Preface [Dynamic light filters: smart materials applied to textile design]

Abstract

[Excerpt] Emergent materials and technologies originated by scientific and technological advances have been providing new means to extend textiles’ conventional qualities. Smart materials are able to sense and react reversibly to an external stimulus and when integrated in textiles, embed them with intrinsic dynamic and interactive behavior. Smart textiles have been creating great interest for research and development of innovation-driven applications. They enable the development of new and enhanced functionalities, expressions and performances, namely through the potential to interact with our environment, creating relationships between physical and immaterial dimensions.[...]