It’s worth remembering that every piece of clothing you own is at least partly handmade. The term “fast fashion” evokes an endless stream of cheap apparel churned out by machines, but humans feed ...

Metamaterials—materials whose properties are primarily dictated by their internal microstructure, and not their chemical ...

Despite the prevalence of synthetic materials across different industries and scientific fields, most are developed to serve ...

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Pattern making is the process of creating a 2D blueprint that translates a 2D design sketch into a 3D garment. The pattern making manufacturing process involves several stages: project intake, ...

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