This course will explore the intersection of textiles and emergent technologies and processes towards new ways of creating, defining and experiencing textiles. Students will learn About the current climate of future textiles in practice, concept and theory; and will develop their own ideas towards a major project. This project may be a finished piece, a researched proposal, or a prototype of a new approach to textiles as explored through a digital media or new material technologies. Projects may explore new hypothetical technologies (i.e., nanotechnology), new integrated media/textile spaces that include interactivity, experimental textile based installation work, advanced material and production processes, as well as exploring the functionality of textiles as a protective, responsive and informational medium. The traditional aesthetic and emotional qualities of cloth and craft will be considered as a touchstone in informing and contextualizing the work in the 21st century