Textile materials

1. TEXTILE material

2. DEFINITION
Everything is made of something. Take away concrete, glass, textiles,
metal, and the other materials from our lives and we are left naked,
shivering in a muddy field.
(Miodownik, 2014)

3. WHAT IS THE NATURE OF
TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY?
Take for example, a piece of thread, which exists at the same scale as
hair. It is a synthetic structure at the limit of our eyesight that has
allowed us to make ropes, blankets, carpets, but most importantly,
clothes. Textiles are one of the earliest synthetic materials; when we
wear a pair of jeans we are wearing a miniature woven structure, the
design of which is older than Stonehenge. Clothes have kept us warm
and protected for all of recorded history, as well keeping us
fashionable. But they are hi-tech too. In the 20th century we learnt
how to make space suits from textiles strong enough to protect
astronauts on the moon as well as solid textiles for artificial limbs
called carbon fibre composites.
(Miodownik, 2014)

4. HOW DOES IT
FIT INTO THE
BIG IDEAS OF
DESIGN AND
TECHNOLOGY
AS A SINGLE
SUBJECT?
(Barlex
2015)

5. CONCEPTS
Properties
Source
Footprint
Longevity

6. PROPERTIES

9. SOURCE

12. FOOTPRINT

13. RESULTS

14. DISTANCE OF RESOURCE STREAM
0 50 100 150 200
Screwfix Show Bits
Heart Educational Supplies
Kite Packaging
John Lewis
CPC
Rapid Electronics
ARCO GROUP
Distance in miles

16. LONGEVITY http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/clothing-design-
for-longevity

19. INVESTIGATE AND
COMMUNICATE
Investigate a textile material and communicate the:
Source
Properties
Footprint
Longevity
As a PetchaKucha– to share next Tuesday

20. PECHAKUCHA

21. TEXTILE
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Torben for D&T. Available at:
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Fibre2fashion, 2010. Measuring the Eco Foot-print in Textiles [online].
Fibre2fashion.com. Available at: http://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-
article/29/2825/measuring-the-eco-foot-print-in-textiles1.asp [Accessed
02/02 2015].
Miodownik, M., 2014. Why the story of materials is really the story of
civilisation [online]. theGuardian. Available at:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/14/story-of-materials-
human-civilisation-mark-miodownik [Accessed 02/02 2015].
Wikipedia, 2015. PechaKucha [online]. Wikipedia. Available at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PechaKucha [Accessed 02/02 2015].