Nimkulrat, Nithikul 1974- editor. Faith, Kane editor. Walton, Kerry editor. text bibliography enk London New York Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2016 2016 monographic eng

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xxiii, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm. "In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture between traditional craft process and newer digital technologies. Highly specialized craft/design practitioners may now elect to make use of digital processes in their work, but often choose not to abandon craft skills fundamental to their practice, and aim to balance the complex connection between craft and digital processes. The essays collected here consider this transition from the viewpoint of aesthetic opportunity arising in the textile designer's hands-on experimentation with material and digital technologies available in the present. Craft provides the foundations for thinking within the design and production of textiles, and as such may provide some clues in the transition to creative and thoughtful use of current and future digital technologies. Within the framework of current challenges relating to sustainable development, globalization, and economic constraints it is important to interrogate and question how we might go about using established and emerging technologies in textiles in a positive manner"-- Digital Technologies Informing Craft -- Craft Intervention in Digital Process -- Craft Thinking in a Digital Age. edited by Nithikul Nimkulrat, Faith Kane, and Kerry Walton. Includes bibliographical references and index. Textile design Data processing Textile design Technological innovations Handicraft Philosophy TS1475 .C73 2016 677/.022 9781472532046 147253204X 9781472529060 : 1472529065 9781474286220 1474286224 9781474286206 1474286208 2016003647 160129 20230921135636.0 0000030195