Beatriz Sandini, Guru

Beatriz Sandini is a designer and concept developer at Waag's TextileLab Amsterdam, where she collaborates on reframing the future of textiles and fashion by working on several research and educational projects across the globe.

Being born in Brazil, Beatriz studied business administration, worked as a product manager for a big fashion retailer for many years, and later founded her own fashion brand. Since 2018 she has lived in Amsterdam, where she kicked off her journey into a creative multi-disciplinary design path by researching innovative biomaterials and digital fabrication techniques.

In April 2020, she graduated from the Fabricademy course at Waag with her own research project Ephemeral Fashion Lab and Cor Botanicals, where she continues to explore more sustainable and responsible alternatives to the fashion industry.