Designing with Smart Textiles

Name: Designing with Smart Textiles
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781472569158
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By Sarah Kettley

Series: Required Reading Range

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Designing with Smart Textiles offers a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary field of interactive textile design. Starting with essential terminology and applications, it guides readers through key design processes with practical projects and examples. The book features case studies and interviews showcasing diverse artistic and technological practices, uncovering how innovative researchers develop new materials and applications. "Tech Tips" from leading practitioners provide valuable insights to support your own creative work.
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This book is ideal for undergraduates and beginners in fashion, product design, and creative technology fields seeking to explore and apply smart textiles and wearable electronics in their work.

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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
Linda Worbin

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Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

A contemporary and thorough resource praised for combining creative and technical knowledge in an accessible, visually engaging layout. It is especially recommended for undergraduate students and beginners wanting to develop skills in wearable electronics and smart textiles. The book appeals not only to fashion students but also to those in product design and other creative disciplines, offering a strong foundation for planning and delivering textile-electronic projects.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472569158

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fairchild Books

Illustration: 200 colour illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 268.0mm

Weight: 1120g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Sarah Kettley Series: Required Reading Range

About the Author

Sarah Kettley is a researcher and tutor at Nottingham Trent University, UK. She has been researching the intersections of craft and new technologies on the body since 2002, through collaborative practice with textile designers. She is a member of Arcintex, the network for textiles, interaction design and architecture led by the Swedish School of Textiles, Boras.