Textile Technology and Design

Textile Technology and Design addresses the critical role of the interior at the intersection of design and technology, with a range of interdisciplinary arguments by a wide range of contributors: from design practitioners to researchers and scholars to aerospace engineers. Chapters examine the way in which textiles and technology - while seemingly distinct - continually inform each other through their persistent overlapping of interests, and eventually coalesce in the practice of interior design.
Covering all kinds of interiors from domestic (prefabricated kitchens and 3D wallpaper) to extreme (underwater habitats and space stations), it features a variety of critical aspects including pattern and ornament, domestic technologies, craft and the imperfect, gender issues, sound and smart textiles. This book is essential reading for students of textile technology, textile design and interior design.

Deborah Schneiderman is Associate Professor of interior design in the School of Art & Design at the Pratt Institute, New York, USA, and a registered architect and LEED Accredited Professional.
Alexa Griffith Winton is an independent design historian based in New York, where she is also a part time assistant professor at Parsons School of Constructed Environments, New York, USA.

Foreword by Susan Yelavich (Parsons The New School for Design, USA)
Introduction, Alexa Griffith Winton (Parsons School of Constructed Environments, USA) and Deborah Schneiderman (Pratt Institute, USA)
Part 1 Textile: Pliable Planes, Interior Applications and Fabrications
1 Interstitial Threads: The Body, Textiles and Interiority in Contemporary Interior Design, Alexa Griffith Winton (Parsons School of Constructed Environments, USA)
2 Soft Spaces: From the Textile-Clad Interior to Modern Interior Design, Anca I. Lasc (Pratt Institute, USA)
3 Felt and the Emerging Interior, Helene Renard (Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Design, USA)
4 Tailoring Second and Third Skins, Lois Weinthal (Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada)
5 Interview with Carol Bove (Artist, USA)
Part 2 Mechanical and Digital Innovation in the Interior Realm
6 Ulterior Motives, Sarah Strauss (Pratt Institute, USA)
7 Topically Embedded: Surface as Graphic Material, Igor Siddiqui (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
8 Materializing the Digital Realm: Textile of the Modern Age, Jonathon Anderson (University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA) and Laura Schoenthaler (North Carolina State University, USA)
9 Bespoke: Tailoring the Mass-Produced Prefabricated Interior, Deborah Schneiderman (Pratt Institute, USA)
10 Sensorial Space: Responsive Interiors Thru Smart Textiles, Margarita Benitez (Kent State University, USA)
11 Self-actuated Textiles, Interconnectivity and the Design of the Home as a More Sustainable Timescape, Aurélie Mossé (École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, France)
12 Interview with Charlie Morrow (Composer, Sound Artist, Performer and Innovator, USA)
Part 3 Extreme Environments and Outer Space
13 Design for Extreme Environments Project [DEEP]: A Case Study of Innovations in Mediating Adverse Conditions on the Human Body, Brian Davies (University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, USA)
14 Design for Confinement: The Art and Science of Sensory Deprivation in Space, Evan Twyford (Industrial Designer, USA)
15 Fabrics for Space Travel, Evelyne Orndoff (NASA, USA)
16 The Role of Soft Materials in the Design of Extreme Interior Environment for Space Exploration, Larry Toups, Matthew Simon, A. Scott Howe and Robert Howard (NASA, USA)
17 Interview with Charles Camarda (NASA, USA)
Bibliography
Index