MA textile futures 2008: The Future of textiles is man made

Currently there is a growing debate surrounding the future of textiles and most importantly the sustainability of textiles: organic vs. non organic; natural vs. manmade/synthetic; and the outcome of this debate will inherently be where the future of textiles lies. In the future as organic and gre …

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Extreme textiles

The incorporation of smart textiles into consumer electronics is also being explored at Philips. In the 1990's , Philips Design began envisioning, through its project Vision of The Future, the integration of technological functions into clothing, furniture and environments. Later Philips Design …

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New Nomads

The path of technological progress is quite clear. Man develops new tools and devices, and keeps on improving them over and over again. They become ever better and smaller until in some cases all that remains is their functionality and, crucially, their ability to empower us. We use refined, miniatu …

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