After a gutting year of funding cuts, labor experts discuss the outlook for human rights in fashion.

Textiles don’t immediately come to mind when thinking about art. But as observers of the creative worlds have noticed, the much heralded crossover between design, craft, and art has upended ...

<br>Wearable tech has become a buzzword in the fashion world of late. From Google Glass to FitBit, designers are coming up with countless ways to harness the power of ...

A work needn’t be featured on canvas to be considered art. Take a bold textile, such as a tapestry, rug, throw, drapery or a piece of antique clothing displayed under glass, which can completely ...

As we become increasingly overloaded with complex data about climate change, the Dutch studio Raw Color wants to make information more tangible. These striking blankets visualize the COVID-19 genome ...

The exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt aims to rectify the artist's erasure from the history of U.S. design. Dorothy Liebes Studio, New York City (ca. 1957). Photo courtesy of the Dorothy Liebes Papers, ...

Does limitation breed possibility or does freedom and individuality? That’s an interesting question that designers will be facing in the next decade as more and more AI customization programs come ...

Researchers at Drexel University are one step closer to making wearable textile technology a reality. Recently published in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of Material’s Chemistry A, ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. Our Lady of Guadalupe, also known as Virgin of Guadalupe, has a long ...

E-textile is a booming market in the electronics sector—and in the textile sector. Being at the crossroads of two industries has problems of its own. Christian Dalsgaard, founder and former CTO of ...