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 […]

Thermochromic dyes: Smart textiles: Heat Reactive Jacket by Stone Island, a tracksuit top which changes colour from black to green/ blue once it has reached 27 degrees. The fabric that is cotton nylon with thermosentive liquid crystals that react to heat.

on exhibition now in new york, the experimental textile turns white in response to being touched by users, and can play back images and animations via a web interface.

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