The invention of the Jacquard loom in eighteenth-century France paved the way for computing and revolutionary change. This title considers how computing has reinvented image, material and structural processes, highlighting newly advancing 2D, 3D and interactive output.
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.