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Functional clothing design : from sportswear to spacesuits
- Title
- Functional clothing design : from sportswear to spacesuits / Susan M. Watkins, Lucy E. Dunne.
- Author
- Watkins, Susan M., 1943-
- Publication
- New York, NY ; London, UK : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2015.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-SIBL TT649 .W37 | Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library - Yoseloff Business Center - Research Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Dunne, Lucy E.
- Description
- xv, 428 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "Functional Clothing Design introduces new ways to look at the human body, the environment, and clothing. It explores the ways design can achieve goals such as protecting the body, increasing health and safety, or increasing body function. Building on the groundbreaking text Clothing: The Portable Environment by co-author Susan M. Watkins, this text covers aspects of functional clothing design including: User-centered design for comfort and function in clothing; Clothing for thermal protection, impact protection, and hazardous environments; The design of wearable technology and other apparel solutions that enhance and augment body function; Commercial product development and the development of functional garmets and materials"--Back cover.
- Uniform Title
- Clothing
- Alternative Title
- Clothing
- Subjects
- Note
- Revised edition of: Clothing.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-415) and index.
- Contents
- 1. User-centered design -- 2. Providing mobility in clothing -- 3. Materials -- 4. Smart clothing and wearable technology -- 5. Thermal protection -- 6. Impact protection -- Living and working in hazardous environments -- 8. Enhancing and augmenting body functions -- 9. Commerical product development and production.
- Call Number
- TT649
- ISBN
- 9780857854674
- 0857854674
- LCCN
- 2014027461
- OCLC
- 883903389
- Author
- Watkins, Susan M., 1943- author.
- Title
- Functional clothing design : from sportswear to spacesuits / Susan M. Watkins, Lucy E. Dunne.
- Publisher
- New York, NY ; London, UK : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-415) and index.
- Added Author
- Dunne, Lucy E., author.
- Research Call Number
- *R-SIBL TT649 .W37