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Links to Design and Textiles Websites |
This section provides links to websites covering the fields of design and textiles. When you click on a link, a new browser window will open for you to view the website. Remember to close this down when you finish. Websites have been divided into the following sub-categories: Design - Professional | Companies in Design, Textiles and Fashion | Smart Textiles Design Museum - museum dedicated to the study of contemporary design. The Design Council - organisation working "to inspire and enable the best use of design in the UK, in the world context, to improve prosperity and well-being." The Crafts Council - the UK's national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts. Clerkenwell Green Association - charity working to maintain and promote fine craft and design skills in the heart of London's historic community of Clerkenwell. Chartered Society of Designers - professional organisation which is the only body in the world able to grant chartered status to designers. DTI Textiles and Clothing - Lots of information about the textiles and clothing industry and strategies for its development for the future. The Textiles Institute - membership association of professionals in the apparel, industrial, agricultural and medical textile industries. Inteletex - a textile business information and resource centre from World Textile Publications. World Textile Publications - a business-to-business publisher of market-leading periodicals, online services and trade directories covering the global textiles industry. Trendzine - an online forecast and trend reporting service. top»
Sara Lee Courtaulds - supplies branded and private label clothing to major retailers in the UK and internationally. DuPont - science company, delivering science-based solutions in the apparel market. Levi Strauss - one of the world's largest brand-name apparel marketers with sales in more than 100 countries. top» ElekTek - product which combines conductive fabric structures with microchip technology. BioSteel - man-made spider silk manufactured by Nexia Biotechnologies. Lifeshirt - a suite of products and services that collects data around the clock while people go about their normal routines. Indicator Gloves - cycling gloves incorporating LED indicator lights. Philips - research in products for clothing SOFTswitch Electronic Fabrics - a unique technology developed to enable textiles to function as interfaces to control any type of electronic device. Speedo Fastskin - fabric composed of "super stretch" fabric made to improve the suits fit and compress muscles. Materials top» Design - Professional | Companies in Design, Textiles and Fashion | Smart Textiles |