Designing with smart textiles / Sarah Kettley.
Material type:
TextSeries: Required reading rangePublisher: New York : Fairchild Books, 2016Description: 240 p. : ill. (colour) ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781472569158
- 1472569156
- 746.04 KET 23
- TT557 .K38 2016
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
If you want to understand, and be a part of, the creative revolution in materials design, then Designing with Smart Textiles is the complete toolkit you need to get started.
Beginning by introducing the terminology and key applications, the book goes on to examine the key design processes needed to develop interactive textile design concepts, with detailed projects and examples to help you apply these approaches in your own practice.
Case studies and interviews with innovative designers introduce you to different artistic and technological practices, and demonstrate how world-leading researchers are creating new technologies, yarns, fabrics, and applications. Practitioners share unique insights into their processes, and "Tech Tips" so you can build on their research in your own work.
Featured designers include:
Yemi Awosile, Joanna Berzowska, Lauren Bowker, Marina Castan, Cute Circuit, Felecia Davis, Debbie Davies, Delia Dumitrescu, Martha Glazzard, Ramyah Gowrishankar, Intelligent Textiles Ltd., Sara Keith, Ebru Kurbak and Irene Posch, Barbara Layne, Eef Lubbers, Anna Persson, Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen, Rose Sinclair, Mike Starbuck, Lynn Tandler, Paola Tognazzi, Sarah Walker and Linda Worbin
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to use this book -- What are smart textiles? -- The smart textile product: design processes -- Design with smart textiles -- Designing your own smart textile -- Developing your practice.
"If you want to understand, and be a part of, the creative revolution in materials design, then Designing with Smart Textiles is the complete toolkit you need to get started. Beginning by introducing the terminology and key applications, the book goes on to examine the key design processes needed to develop interactive textile design concepts, with detailed projects and examples to help you apply these approaches in your own practice. Case studies and interviews with innovative designers introduce you to different artistic and technological practices, and demonstrate how world-leading researchers are creating new technologies, yarns, fabrics, and applications. Practitioners share unique insights into their processes, and (3z(BTech Tips(3y (Bso you can build on their research in your own work"--Back cover.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 What are Smart Textiles?
- a Smart or technical?
- i Passive, reactive and interactive textiles
- ii From smart garments to smart fabrics
- iii The future - smart fibre?
- b Feature interview: Tilak Dias
- c Contexts of use
- i In the body
- ii On the body
- iii In the built environment
- iv Textiles as skin: chemical, bacterial, nano
- d Feature interview: Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen
- 2 The smart textile product: design processes
- a Studio textile practice
- i Case study: Tessa Act i
- b User centred design
- c Interaction design
- d Industrial processes
- i Opportunities
- ii Challenges
- 1 Feature interview: tbc
- iii Smart yarn production
- iv Non-woven fabrics
- v Composite textiles
- vi Feature interview: tbc
- 3 Design with smart textiles
- a Smart textile products, fabrics and yarns
- b The textile as part of a system
- c Sourcing active fabrics
- d Other components: electronics, haberdashery, and other fabrics
- i Feature interview: Leah Buechley
- e Levels of complexity: When do you need a microprocessor?
- f Working with microprocessors
- g Switches and sliders
- h Sensors
- i Output
- j Practical project
- 4 Designing your own smart textile
- a Printedcircuits
- i Case study: Linda Worbin
- b Knittedsensors
- i Case study: Martha Glazzard
- c Wovendisplays
- i Case study: Barbara Layne
- d Embroidered switches
- i Case study: Cute Circuit
- e Pattern cutting and fabric manipulation
- i Case study: Rose Sinclair
- 5 Developing your practice
- a The T-shaped designer
- b Identifying values and framing your practice
- c Working across disciplines
- d Markets, the audience and criteria for success
- e Selling your skillset
- f Manufacturing implications
- g Open innovation and design protection
- h Regulations and design development
- i Feature interview: Bernard Pacquet
- i Design management and innovation
- i Feature interview: Mike Starbuck Conclusion: Further reading and resources
- a Glossary
- b Key academic conferences and journals
- c Trade fairs and organisations
- d 'how to' resources
- e Bibliography
- f Acknowledgements and credits
- g Publishers note
- h Framework for ethical thinking
- i Further Reading