interactive textile design

What is a innovation……………………………?

origin: it comes from Latin in and novare- to make something new, to change.
The definitions blow get a bit closer to it meaning
“Innovation is the successful exploitation of new ideas.”
(Innovation Unit, UK Department of Trade and industry,2004).

“Industrial innovation includes the technical, design,
manufacturing , management and commercial activities
involved in the marketing of a new (or improved)
product or the first commercial use of a new
(or improved) process or equipment.”
(chris freemaan, 1982, The Economics of Industrial Innovation,
2nd edn. Frances pinter, London)

What can Be Changed in Innovation? (The 4ps of innovation)
Product innovation
changes in the things (products/ services) which an organization offers;
Process innovation
changes in the ways in which things (products/ services) are created and delivered.
Position innovation
changed in the context in which the products/ services are introduced;
Paradigm innovation
changes in the underlying mental models which frame what the organization does.

What is Textile??

What is a Textile…………………………………?

origin:17c: from Latin: textiles, from texere, texturn to weave.
Dictionary meaning
1. Any cloth or fabric made by weaving or knitting, crocheting,
knotting, or pressing fibers together.

2 a flexible material comprised of a network of natural
or artificial fibers often referred to as thread or yarn.
-From Wikipedia & longman dictionary



Whether or not understanding textiles is ………………
required for personal or for professional purposes,
the key to informed decision making is knowledge
about fibers, yarns, fabrics, and finishes and the way
in which these are interrelated.

Purposes of textiles…………………………………..…………?

A number of Interior products, clothing, furniture, surgery, conveyor belts, foods filter papers….etc.
-> there is truly no aspect of modern life that is untouched by some area of textiles.