Techno textiles 2 / Sarah E. Braddock Clarke and Marie O'Mahony.
By: Clarke, Sarah E. Braddock [author]
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Contributor(s): O'Mahony, Marie [author].
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BookPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, c2007Edition: 1st pbk. ed.Description: 208 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780500286845; 0500286841 ; 0500228841 ; 9780500228845 .Other title: Techno textiles two | Techno textiles 2 : Revolutionary fabrics for fashion and design [Cover title] | Revolutionary fabrics for fashion and design.Subject(s): Textile crafts | Textile fabrics | FashionDDC classification: 746.21 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 746.21 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00195400 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It explores the exciting confluence of art, design, and technology: new textiles that shrink or expand to fit; fabrics developed from carbon, steel, glass, and ceramics; materials that protect the wearer from environmental extremes on earth and in space.
Featuring a wide selection of textiles at the cutting edge of technology, the book covers the field in three main sections:
Innovations: how the newest textiles are imagined and produced.
Applications: from fashion and design to architecture and art.
Reference: including a glossary, biographies, a bibliography, and directories of addresses and public collections.
With 337 colour illustrations-- T.p.
First published in 1998 as: Techno textiles.
Completely revised ed.
Includes bibliography (p. 207.) and index.
Pt. 1. Innovations. Ch. 1. The Future of Fibres and Fabrics / Sarah E. Braddock. Ch. 2. Electronic Textiles / Marie O'Mahony. Ch. 3. Engineered Textiles / Marie O'Mahony. Ch. 4. Textile Finishes / Sarah E. Braddock -- Pt. II. Applications. Ch. 5. Fashion / Sarah E. Braddock. Ch. 6. Design / Marie O'Mahony. Ch. 7. Architecture / Marie O\'Mahony. Ch. 8. Art / Sarah E. Braddock -- Pt. III. Reference.
This exuberant collection celebrates the way in which astonishing new textile technology is bringing together fashion, design, engineering and science. Here are microfibers so fine that fabrics made from them are windproof and waterproof, yet allow the skin to breathe. Engineered textiles combine fabric with glass, ceramics, metal or carbon to produce lightweight hybrids with incredible properties. Sophisticated finishes, such as silicone coatings and holographic laminates, transform color, texture and even form. Smart textiles are no longer a science-fiction fantasy - anti-bacterial, perfume-releasing, self-cleaning and anti-insomniac microfibers are being developed. Stripes of silicone coating speed swimmers through the water; when they come out of it, ceramic fibers utilize solar power to keep them warm.
The book is illustrated throughout with the work of leading designers in the USA, Europe and Japan - Issey Miyake, Donna Karan, Helmut Lang, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen and many more. A comprehensive reference section includes biographies of artists, makers and developers; explanations of technical terms; a directory of suppliers; a full bibliography; and information on where to see contemporary textiles.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Sarah E. Braddock Clarke is a consultant/curator and Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design and Performance Sportswear Design at University College Falmouth. She has co-authored numerous books on advanced textiles and their applications to fashion and performance sportswear, including Techno Textiles and SportsTech, both published by Thames & Hudson.Marie O'Mahony is Professor of Advanced Textiles at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia.