50 Futuristic Fabrics, Textiles & Trends for 2014

50 AMAZINGLY COOL FUTURISTIC FABRICS

by Lesley Scott, Fashiontribes & Author of “The Future of You”

(2014)

BIOCOUTURE Crab Helmet

Protocell Running Shoe

Invisibility Fabric

Green Screen Suit

Wellpaper

BioSuit

Skinsuit

3D printer

Electroloom

Telepathy Tattoo

Remote-Control Tattoo

Tissue-Engineered Leather

Bacterial Knitting

Biogrown Textiles

Wonderland

Remote-Control Eyelashes

“Circuit” Dress

Barbie in Lights

LED-Boosted Bling

Starry Glow

Philips “Fractal” Jewelry

Electroluminescence

Jellyfish Glow Paint

Karma Chameleon

Philips “Frisson”

Glow Glove

SENSOREE Emo-Top

Philips Design

More Philips Fractal

Philips Living Jewelry

Wash ‘n Wear Gadgets

Eletrospinning

Biomimetic Textiles

CLIMATOLOGY Eco Fabrics

Anti-Bacterial Like a Shark

Onymacris Desert Water-Cage

Polar Bear Fur Pavilion

Cool Camo-Tweed

Armourgel Protective Textile

Self-Healing Fabric

Polymer Magic

Light-Activated Curtains

CREATIF Consortium

Babe in the Bubble

“Hybrid Skins”

Bart Hess Cyborg Couture

Studio Roosegaarde Disappearing Dress

Moloch Horridus

“Yes But” Chair

Hiroshi Ishii of the MIT Media Lab

CreditsCover image:

http://www.design.philips.com/philips/sites/philipsdesign/about/design/imagebank/skin_dresses.page

5 Wellpaper http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/89980dae-37cc-4183-9869-1ab5f9568e14/via: http://www.tfrc.org.uk/author/jenny/

1 crabshell/helmet http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/e92686fa-4672-4a3f-a559-efe9de64fe5d/via: http://biocouture.co.uk/crab-helmet/

6 space BioSuithttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/914bb3d0-8a7b-44af-a645-c81daec6314f/via:http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/45/45s_building_future_spacesuit.html

2 green-goo foot http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/05786887-8645-486c-8b6d-00e43fb9ff48/Via:http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/jan/23/textile-futures-living-shoe-strawberry-lace

7 space Skinsuithttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/a82ad8fd-846e-40e0-81a5-9d829b95cb16/via: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/27/astronaut-skin-suit-spacesuit

3 see-thru anorak http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/b6fb3591-1a46-4a32-a4c5-4e6a330491b7/Via: http://lifeboat.com/ex/10.futuristic.materials

8 year 2050 wall-mounted 3D printerhttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/0034f239-3603-4420-a196-7f209702c287/Via: http://www.bitrebels.com/technology/clothing-printer-innovative-get-clothes/

4 Jim Carrey projection suit http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/a1e95a80-bf3d-486a-a0d5-14816613636d/via: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/06/06/jim-carrey-green-screen-suit-movie-awards/

9 Electroloom 3D printerhttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/af46ef42-5201-469f-a14a-5775fefa33ee/via: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3024883/forget-sewing-machines-you-want-this-3-d-printer-to-make-clothes?goback=%252Egde_3992079_member_5830500444052414467#%2521

10 gold "tattoo"http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/f6293cb2-6083-41f2-9fce-5b81fb97da25/via: http://advancedtextilessource.com/2011/10/incredibly-smart-textiles/#!prettyPhoto

15 Wonderland water-soluble textileshttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/7dff33df-fb8e-4137-aa91-95efdc29d00b/via: http://www.helenstoreyfoundation.org/wonderland/1.htm

11 remote-control ribbon tattoohttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/b083b7c1-c72c-42ca-aa55-56541fcc4576/via: http://www.zdnet.com/wearable-tech-6-future-tech_p2-7000002331/

16 remote-control eyelashes

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/701f2c43-ecd7-424c-906f-fa29ace221d4/

via: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/28/motion-control-makeup

