Explore - Textile Design

Step inside Marimekko’s printing factory for a look at how its iconic textiles come to life.

Zach Kaplan is looking out for the little guys. In 2002, he launched Inventables, an extensive library of high-tech materials from manufacturers and innovators like Dupont and 3Form. The initial...

Known to many architects as that translucent film paper on which archaic hand drawings become worthy of pin-up, mylar is making an illuminating entrance into the realm of the three-dimensional. ...

Remember how the Predator had skin that made him invisible? That was cool. But these high-tech materials might be even cooler.