Smart textiles

Art can be a powerful driver of innovation in any field and observing how artists choose to use–or even invent–technology can be an inspiring indicator of things to come. For decades, e-textiles 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 […]

Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman is an expert in wearable technology design, functional clothes and goods made from smart textiles. After many years of experience as an industrial and fashion designer, as well as a professor and researcher at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, she created the Interwoven Design Group. Her vast experience and knowledge have landed […]

Workshop on Interactive Textiles, Copenhagen 2006 The main issue of the workshop is to look at experience with and learn from situations of communication through what we wear and bring that to a higher or different level through the combination of computer technology and the materiality of fabric. The achievement is to develop systems of […]

Swedish textile artists Malin Bobeck uses fibre optics in her weaving. Technology and interactive dynamic designs make her one to watch.

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 […]

Electronic Textiles: Smart Fabrics and Wearable Technology: Dias, Tilak: 9780081002018: Books - Amazon.ca

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.

Get an inside look at the craftsmanship behind Studio XO's tech couture pieces, including Lady Gaga's flying dress.

Nanex Company, a Belgian nano coating manufacturer, is helping shape the future by offering unique nano technology based solutions that transform textiles and nonwovens, giving them a whole range of desirable new properties.