Creative Textile Industry

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the creative textile industry and its sectors involved in South Asian countries namely Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. It provides basic knowledge about the textile, fabric manufacturing techniques, processing, and design method used for the development of creative textile products from the three countries in the past till the 1900s to the present 2023 and discusses the future challenges and prospects. It introduces the concept of a multi-species design process as the future need to obtain a sustainable product cycle of creative textile fabrics. The content of this book appeals to academic researchers, industrial practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in the creative textile industry in South Asia, its economics, and sustainability.

Highlights the creative textile industry and its sectors involved in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh Presents creative textile products in past time, present with images and technology and method involved in their making Outlines the sustainable product cycle of creative textile fabrics using the multi-specie design concept

Inhalt

Introduction /Significance of Creative Textile Industry.- Sectors of Creative textile industry in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.- Past and Present Creative Textiles Products of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.- Micro and Macroeconomic overview of Creative and Value added Textiles.- Design Method, types and amplifications.- Technology methods, processes and Amplification.- Technology Gaps in Past and Present times.- Future of the Creative Textile Industry.