Inconspicious matter

Celine Marcq,doing a research project aimed at developing responsive materials for the future ambient display which would be able to visualise electrical energy flows. She uses eletro-reactive materials combining them with more textile-based material like wallpaper.

Living Interactive Garments

Ying Gao creates the most exciting and fascinating garments, the concept it is to design 'modulatable' clothing,using media and new technology tools. The garments are sensitive to light, air,speed and other movements .

Hussein Chalayan

Hussein Chalayan is one of the designers breaking and exploring technology in a unique and new way in fashion ,some of them are not so realistic but maybe in few years that might change the way we dress and approach the use of textiles.

Digitalcrafted

Laura Martinez, researching traditional craft to inform the aesthetics of tomorrow. Rapid Manufacture is introducing a new visual language for future RM textiles.

Freedom of creation

By Ted Noton, 3D printing technologies using materials such as plastics,metal,rubbers and ceramics materials.The company believes that people would be able to do the same process at home.The process is very inspiring- they use additive process-from powder into 3D printing.

Africa/Europe

Yinka Shonibare, uses African patterns in his work to question identity, economics and racial issues in the day by day life .

Beach Paraphernalia

John Dahlsen's shoreline has had a dramatic impact on his process. With a' preoccupation with the ocean'. But his work is not just an environmental campaign- the content of his photographs is so poetic. Using plastic bottles and random objects that we find on the shore.

Dynamic Textiles

The Making of Robyn's 'Indestructible' Music Video with EXTRA FOOTAGE from Lucy McRae on Vimeo.

I think it is amazing how textiles can be used in different ways it does not need to be practical at all just creative and very innovative! I love how clean and fluid the design is.

Smart Materials

Sharon Baurley develops new materials for fashion through transferring technology from the textiles sector to design(3D textiles,holographic textiles).Very innovative.

Flowers...

Every day thing...Sophia Lagerkvist,Charlotte von der Lancken,Anna Lindgren and Kaja Savstrom exploring the mechanisms of people's need in order to make use of new insights in a industry.they create this very interesting three-dimensional wallpaper made of silk and plastic flowers.