Textile-led Design for the Active Ageing Population

The Textile Institute and Woodhead Publishing List of contributors Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles Part One. Understanding the active ageing population1. Technological culture and the active ageing: a lifetime of technological advances1.1. Introduction1.2. Learning and teaching1.3. Photography, audiovisual technologies, and e-learning1.4. Implications for the active ageing1.5. Conclusions1.6. Sources of further information and advice2. Clothing, identity, embodiment and age2.1. Introduction: clothing, social identity and age2.2. Age ordering2.3. Age-related clothing2.4. The changing cultural location of older people2.5. Baby boomers2.6. Casual dress2.7. Adjusting the cut2.8. Conclusion3. Attitudes to apparel amongst the baby boomer generation3.1. Introduction3.2. The baby boomers and the growth of marketing3.3. Baby boomers and their interaction with apparel and textiles3.4. Market implications3.5. Current lifestyle trends for the baby boomers and product needs for the future3.6. Conclusion4. The importance of colour in textiles and clothing for an ageing population4.1. Introduction4.2. Attitudes towards colour amongst the active ageing4.3. The colour selection process for clothing4.4. Colour forecasting4.5. Classic and changing colours4.6. How the colour selection process starts: designers and inspiration4.7. Sharing information: the case of the British Textile Colour Group4.8. How colour palettes are used4.9. From colour palette to product4.10. Conclusion5. The adoption and nonadoption of new technologies by the active ageing5.1. Introduction5.2. Technological use by the active ageing5.3. Internet access in care and nursing homes5.4. Internet access, leisure activities, and the active ageing5.5. How do the active ageing adopt new technologies?5.6. Wearable technology and the active ageing5.7. Tablet technologies and the active ageing5.8. Social media, communities, and the active ageing5.9. Conclusions5.10. Sources of further information and advice

Since establishing a unique Masters programme in Performance Sportswear Design (University of Derby, 1995-2003) and then leading research in Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology (University of Wales, Newport, 2004-2012), Jane's practice has continued to be focused on co-design methodology, bringing together representatives from academia and industry, along with end-users, where a new 'shared language' is required to break down barriers between disparate disciplines. She was the recipient of the 'Sir Misha Black Award for Innovation in Design Education' (2003), presented at the Royal College of Art, and awarded her Professorship from the University of Wales, Newport (2012). Her cross-disciplinary approach led to Erasmus exchanges, Leonardo projects, publication and continuing academic engagement in China. Both during her time in academia, and since working as an independent design and research consultant, back in Northern Ireland (from 2014 onwards), the need for more responsible, sustainable, and user-friendly product development has escalated in relation to her on-going areas of interest in the design of functional clothing as well as in Natural Fibre Composites design applications.David Bryson is a Senior Lecturer in the Human Sciences Research Centre at the University of Derby, UK. His research interests include the use of scientific photography and multimedia to support learning teaching and assessment in applied science, anatomy and osteology.