12 tissue-engineered leather (Modern Meadow)http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/168edd3b-a166-4a85-b1c6-3b24875a93cb/via: http://txchnologist.com/post/31791674302/laboratory-leather-company-to-mass-produceimage: http://tcaproject.org/

17 Nicky Assmann “circuit” dress

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/04c5bd97-4d6b-4689-9ced-a1bc76f385b0/

via: http://nickyassmann.net/ 13 bacterial knittinghttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/2a8e51c6-0019-4ec9-a05a-2f323b96a5e8/via: http://www.ecouterre.com/gross-or-glorious-austrian-designer-creates-clothing-from-your-bodys-bacteria/crochet-membrane-detail/

18 Barbie

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/63bfb0f5-d291-4bd9-8d48-3e366e762f58/

via: http://mattelbrandsmedia.com/product.php?category=0&product=108

14 biogrown fabrichttp://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/a08af366-c141-4800-97b9-03bebed65165/via: http://www.popsci.com/technology/gallery/2013-08/10-amazing-high-tech-fabrics?image=4

19 LED-boosted diamond ring

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/03f73314-a5bd-46b1-abd5-d6a074e5d714/

image: http://hackaday.com/2013/05/20/adding-leds-to-an-engagement-ring/

20 PAL Glow Reflective fabric

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/dde53104-80a3-4f18-ac57-6f911a165d5f/

via: http://www.innovationintextiles.com/clothing-footwear/the-colour-space-reflective-project/

25 Philips "Frisson" SKIN Probe project

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/1296b60b-2109-4f6e-9fc7-09880a83d72b/

via:http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/design/about/design/designnews/pressreleases/

skin_reddot2007.wpd#.Uvru8IVYz6a 21 Philips Design fractal jewelry (body/stars)

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/50a0d116-a975-45f7-a513-3a173736bc42/

via:http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/design/about/design/designnews/pressreleases/pressbackgrounders/fractal_living_jewelry.wpd

26 light-up half-glove

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/76b07108-97ec-4295-8721-2c81f3203df5/

via: http://future-technologies-blog.blogspot.com/2012/10/h9-portable-lighting-tool-news-design.html

22 Vega Wang glowing fashion

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/be68a8e5-2743-4192-952b-0afdc2aff492/

via: http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/fashion/2012/10/technology-the-galaxy-fashion-that-glows-literally.html

27 blouse with light-up cowl (Sensoree)

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/bb7d5db4-f06b-40a9-b120-e381dc973329/

http://sensoree.com/artifacts/ger-mood-sweater/ 23 glowing road paint

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/81ff0d16-35a9-418f-a2ad-5a71e1710b98/

via:http://www.forbes.com/sites/dianemehta/2013/05/16/designer-daan-roosengaarde-on-highways-jellyfish-and-clients-who-say-yes-but/

28 biometric Philips Design adornment http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/b5b2d03a-e152-4f12-bb09-e2965e1c473a/

via:http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/design/about/design/designnews/pressreleases/pressbackgrounders/fractal_living_jewelry.wpd

24 Karma Chameleon project

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/ca4f7675-8405-4587-965e-ac91c16d333d/

via: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2311181/Karma-chameleon-Smart-clothes-change-shape-colour-move.html

image: http://www.xslabs.net/karma-chameleon/site/introduction.php

29 Philips Design "fractal" jewelry (woman silhouetted & yelling)

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/6fe43ce6-26c9-403c-b77b-90f29e574e8c/

via:http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/design/about/design/designnews/pressreleases/pressbackgrounders/fractal_living_jewelry.wpd

30 Philips Design Living Jewelry

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/a6eefda5-2881-448f-8cb5-570df0501043/

http://www.newscenter.philips.com/main/design/about/design/designnews/pressreleases/pressbackgrounders/fractal_living_jewelry.wpd

