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<DIV class=calinfo><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN class=532510714-17102008>Textiles
Futures Research Group Presents:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=calinfo><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
class=532510714-17102008><STRONG>What Future for
Living Textiles?</STRONG> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=calinfo><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG><SPAN
class=532510714-17102008> </SPAN>23 - 24 Oct 2008</STRONG><!-- for seasons, that get the date range from the peernav, ie via the keywordsearch --> <SPAN
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<DIV class=calinfo><SPAN class=532510714-17102008><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia>ICA
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23 October 2008 - 24 October 2008--></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Georgia>Textile designers are uniquely placed to inhabit other
design fields and cohabit with the world of science. In recent years the
potential of nano- and bio- technology has caught the imagination of a new
generation of textile makers, particularly in the fields of fashion and
architecture. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Georgia>Unimaginable materials are being developed: grow-into
clothing; fabric to be sprayed from a can onto surface and body; fabric to mimic
responsive behaviours found in nature. Even the body's own skin is being
explored as an interface for evolving, almost invisible, technology. Design of
tangible and tactile intelligent surfaces is beginning to evolve in product
form, for the body and in the built environment.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Georgia>Textile design and production have played a pivotal role
in economic, social, educational and cultural development worldwide. World
changes in economic power and cultural values demand a reshaping of the design,
production and uses of textiles. Designers, makers and academics need to develop
new research relationships and methods to realise the potential of textiles'
aesthetics, production, function, application and cultural capital. The science
is here and the Textile Futures Research Group, University of the Arts London,
is keen to interrogate. How much is our discipline changing and are we as
designers and consumers ready for the next material revolution? </FONT></P>
<H4><FONT face=Georgia>Thursday<SPAN class=532510714-17102008><FONT
size=2> 23rd October </FONT></SPAN>: 'Living Textiles' and the
body.</FONT></H4></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG>Afternoon</STRONG> <STRONG>Session
2.30pm</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia>Introduction: Carole Collet.<BR>Oron Catts
presentation<BR>Suzanne Lee presentation<BR>Philips Design presentation / in
conversation with Carole Collet and Suzanne Lee + audience
questions<BR>Break<BR>Manel Torres presentation<BR>Neil Parry presentation / in
conversation with Philip Delamore + Manel Torres + audience questions<SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG>Evening Session</STRONG>
<STRONG>6.30pm</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG>Question time</STRONG>: Suzanne Lee, Clive
Heerden, Manel Torres, Philip Delamore, Richard Bonser + Neil Parry. Chair:
Carole Collet</FONT></DIV>
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<H4><FONT face=Georgia>Friday<SPAN class=532510714-17102008><FONT size=2>
24th October </FONT></SPAN>: 'Living Textiles' and the built
environment.</FONT></H4></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG>Afternoon Session</STRONG>
<STRONG>2.30pm</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia>Introduction: Geoffrey Makstutis<BR>Mark Gaulthorpe
presentation<BR>Mette Ramsgard presentation / in conversation with Geoffrey
Makstutis + Mark Gaulthorpe + audience questions<BR>Break<BR>Carole Collet
presentation<BR>Richard Bonser presentation / in conversation with Neil Spiller
+ Carole Collet + audience questions<BR>Caryn Simonson & Andrew Sides TFRG
Second Life presentation<SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG>Evening Session 6.30pm</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG>Question time</STRONG>: Mark Goulthorpe,
Geoffrey Makstutis, Matthew Birchall, Mette Ramsgard, Richard Bonser + Neil
Spiller. Chair: Jane Harris.</FONT></DIV>
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<H4><FONT face=Georgia>Participants</FONT></H4>
<P><FONT face=Georgia><STRONG>Oron Catts</STRONG>, director of tissue culture
and art, symbiotica, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western
Australia; <STRONG>Suzanne Lee</STRONG>, senior research fellow at Central Saint
Martins, director of Biocouture and author of <CITE>Fashioning the
Future</CITE>; <STRONG>Clive van Heerden</STRONG>, senior director of design-led
innovation at Philips Design; Dr <STRONG>Neil Parry</STRONG>, science area
leader, Biotechnology, Unilever Research, UK; <STRONG>Manel Torres</STRONG>,
co-founder and managing director of Fabrican Ltd and associate to TFRG;
<STRONG>Richard Bonser</STRONG>, Centre for Biomimetics, Reading University;
<STRONG>Philip Delamore</STRONG>, research fellow in textile and fashion
science, London College of Fashion and TFRG. Chair: <STRONG>Jane
Harris</STRONG>, director of the Textile Futures Research Group; <STRONG>Mark
Goulthorpe</STRONG>, professor of architecture, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, director of dECOi atelier and Hyposurface; <STRONG>Mette
Ramsgard</STRONG>, director of the Centre for Interactive Technology in
Architecture, Royal Academy, Copenhagen; <STRONG>Geoffrey Makstutis</STRONG>,
director of art, design and environment, Central Saint Martins and TFRG;
<STRONG>Neil Spiller</STRONG>, professor of architecture and digital theory,
Bartlett, University College London; <STRONG>Matthew Birchall</STRONG>,
associate director of building engineering structures for Buro Happold;
<STRONG>Carole Collet</STRONG>, research fellow, director of MA design for
Textile Futures and Nobel Textiles, project manager, CSM and TFRG; <STRONG>Caryn
Simonson</STRONG>, senior lecturer in cultural studies for textiles, Chelsea
College of Art and Design, and <STRONG>Andrew Sides</STRONG>, senior lecturer,
art, design and environment at Central Saint Martins.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Georgia>Sponsored by Unilever.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://www.tfrg.org.uk/"><FONT
face=Georgia>www.tfrg.org.uk</FONT></A></P>
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<P><FONT face=Georgia>£10 / £8 Concessions / £6 ICA Members per
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