Abstract :
Technical textiles are now omnivalent - used in many different everyday applications - and have been adopted by civil engineers and physicians alike. In an exhibition, Extreme Textiles at New Yorkʹs Cooper-Hewitt Museum last year, curator Matilda McQuaid brought these common but often ignored extraordinary materials to public attention. Here she highlights the high-performance qualities of this very special category of materials.
Keywords :
Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA) , Herman Miller , Zip Room , nanotechnology , carbon-fibre composite , Lightweight Advantage , Extreme Textiles:Designing for High Performance , technical textiles , Peter Testa and Devyn Weiserיs Carbon Tower , aramids , Vectran , Kelvar , US Army Natick Soldier Centerיs Individual Protection Directorate , Sheila Kennedy , narrow-woven busses , North Face , Future Force Warrior programme
