Textiles Today: A Global Survey of Trends and Traditions

Abstract

Introduction: Textiles for the 21st Century, a World Wide Survey: Aspects of Innovation Protected Innovation The Revival of Modernism in the 21st Century The Industrial Context Expensive Materials, Cheap Materials and the Global Economy Textiles for the Future Materials Nanotechnology and Surface Design Fibres with Tactile, Aural and Optical Properties Biomimicry Medical Textiles Clothing and Protection Fabric Robots and the Fabric Computer Ecological Fibres Objects Fabric Architecture Architecture as Clothing New Geometries Interactive Design Pattern Pattern and Place Pattern, Perception and Form The Edge of Chaos, Pattern Formation and Error Patter, Textiles and Digital Interaction Textiles, Art and Culture Textile Culture and the Ethnographic Museum Conceptual Craft Art and Textile Culture in Nigeria Textiles and Cultural Exchange in the Pacific Diaspora.