As we become increasingly overloaded with complex data about climate change, the Dutch studio Raw Color wants to make information more tangible. These striking blankets visualize the COVID-19 genome ...

Does limitation breed possibility or does freedom and individuality? That’s an interesting question that designers will be facing in the next decade as more and more AI customization programs come ...

The field of textile and fashion design represents a dynamic amalgamation of traditional craftsmanship and cutting‐edge technological innovation. Design methodologies have evolved from hand‐crafted ...

There’s a story behind each thread of a handcrafted weave. On National Textile Day today, designers talk about how vital textile design has become to their creative process — and why you shouldn’t ...

Commercial efforts around electronic textiles have been prominent for at least 25 years, starting with early patents and then early products throughout the 1990s. IDTechEx's latest research report in ...

Achieving sustainability in home furnishings is a work in progress. Saana Baker (Photo by Rayon Richards) For example, over the past five years, the most significant development in the textile ...

Textiles span everything from design for fashion and interiors, to industrial products and gallery exhibitions. Learn to innovate in material, pattern and surface design, and consider environmental, ...

A laser-programmed strategy to engineer the local stiffness and interfacial properties of textiles enables the direct assembly of standard electronic components onto textiles to create stretchable ...

There's no better way to experiment with pattern and color than through textiles, whether it's a bright bath towel or striped sofa slipcover. That said, accents like area rugs and brand-new bedding ...

The exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt aims to rectify the artist's erasure from the history of U.S. design. Dorothy Liebes Studio, New York City (ca. 1957). Photo courtesy of the Dorothy Liebes Papers, ...