Simone Achermann, Stephan Sigrist

The Future of Clothing (eBook, PDF)

Will We Wear Suits on Mars?

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Disappearing dress codes, customers as designers and wearable technology; in recent years the production and function of clothing has undergone massive change. New manufacturing technologies have brought bespoke design within reach of many consumers for the first time. Miniature sensors can turn ordinary garments into smart devices. And blurring gender roles and class distinctions point the way towards a more fluid approach to clothing, fashion and design.

The Future of Clothing offers a critical introduction to these developments from an interdisciplinary perspective, engaging with their implications for the clothing industry and related fields. You'll learn how mass-personalization impacts the luxury market, the effects of automation on craftsmanship and how AI design may affect individual style choices.

Contributors include fashion historian, author and broadcaster Amber Butchart, adventurer, ecologist and head of the Sculpt the Future Foundation David de Rothschild, and best-selling author Yuval Noah Harari. There are also 8 exclusive illustrations by Salvador Dali, depicting the surrealist master's extraordinary vision of how fine-tailored clothing might evolve in the 21st century. Together they form a truly unique guide to the future of this most creative industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350138612
• Artikelnr.: 68368414

Autorenporträt

Simone Achermann is co-founder of W.I.R.E. and editor-in-chief of the book series ABSTRAKT

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. What is Shaping the Future of Clothing? Sustainability New
Materials Blurring Gender Roles Individualization and Fading Formality
Shaping the future Drivers of change Functionalization Automation
Virtualization Democratization of Production 2. Rethinking Clothing Time to
Envision the New! - Amber Butchart The Rediscovery of True Needs - David de
Rothschild Material is the Mother of Invention - Richard Sennett
Interfacing the Body - Linh Le Clothes with Change. The Human Body, Too! -
Yuval Harari Labour of Love - Jacqueline Sealy Of Luxury and Eternity -
Jean-Claude Biver Towards Longevity and Multifunctionality - Gregor Thissen
3. Envisioning the Future Longevity Over Fashion: A Suit for a Lifetime
Customers as Designers: Towards Autarky Enhanced Protection: Clothes as
Alarm Systems Dressing the Next Generation: Suits for Robots Craftsmanship
as Luxury: Clothing Beyond Automation Local Fast Fashion: The End of 'Made
in Taiwan' Navigating the Intelligent Environment References and Further
Reading Index Picture credits