CraftTech: hybrid frameworks for textile-based practice
- Submitting institution
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Royal College of Art(The)
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- Toomey1
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.15406/jteft.2018.04.00135
- Title of journal
- Journal of Textile Engineering & Fashion Technology
- Article number
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- First page
- 164
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 2574-8114
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- -
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://medcraveonline.com/JTEFT/crafttech-hybrid-frameworks-for-textile-based-practice.html
- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This peer reviewed journal article introduces the importance of craft and creative textiles practice, in the field of wearable technologies, to an audience of textile engineers and technologists. The research documents the exploration of interdisciplinary design processes for designing smart textiles and products in Hong Kong and the UK. The article demonstrates through examples of practical work, the benefit of combining creative textiles enquiry that challenge and innovate with the affective qualities of smart materials together with technological understanding to develop multi-sensory textiles.
Within the field, an existing focus on technology has meant that design processes on smart materials are under researched.
The article uses data collected through collaborative practice-led research initiated between co-authors Toomey and Tan that took place during two international workshops; one in Hong Kong and one in London, documented in the accompanying portfolio.
The work was exhibited at both the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences in March 2018 and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in May 2018, and reviewed by Annie Warburton, then creative director of the Crafts Council, who also co-authored the journal article.
The work furthers an ongoing international collaboration between Toomey and Tan that questions how distinct design approaches influence the development of smart materials and how, in turn, do new technologies influence Textile design practice and contribute to a shared body of knowledge.
The subsequent insights from this specific project, funded by HKPOLYU ITC Internal Research Grant Ref: 1-ZVLT (HK$150,000) have resulted in contributions to the following international conferences; The 91st Textile Institute World Conference and The 11th Annual Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, organised by the International Academy of Technology, Education and Development; a collaborative PGR project and funding from CreateSmart Initiative Ref: CSI(D)/1808/0259 Funded Amount HKD$$1,249,559.https://www.createhk.gov.hk/en/service_createsmart.htm
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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