Innovative textile design from Sweden - “Body and Space”, 15.02.2008 - 09.03.2008, Riga
(2008 01 25 17:57)
The cultural initiative e-text+textiles is organizing an event series called "Body & Space" which consists of an exhibition "Body & Space", showcasing the newest developments within the field of smart textiles by the Swedish School of Textiles in Boras, a seminar titled "The Challenge of Smart Textiles", addressing and discussing the issues highlighted by the exhibition as well as a practical workshop "EduWear", giving a specialist insight into the construction and design of e-textiles.
Deadline for the registration for the seminar 11 February 2008.
In the 21st century, under the impact of new materials and technologies, textiles are acquiring new and extended functions, aesthetics and meanings. Due to specialised material properties textile systems may respond to pressure, sound, light, fluids, heat, electricity, and chemical or mechanical stimuli. They are designed to interact with people and environments. Examples include responsive architectural membranes, clothing with integrated thermo-regulating systems, selfcleaning and antibacterial surfaces equipped with nano-coatings, flexible textile membranes with interwoven mechanical and digital networks, and textile systems with embedded sensors for a variety of end applications ranging from apparel and architecture to space industry, medicine, communication technologies and
bioengineering, to art and design contexts. (from e-t+t’s promotional texts)
e-text+textiles (e-t+t) is a non-profit cultural organization focusing on the generation, distribution, and dissemination of networked knowledge
More information can be found on the e-t+t’s website.