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Textile Culture Backup

This extraordinary 400-page publication, designed by award-winning graphic design studio mut features 18 curators from around the world and more than 110 artists. It documents the online exhibitions held by Textile Culture Net, an international network of four cutting-edge institutions working on the bridge between textile art and design, fashion, urban regeneration, and sustainability, from 2020 to the present. This game changing book captures the power and evolution of contemporary textile art, tackling important and current topics and is a physical archive of stories, cultures, and materials woven into powerful narratives.

Textile Culture Backup
ISBN 978-83-60146-98-9
Softcover, 170 x 240 mm, 389 pages
Concept by Textile Culture Net: TextielMuseum, The Netherlands;

Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland;

CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong;

Lottozero, Italy
Printed in Poland
Designed by Studio Mut, studiomut.com

Co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe 2023/2024 program Grant Agreement n°101099994

https://www.lottozero.org/store/booktextileculturebackup

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Unravelling Women's Art: Creators, Rebels, & Innovators in Textile 

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Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary textile artists, providing fascinating insights into their practices, themes and personal motivation. 

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/unravelling-womens-art-pl-henderson/1138900583

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