Aims and Scope of the journal:
Cloth accesses an astonishingly broad range of human experiences. The raw material from which things are made, it has various associations: sensual, somatic, decorative, functional and ritual. Yet although textiles are part of our everyday lives, their very familiarity and accessibility belie a complex set of histories, and invite a range of speculations about their personal, social and cultural meanings. This ability to move within and reference multiple sites gives textiles their potency.

This journal brings together research in textiles in an innovative and distinctive academic forum for all those who share a multifaceted view of textiles within an expanded field. Representing a dynamic and wide-ranging set of critical practices, it provides a platform for points of departure between art and craft; gender and identity; cloth, body and architecture; labour and technology; techno-design and practice—all situated within the broader contexts of material and visual culture.
 
Textile invites submissions informed by technology and visual media, history and cultural theory; anthropology; philosophy; political economy and psychoanalysis. It draws on a range of artistic practices, studio and digital work, manufacture and object production.

Instructions for authors

Special Edition Editorial Board

Conference dates: 11 - 12 April 2018
Registration opens: October 2017

Call dates

Second call for abstracts: Friday 20 October 2017

Submission deadlines

All abstracts: Friday 17 November 2017
Notification of acceptance of abstracts: Friday 24 November 2017
Extended deadline for papers: Friday 19 January 2018
Peer review feedback: Friday 9 February 2018
Final amended papers submitted: Friday 9 March 2018
Presentations submitted: Monday 26 March 2018

All papers submitted will go through a double-blind peer review process and authors who are selected will be expected to attend the conference and present their work in person.

All papers submitted will go through a double-blind peer review process and authors who are selected will be expected to attend the conference and present their work in person.

Guidance for Authors:

Extended deadline for final papers: Friday 19 January 2018

Theme A: Bio-inspired Design: Innovation with Nature
This theme recognises the significance of bio-inspired and biophilic design and aims to report how these mechanisms are being applied clearly and systematically to solve recurrent problems in our built environments and wearable materials. It will share examples of innovative design that explores the science between biology and design, green chemistry and processing. This theme also explores new application directions in collaboration with health, automotive and other sectors.

Theme B: Enhancing Material Performance and Functionality
This theme explores advanced performance achieved through advanced manufacturing techniques including 3D weaving, knitting, intelligent materials and creative computing. This theme incorporates a diverse field of potential applications for developing smart fibres, processes and finishes to deliver enhanced attributes including multi-functionality, intelligence, durability and longevity. What is the impact of smart technologies within the textile and material industries and how can this advanced performance affect a smarter cleaner future?

Theme C: Digital Manufacturing for Industry 4.0
This theme explores how emerging digital technologies facilitate smarter processes and supply chain optimization in the fourth industrial revolution termed Industry 4.0. How will artificial intelligence and cyber physical systems communicate and enhance the supply chain?  This theme is dedicated to digital design and manufacturing from the aesthetic of digitally printed 2D surfaces to 3D digitally printed materials and 4D holograms. Advancements in digital manufacturing and product prototyping are having huge positive effects on the carbon footprint. Designers can communicate directly with manufacturers via a digital 3D model. Customers can try on clothes through their own computers at home. We will explore how Industry 4.0 can positively impact health, wellbeing and the planet.

Theme D: Circular Economy
The textiles industry has been identified as an industry with an immense footprint in terms of environmental and social impact.  Looking beyond the current model, innovative pathways to a low carbon future are needed. This theme is concerned with the debates raised through consumption and manufacture, economy, and product lifecycle management (PLM) through a shared vision of a circular future for material consumption and value creation through creative enterprise and entrepreneurship.

The Department of Fashion and Textiles at the University of Huddersfield excels in the areas of teaching and learning, technology, innovation and research. We have a goal of achieving disciplinary excellence in Fashion and Textiles while fostering interdisciplinary research. We aspire to provide a world-leading research platform in design, technology and in the interface between design and technology. We collaborate with external as well and internal stakeholders to promote and conduct cutting-edge fundamental and applied research. We are also proud of the collaboration between our staff and students and spreading of skills and specialist knowledge in the exciting development of courses, modules, projects, research and enterprise.

We have achieved worldwide recognition for merging traditional methods with new and digital technology and we aim to maintain this reputation as well as being recognised for excellence in manufacturing, creativity, skill and business, promotion and marketing.

As a Department, we are entrepreneurial and highly proactive in engagement with the industry. We engage with a wide range of organisations from global conglomerates to small craft-based businesses. This not only maximises the tangible benefits of research but also enriches the experience of our students, empowering them with a professional approach and enabling them to achieve their career ambitions. We develop exciting live projects that range from design briefs with companies to competitions with professional bodies.

We have pioneered groundbreaking conferences that have addressed areas such as textile innovation and creative pattern cutting. These events have attracted global delegates giving them opportunities to present their research and to network in an interdisciplinary environment.

Location
About Huddersfield: http://www.hud.ac.uk/about-huddersfield/
Lonely planet guide to Huddersfield: http://www.hud.ac.uk/explore-hud/
How to get here/campus map: http://www.hud.ac.uk/about/maps/
Visit Britain: http://www.visitbritain.com/en/EN/
Visit Yorkshire: http://www.yorkshire.com/

Hotels
We would recommend conference delegates book the Huddersfield Central Premier Inn as this is only a 5 minute walk from campus.
If you book early rooms start at only £35.
 
A little further but still a short walk away is the Travelodge which has advanced purchase rooms starting at £31.
 
If however you would prefer to stay further from the town centre and explore some of the beautiful areas surrounding Huddersfield you may find one of these hotels more appealing:

315 Bar and Restaurant, Lepton, Huddersfield, HD8 0LX
The Woodman, Thunder Bridge Ln, Kirkburton, Huddersfield, HD8 0PX
Cedar Court Hotel, Ainley Top, Lindley Moor Road, Huddersfield, HD3 3RH
Briar Court Hotel, Halifax Rd, Huddersfield, HD3 3NT

Conference organisers

Joanne Harris
Jo Conlon

In collaboration with

        World Textile Information Network                                        Society of Dyers and Colourists