Rafael Kouto

This upcycling couturier’s transcontinental fashion practice is an embrace of togetherness

We want to change the fashion industry for good.

Assemblage Worldwide is a transnational research and knowledge platform working at the intersection of textile cultures, material knowledge, sustainability, and design education. We create spaces where makers and thinkers come together to shape more just, circular fashion.

What we do

Learning & Insights

Through the Assemblage Journal, essays, and case studies, we engage with critical perspectives and emerging practices shaping contemporary textile systems and their ecological implications.

Educational Formats

Our educational formats explore textile systems through situated practice, exchange, and critical inquiry across diverse cultural and institutional contexts.

Cultural Dialogues

Through panels, exhibitions, and collaborative formats – both invited and self-initiated – we create spaces for exchange on textile production, cultural practice, and systemic transformation.

Assemblage Journal Vol. 2

From vision to practice

The Nubuke Foundation director on the worth and wealth held in Ghana’s creative culture
The Burkinabé social enterprise draping the world in its elegant textiles
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connect

We welcome conversations, collaborations, and shared ideas. If you are interested in collaborating, contributing, or connecting – we would love to hear from you.

Assemblage Partners