Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance
McQuaid, Matilda; Essays by Philip Beesley, Susan Brown, Sean Hanna, Cara McCarty, Patricia Wilson, and Amanda Young; Contributors include Alyssa Becker and John W.S. Hearle
Language: English
Published by Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 2005
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- Title
- Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance
- Author
- McQuaid, Matilda; Essays by Philip Beesley, Susan Brown, Sean Hanna, Cara McCarty, Patricia Wilson, and Amanda Young; Contributors include Alyssa Becker and John W.S. Hearle
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press, NY
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Hardcover
- Binding
- Boards
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 156898507X
- ISBN 13
- 9781568985077
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- Edition
- First Edition/2nd Printing.
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- Architecture, Art, House & Home
Featuring examples of fully realized products from all classes of technical textilesarchitectural, product design, apparel, medicine, transportation, aerospace, industry, and the environmentExtreme Textiles highlights successful collaborations between design, industry, and science. Large, full-color illustrations and essays by some of today's most influential designers and scientists trace the extraordinary developments made in textiles over the last twenty years and suggest what is to come.
Tradition, technology, beauty, and strength are joined together in the materials and products presented in this volume. Whether exploring space, running a marathon, or fashioning the latest trend, we will be inspired by these extreme textiles every day.
Extreme Textiles accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum beginning in April 2005.
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