Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design

"Technology is the future of fashion".--Donna Karan, designer. Color, texture, even form, can now be transformed by finishes such as silicone coatings and holographic laminates. Here the latest innovations are defined, discussed, and dazzlingly displayed. The book includes biographies of artists and developers, explanations of technical terms, directory of suppliers, bibliography, and sources. 220 illustrations, 120 in color.

Arts & Photography

O'Mahony, Marie

Braddock, Sarah E.

Graphic Design

Thames&Hudson

Explores advances in textile technology, discusses recently developed engineered fibers and fabrics, and showcases the creations of leading fashion designers in the United States, Europe, and Japan.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

O'Mahoney, Marie

Crafts & Hobbies

Cyborg: The Man-Machine

With the astounding advances in biotechnology, superhuman powers that were once the stuff of legend or comic strip fantasy now seem within our reach. Science fiction is fast becoming science fact, and many believe that the cyborg, an organism enhanced by mechanical, electronic, or chemical means, will produce the next leap forward in human evolution. 
Ever since Daedalus strapped on wings, human beings have invented countless ways of overcoming their bodily limitations. Today silicone or collagen implants and plastic joints and valves cheat the aging process. Sophisticated medicines, pacemakers, and organ transplants defy death; and genetic engineering promises to bring major breakthroughs. With the harnessing of brain waves, paralyzed limbs will move again, and artificial limbs will do exactly what the wearer wants. 
Marie O'Mahony is the guide on this amazing and excitingly illustrated voyage through metamorphoses, fictional and factual, from werewolves to cloning, from Frankenstein's monster to the scientist whose arm is controlled by another's thoughts, from the enhanced humans of science fiction to Cog, the robot sensitive to human moods. 
The implications of the innovations to come, whether for good or evil, are also considered. What would it mean to be human if robots could do all the work? If our brains could be transplanted or uploaded, our worn-out bodies rejuvenated and beautified, and our natural powers and senses enhanced or manipulated? What if we could live forever? 157 illustrations, 68 in color.

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

This up-to-date book highlights advanced textiles in production and available to the designer, artist, architect, and consumer today.
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. Over 300 color illustrations

Techno Textiles 2: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design

Clarke, Sarah E. Braddock

Reference

One of the most dominant cultural influences today is sports. The stars are megastars, their faces instantly recognizable. Sports products have become designer labels in their own right, as well as having a significant impact on fashion, from haute couture to street style.
In the 1990s advances in textile and garment technology, much of it especially developed by the sports industry itself, but also inherited from research for space travel, the military, industry, and medicine, resulted in ever more sophisticated sportswear. Crucial fractions of a second can be saved in modern speed-sports by wearing the latest designs. In "extreme" sports, survival itself may depend on the properties of the chosen clothing. There are now sports clothes and accessories specifically made to speed the runner, streamline the swimmer, protect the snowboarder, or insulate the mountaineer.
This wonderfully illustrated book, written by two experts on revolutionary textiles, describes new fabrics (including those made of metal, glass, or ceramic yarns) and their amazing properties. It explains the design processes for making clothes that mimic the carapace of an insect, are seamless, or have venting systems. It also includes the latest fashions that owe their stylish futuristic look to the innovations of sportswear, and is completed by a glossary of technical terms and a directory of designers and manufacturers. 260 iullustrations, 256 in color

SportsTech: Revolutionary Fabrics, Fashion and Design

An authoritative and comprehensive survey of the latest developments in high-tech textiles. The world’s most creative designers and engineers are working together to develop high-performance fabrics that are sustainable, fireproof, anti-bacterial, soundproof, sun- and even shark-resistant. From medical implants to space fabrics, advanced textiles have the potential to transform human habitats and transportation, protect the environment, and support personal health and well-being. Advanced Textiles celebrates the latest technological advances in fabrics―including synthetic and hybrid fibers, new weaves and knits, three-dimensional materials, coatings, and nanotechnology―along with the design innovations they have made possible. More than 200 color illustrations demonstrate the beauty and ingenuity of the latest advanced textiles and their exciting real-world applications. An authoritative glossary of technical terms and a list of suppliers complete this indispensable guide. 200+ full-color illustrations

Advanced Textiles for Health and Well-Being

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Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design

Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design

Cyborg: The Man-Machine

Techno Textiles 2: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design

SportsTech: Revolutionary Fabrics, Fashion and Design

Advanced Textiles for Health and Well-Being