, and footwear industries. Troy is a core member of the Erasmus+ Fashion and Textile Transitions project and the New Textile Ecosystems (New Texeco) Research Community. His practical background in Design and ICT fuels his passion for exploring the data-material relationship through wearable items.

Expertises

wearable design | computational fabrication | data-enabled design | fashion & technology | material ecosystems | digital manufacturing

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About Troy Nachtigall

Troy Nachtigall is a seasoned designer and design researcher working at the crossroads of fashion and technology. As Professor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, he leads the research group Fashion & Technology, where he focuses on the computational fabrication of garments, footwear, and accessories. His work explores the relationship between data and materiality, contributing to hybrid digital-physical design and new lifecycle frameworks in the fashion ecosystem.

Troy is a key contributor to the Erasmus+ Fashion and Textile Transitions project and the New Textile Ecosystems research community. His foundation in ICT and design drives his interest in wearable data-driven design.
Before academia, Troy worked as a fashion designer in New York and Florence with brands such as Hugo Boss, Panerai, and Calvin Klein. He earned his PhD as a Marie Skołdowska-Curie fellow in the ArcInTexETN program (TU Eindhoven, Philips Research, UdK Berlin), and continued as a postdoctoral researcher in co-design and shape-changing spaces at Aarhus University and TU Eindhoven.

View Troy Nachtigall's publications in the HvA Research Database
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Additional roles

  • member, Fashion and Textile Transitions (Erasmus+)

  • member, New Textile Ecosystems (New Texeco)

  • former researcher at Philips Research

  • former postdoctoral researcher at TU Eindhoven and Aarhus University