Here is the key book on the key materials in art, design and shaping the environment in the 21st century. Building on the cult success of "Techno Textiles", this book, newly available in paperback, features developments over the past decade. Highlighting advanced textiles in production and available to the designer, artist, architect and consumer today, it will be required reading for professionals, fashion and design aficionados and anyone prepared to be stimulated by and informed about the environment in which we now live.