Delicate

Tord Boontje designs the most romantic and delicate products using laser cutting on metal.

Beautiful Trees

Phillipa Lawrence used colourful textiles to draw people's attention from things that we overlook.She did a commission in Wales and she loved the idea of wrapping dead trees and concealing them.

Ecouterre

Maison Martin Magiela ,spring/summer 2009 ,vintage jeans.

Springy by Katie Gaudion

I went to Katie Gaudion's show at the RCA summer 2010 I was really impressed by her work I was talking to her and she was explaining about her practice. She works with Occupational Therapy, movement and play for adults and children with disabilities,but not just that, her work it is very beautiful .

illustrative

Rob Ryan does some of the most exquisite paper cutting it is so delicate and a very illustrative piece of textile.In 2005 he embraced a collaboration with Paul Smith turning his beautiful papers into a textile print.

Fibre-optical textiles

Astrid Krogh ,breaking the boundaries between art,technology and textile design she creates light installations using traditional techniques to craft her textiles

Conceptual Design

Shelley Fox installation of discarded and reclaimed fabrics looking at tailoring detail or embroidery stitches to tell the story of the garment.'Belsay Hall Installation View'.

Roger Hionr's Seizure

I remember really well that experience ,from the outside I didn't know what to expect.I new nothing about his work-why choose this council estate which was obviously on the verge of being demolished? At the entrance we were asked to put on gloves and boots -What was this all about ? Then you go in it was like entering a cave,the beauty of it was shocking -it all looked so natural,except that Elephant and Castle isn't know for its caves.The range of blues and their reflections were added to the rust copper and greenish water filling the holes in the floor.you want to touch and feel the floor. You want to touch and feel the various textures: rough, sharp, wet and mouldy and constantly being transformed as the crystals grow and gradually take over.I always enjoy the unconventional small exhibitions in non traditional venues. Which offer more the sense than their more formal counterparts.It all goes to show how dark, dingy space can be transformed into something fantastic.it was very inspiring...

Colourful Sculpture

The Material house concept have created an object/sculpture for The Science Museum containg the greatest variety of materials possible they used 213 different materials ,metal,plastic,ceramics,organic composites...

Wooden-carpet

The Dutch company Dezeen design those very unique and quirk wood carpets using laser-cut leftovers .

Tradition

Grayson Perry using traditional methods of textiles to conceptualize a journey through life.

Fabrican

Dr Manoel Torres developed a new idea of creating textiles just using cans. As far as I know the new product still in progress of testing but you just spray and you can create your own piece of clothing...

Electrospinning

Nano-fibres creates lightweight materials, non-invasive and does not require the use of coagulation chemistry or high temperatures to produce solid treads from solution

Bio Coutere by Susanne Lee

How to grow clothes ? Susanne Lee has been very experimental using science to produce cloth ,just using very simple ingredients such as green tea and sugar.the combination of those creates a bacterial cellulose and then she can make into garments wrapping into wood bock mannequins .the final result looks like a kind of a leather .She is thinking green...

Pattern and decoration

Absolute Zero Degrees,wallpaper

Yawanawa

Deborah Milner created a collection in which dress has a story and lesson for sustainability.She works direct with some tribes in Brazil using natural fibres and dyes.

Cloth Clinic

Specialises in the creation of unique,environmentally responsible,decorative materials.