DIGITAL VISIONS FOR FASHION AND TEXTILES
作者: Sarah
出版社:Thames&Hudson 2012年09月
简介:
The invention of the Jacquard loom in eighteenth-centuryFrance paved the way for computing and revolutionary change. Fromits punch-card origins, code has evolved to define and enable newmethods in design, making, visualization, production andcommunication, achieving the previously unimaginable.
Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles: Made in Codeconsiders how computing has reinvented image, material andstructural processes, highlighting newly advancing 2D, 3D andinteractive output. Pioneering shifts of practice have developedfrom hybrid technical and creative collaborations. Digital andanalogue fusions are defining new contexts for the innovativefabrication of surfaces, products and environments.
Twenty-two of the most forward-thinking practitioners,established and emerging, who have embraced developing digitaltechnologies are profiled. Featured are household names, such asHussein Chalayan, Prada and Issey Miyake, early pioneers (VibekeRiisberg, Peter Struycken) and more independent, avant-gardeindividuals (Iris van Herpen, Casey Reas, Tom Gallant).
Complete with a reference section and bibliographicinformation, this unique and richly illustrated book is the perfectresource and inspiration for designers, students, industryprofessionals, and anyone looking for an exploration of howcomputer technology has creatively permeated fashion, textiles andrelated digital sectors.