Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance
- ISBN-10
- 156898507X
- ISBN-13
- 9781568985077
- Category
- Fibrous composites
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-06-02
- Publisher
- Princeton Architectural Press
- Authors
- Maltida McQuaid, Philip Beesley
Description
"Featuring examples of fully realized products from all classes of technical textiles--architectural, product design, apparel, medicine, transportation, aerospace, industry, and the environment--Extreme 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"--Back cover.
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