Published 02-02-2009
Keywords
- Textiles,
- Craft,
- Science with Design,
- Macrame,
- Biology
- Biomimicry,
- Nanotechnology,
- Future,
- Garden,
- Sustainable Textiles,
- Fashion - Sustainability,
- Socio-technological and material discourses,
- DNA,
- Compost furniture,
- C.elegans,
- Molecular Cell Biology,
- Apoptosis,
- Programmed Cell Death,
- Crochet ...More
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Abstract
In this practice-base presentation, I will present and analyse the textile artifacts produced for the Suicidal Textiles collection as part of the Nobel Textiles project showcased at the Institute of Contemporary Art In London In September 2008. Nobel Textiles was the result of a collaboration between the Medical Research Council and Central Saint Martins College; where five Nobel Laureates were paired together with five researchers working in the field of textiles and fashion. This paper will first introduce the rationale behind the Nobel Textiles project, then I will discuss the parallel process between the biological fabrication of life and the man made fabrication of textiles; where traditional craft techniques can become the key connection between science, design and sustainability. Finally, I will explore hypotheses for a sustainable future and question the role of craft and design in the context of forthcoming scientific discoveries.