Table of Contents
General Introduction 1
1 Body Technology 7
Electronic Textiles 10
Illuminating Fabric 15
Embedded Fibres 17
Subtle Surveillance 20
Emotive Interfaces 22
Feel the Love 28
Feature Interview: Angel Chang 30
2 Synthesized Skins 35
Exoskeletons 37
Robotic Textiles 39
Sport Skins 41
Fortified Fashion 41
Instant Armour 46
Fluid-Based Fabrics 47
Sensory Skins 52
Soft Skeletons 55
Feature Interview: Vexed Generation 57
3 Surfaces 61
Perceptual Surfaces 63
Invisibility 66
Hypersurfaces 68
Switchable Surfaces 70
Textural Interfaces 71
Textiles for Virtual Worlds 73
Second Life 75
Feature Interview: Jane Harris 79
4 Vital Signs 85
Antimicrobial Fabrics 86
Biotextiles 91
Diagnostic Textiles 97
Medicating Fabrics 100
Smart Bandages 101
Colour and Well-Being 102
Feature Interview: Ptolemy Mann 104
5 Sustainability 109
Biomimicry 111
Spider Silk 118
Upcycled Chic 120
Weaving Social Links 131
Feature Interview: Carole Collet 140
6 Contemporary Art 145
Textile Installations 147
Second Skins 153
Subversive Stitches 159
Feature Interview: Janet Echelman 166
7 Interior Textiles 171
Soft Walls 172
Fibre Furniture 184
Reactive Surfaces 200
Sensory Membranes 202
Smart Carpets 204
Reactive Rugs 206
Thermosensitive Materials 207
Lighting 209
Fibre Optics 210
Electric Embroidery 211
Feature Interview: Hsiao-Chi Tsai 213
8 Textiles for Architecture 217
Membrane Structures 218
Metal Textiles 221
Carbon Fibres 227
Inflatable Structures 228
Fabric Formwork 231
Girli Concrete 235
Geotextiles 237
Feature Interview: Toshiko Mori 239
9 Extreme Interfaces 245
Surface Energy 247
Crystal Energy 248
Flight 252
Kinetic Fabrics 258
Energy Absorption 259
Extremophiles 262
Textiles as Biological Agents 267
Feature Interview: Loop.pH 268
Notes 273
Bibliography 291
List of Credits 295
Index 305
