How Textile Communicates: From Codes to Cosmotechnics

by Ganaele Langlois

Book Overview

Textile has been used as a medium of communication since the prehistoric period. Up until the 19th century, civilizations throughout the world manipulated thread and fabric to communicate in a way that would astound many of us now.
Unlike text and images, textile is haptic and three-dimensional. Its meaning is unfixed, constantly shifting as it circulates between different owners and creators. In How Textile Communicates, Ganaele Langlois...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350386944
• ISBN13: 9781350386945
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"