Textiles Today: A Global Survey of Trends and Traditions

This survey brings together a wide range of images and perspectives.

Extraordinary technological developments, from color-changing, light-sensitive camouflage to emergency shelters of cement-impregnated fabric bonded to an inflatable plastic, are included here alongside the simply beautiful, such as Eley Kishimoto’s patterns that point to the historical exchange of ideas between East and West. 381 color illustrations