Digital visions for fashion + textiles : made in code /

Digital visions for fashion + textiles : made in code /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Clarke, Sarah E. Braddock.
Imprint:	New York : Thames & Hudson, 2012.
Description:	240 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Fashion design -- Computer-aided design. Textile design -- Computer-aided design. Clothing trade -- Data processing. Clothing trade -- Data processing.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9129402

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Varying Form of Title:	Digital vision for fashion and textiles
Other authors / contributors:	Harris, Jane.
ISBN:	9780500516447 0500516448
Notes:	"With 429 colour illustrations." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This title examines the way in which the advances in computer technology have had an incalculable effect on the fashions we wear. The revolutionary leaps forward that have occurred in the fashion and textile industries have heralded a move away from the tailor's cutting-table to designs that are digitally printed at the touch of a button.

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Summary:	The invention of the Jacquard loom in eighteenth-century France paved the way for computing and revolutionary change. From its punch-card origins, code has evolved to define and enable new methods in design, making, visualization, production and communication, achieving the previously unimaginable.<br> <br> <br> <br> Digital Visions for Fashion + Textiles: Made in Code considers how computing has reinvented image, material and structural processes, highlighting newly advancing 2D, 3D and interactive output. Pioneering shifts of practice have developed from hybrid technical and creative collaborations. Digital and analogue fusions are defining new contexts for the innovative fabrication of surfaces, products and environments.<br> <br> <br> <br> Twenty-two of the most forward-thinking practitioners, established and emerging, who have embraced developing digital technologies are profiled. Featured are household names, such as Hussein Chalayan, Prada and Issey Miyake, early pioneers (Vibeke Riisberg, Peter Struycken) and more independent, avant-garde individuals (Iris van Herpen, Casey Reas, Tom Gallant). Complete with a reference section and bibliographic information, this unique and richly illustrated book is the perfect resource and inspiration for designers, students, industry professionals, and anyone looking for an exploration of how computer technology has creatively permeated fashion, textiles and related digital sectors. A richly illustrated exploration of how computer technology has creatively permeated fashion, textiles and related digital sectors. Features profiles of 22 of the most forward-thinking creative practitioners at the vanguard of these developments. Includes essential list of key biographies and bibliography. <br> <br>
Item Description:	"With 429 colour illustrations."
Physical Description:	240 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780500516447 0500516448