Smart textiles

Larger-than-life prototypes exhibit give us a sneak peak into how we might interact with objects in the future.

When light hits a drop of water remarkable things can occur. It can refract through the water and form rainbows in the sky. Or it can have a mirroring effect, reflecting it back and create small spots of light. Liquid light is a series of experimental optical fiber textiles inspired by the interaction between water […]

Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman is an expert in wearable technology design, functional clothes and goods made from smart textiles. After many years of experience as an industrial and fashion designer, as well as a professor and researcher at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, she created the Interwoven Design Group. Her vast experience and knowledge have landed […]

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 […]

Smart fabrics were initially developed for performance-enhancing purpose for professional athletes, but now their applications are expanding across various industries.

When light hits a drop of water remarkable things can occur. It can refract through the water and form rainbows in the sky. Or it can have a mirroring effect, reflecting it back and create small spots of light. Liquid light is a series of experimental optical fiber textiles inspired by the interaction between water […]

Nanex Company, a Belgian nano coating manufacturer, is helping shape the future by offering unique nano technology based solutions that transform textiles and nonwovens, giving them a whole range of desirable new properties.

Solar Powered Tshirt

on exhibition now in new york, the experimental textile turns white in response to being touched by users, and can play back images and animations via a web interface.

Smart textile means those fabrics which have technology woven in them. Application of smart textiles driven by productivity enhancement and fashion purpose.