Limiting parameter for engineered textiles: ugliness
Disjointed article about Cooper-Hewitt's new exhibit on textiles:
The New York Times > Science > 'Extreme Textiles' Come of AgeBest excerpt:
The museum show largely overlooks one area of textile innovation, the so-called nonwovens, whose fibers are bound together in a random pattern. They can be found in bandages and diapers, among other items.
'But they're really boring to look at,' said Susan Brown, an assistant curator of the show. 'They might be really cool. They might be really interesting. They might do something great, but they come in the mail, and you're like, I can't put that in a museum.'
Ms. Brown added, 'We excluded a lot of really ugly things.'
* Ray, 4/12/2005 12:19:00 AM
