But it wasn’t an engraving. It was a sheet of finely woven silk – a thousand threads to the inch – so subtle and detailed ...

Muslin, popularly know as Calico, produced in Kozhikode, was once famous the world over. But the knowledge and technique of weaving the cloth died with its weavers, who once caught the attention of ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osCPWMyJOj8&w=470] The Jacquard loom, invented in the early 1800s, used punched cards to manufacture relatively complex ...

The jacquard weave is one that never really goes out of trend When someone mentions design or interiors, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? For most of us it would be along the lines of ...

1752: Joseph Marie Jacquard is born in Lyon, France. The weaver and inventor would create the first programmable power loom, revolutionize the weaving industry and lay the foundation for modern data ...

All of fashion's cool kids are exploring the possibilities of jacquard denim. Over the past few seasons, trend forecasting firm WGSN has observed an increase in detailed patterns, including distressed ...

“These fledgling ideas become prototypes, and prototypes become products.” That’s how Dan Kaufman, the new head of ATAP, describes the mission of his division. You might know it better as the division ...

Google’s ATAP unit today debuted Project Jacquard, the group’s effort to develop the technology that could soon make interactive textiles not just a novelty, but something that the global fashion ...