35 shark-inspired anti-bacterial fabric

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/2850b27e-79c7-46b7-8fa5-66b04ba4ec46/

via: http://sharklet.com/technology/

31 wash & wear electronic-embedded fabric

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/69250e66-d41e-43cb-9451-a912c4927f5b/

via: http://textilesupdate.com/smart-clothing-a-reality-in-future

36 Onymacris desert water-cage

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/946cc9c6-d29b-4832-996e-eb845d393706/

via: http://www.karlmayer.com/internet/en/kmweltweit/5500.jsp

image: http://www.karlmayer.com/internet/en/kmweltweit/5500.jsp

32 electro-spun spray-on skin

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/7a739d35-c385-4526-ac4b-23694bb223e9/

via: http://boingboing.net/2005/04/12/extreme-textiles-art.html

37 sustainable Polar Bear pavilion

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/10c781e1-94e2-40bc-9ed0-c0422885f6ab/

via: http://www.techtextil-blog.com/en/nachhaltig-bauen-mit-technischen-textilien/

33 blue pinecone illustration

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/71862ca6-7b3c-4a19-8247-3030fde3461d/

via: http://www.inotektextiles.com/technology/

image: http://www.innovationintextiles.com/pine-cone-effect-to-be-used-in-moisture-management-fabrics/

38 camo-tweed for 2015

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/955b3b2e-4fc7-49e4-8063-fc8df6bbcd6a/

via: http://www.innovationintextiles.com/clothing-footwear/animal-camouflage-in-201516-schoeller-collection/

34 Climatology: enviro-aware fabrics

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/c43fef73-9673-4a0f-99d0-ca30ed4cf4e4/

via: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-07/4-smart-textiles-youve-yet-see

39 Armourgel protective textile

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/64bfc77d-4128-44c6-b839-cd5d47523c51/

via:http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/releases/shownews.htm?NewsID=909

image: http://www.pinkbike.com/u/mikekazimer/blog/Random-Randoms-Eurobike-2013.html

40 self-healing performance fabric

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/ca9c8728-94fc-4a28-97cd-0925993a44e7/

via: http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/blog/2012/05/healing-revolution-bag/

46 Bart Hess wax couture project

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/2fd15b2d-cbcd-424b-b0a4-c5066fdf05eb/

via: http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/fashion/2013/10/a-futurenetics-fashion-tribe-experiment-cyborg-couture-podcast-1.html

41 monomer & polymer research

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/936d3d4e-df5f-4230-b1bb-618606a103ef/

via:http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_8-1-2014-16-2-22

image: http://www.ektron.com/Blogs/Nicole-Rogers/We-tested--failed--and-analyzed--Why-Multivariate-Testing-is-like-High-School-Chem-/

47 Studio Roosegaarde disappearing dress

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/a8c641b4-153e-4488-b6f0-8a02a5b236cf/

via: http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/fashion/2012/05/clothes-that-make-music-change-color-generally-lead-a-glamorous-life-of-their-own.html

42 light-activated smart curtains

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/b273e36f-fbc3-48b3-a86a-8de90c1d083d/

via: https://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/01/09/smart-curtains/

43 CREATIF project

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/611ec6f0-e6fd-4c67-a6d2-d52ec3db264c/

via: http://www.diffus.dk/portfolio/creatif-2013-2016/

48 Moloch Horridus by Maartje Dijkstra

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/c367364d-6605-474f-bc78-68c2bd330292/

via: http://fashiontribes.typepad.com/fashion/2012/05/clothes-that-make-music-change-color-generally-lead-a-glamorous-life-of-their-own.html

44 the woman in the bubble

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/a45dc958-dcf3-4077-9a3c-539efc7c5140/

via: http://www.fastcompany.com/1773462/smart-couture-wearable-tech-finds-its-fi

49 the "Yes but" Chair

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/3dd2adf3-1593-4674-864a-78e3ef4ef11b/

via:http://www.forbes.com/sites/dianemehta/2013/05/16/designer-daan-roosengaarde-on-highways-jellyfish-and-clients-who-say-yes-but/

image: https://twitter.com/byronki/status/322726643871383552

45 wax “body girdle” - Hybrid Skins

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/682de1ae-e8dd-4820-82f2-b41c5c97ad83/

via: http://www.designboom.com/art/hybrid-skins-combines-fashion-with-nanotechnology-cloning-10-04-2013/

50 Hiroshi Ishii of the MIT Media Lab

http://sulia.com/fashiontribes/f/a04eb3bd-0395-40cd-b769-134fe762a85d/

via: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/05/hiroshi-ishii-mit-media-lab

image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simsvip/10339920545/

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