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…

‘I am...’ states the first speech bubble on the wall of Kobakant’s studio. The corresponding tiles offer the words ‘creative’, ‘playful’, ‘adventurous’,

liquid MIDI is an experimental textile interface for sonic interactions, exploring aesthetics and morphology in contemporary design.

Binary surfaces is a collection of two fabrics for interior use; Unum and Nihil. Unum is a three dimensional fabric with two layers. By combining fiber optics and more traditional textile materials in a double weave , I have created a voluminous fabric that is double-sided. The light is partially hidden in the pattern and […]

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 […]

Located adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AFFOA is a one-stop shop of sorts — a laboratory, brain trust, weaving, knitting, prototype development from fiber to end product are among the 45-person group’s capabilities.

exhibition in Lille

The fabric of the future won’t be just plain chiffon, silk or cotton. Instead electroluminescent material, microprocessors and LEDs may be woven together with clothing fibers to create smart textiles. “Clothing can be considered a second skin and by implementing technology in it, you are bringing it into your intimate space,” says Nicky Assmann, an […]