Smart textiles

Buy Smart Textiles for Designers: Inventing the Future of Fabric 2 by Pailes-Friedman, Rebecca (ISBN: 9781780677323) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Located adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AFFOA is a one-stop shop of sorts — a laboratory, brain trust, weaving, knitting, prototype development from fiber to end product are among the 45-person group’s capabilities.

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Binary surfaces is a collection of two fabrics for interior use; Unum and Nihil. Unum is a three dimensional fabric with two layers. By combining fiber optics and more traditional textile materials in a double weave , I have created a voluminous fabric that is double-sided. The light is partially hidden in the pattern and […]

When light hits a drop of water remarkable things can occur. It can refract through the water and form rainbows in the sky. Or it can have a mirroring effect, reflecting it back and create small spots of light. Liquid light is a series of experimental optical fiber textiles inspired by the interaction between water […]

Many fashion designers are integrating technology into the clothes they design - here are ten tech-savvy designers to keep your eyes on.

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An MIT team has laid out a detailed vision for how the rapidly growing field of advanced fibers and fabrics could transform many aspects of our lives. For example, smart clothing might continuously monitor temperature, heart rate, and other vital signs, then analyze the data and give warnings of potential health conditions.