Narishdath Maraj is a fashion designer, creative director, and sustainability practitioner working at the intersection of circular design, material innovation, and community-based systems change. His work focuses on diverting post-consumer textiles and institutional material waste from landfill and transforming them into new products, installations, and regenerative material applications. As Creative Director at mpolo designs and founder of Narishdath Maraj Design Inc., he develops projects that bridge fashion, research, and applied sustainability.

Maraj has led large-scale textile waste diversion initiatives, upcycled branded and post-consumer materials into new products, and collaborated with academic and healthcare institutions on sustainability-driven art and design projects. His current work explores fashion and textile-based upcycling, biodegradable composites using textile waste and mycelium, alongside circular platforms that connect communities through upcycling and reuse. Through mentorship, collaboration, and applied research, he aims to reshape fashion systems toward regenerative, culturally informed, and environmentally responsible futures.