Textile-led Design for the Active Ageing Population

<ul> <li>The Textile Institute and Woodhead Publishing</li> <li>List of contributors</li> <li>Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles</li> <li>Part One. Understanding the active ageing population<ul><li>1. Technological culture and the active ageing: a lifetime of technological advances<ul><li>1.1. Introduction</li><li>1.2. Learning and teaching</li><li>1.3. Photography, audiovisual technologies, and e-learning</li><li>1.4. Implications for the active ageing</li><li>1.5. Conclusions</li><li>1.6. Sources of further information and advice</li></ul></li><li>2. Clothing, identity, embodiment and age<ul><li>2.1. Introduction: clothing, social identity and age</li><li>2.2. Age ordering</li><li>2.3. Age-related clothing</li><li>2.4. The changing cultural location of older people</li><li>2.5. Baby boomers</li><li>2.6. Casual dress</li><li>2.7. Adjusting the cut</li><li>2.8. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>3. Attitudes to apparel amongst the baby boomer generation<ul><li>3.1. Introduction</li><li>3.2. The baby boomers and the growth of marketing</li><li>3.3. Baby boomers and their interaction with apparel and textiles</li><li>3.4. Market implications</li><li>3.5. Current lifestyle trends for the baby boomers and product needs for the future</li><li>3.6. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>4. The importance of colour in textiles and clothing for an ageing population<ul><li>4.1. Introduction</li><li>4.2. Attitudes towards colour amongst the active ageing</li><li>4.3. The colour selection process for clothing</li><li>4.4. Colour forecasting</li><li>4.5. Classic and changing colours</li><li>4.6. How the colour selection process starts: designers and inspiration</li><li>4.7. Sharing information: the case of the British Textile Colour Group</li><li>4.8. How colour palettes are used</li><li>4.9. From colour palette to product</li><li>4.10. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>5. The adoption and nonadoption of new technologies by the active ageing<ul><li>5.1. Introduction</li><li>5.2. Technological use by the active ageing</li><li>5.3. Internet access in care and nursing homes</li><li>5.4. Internet access, leisure activities, and the active ageing</li><li>5.5. How do the active ageing adopt new technologies?</li><li>5.6. Wearable technology and the active ageing</li><li>5.7. Tablet technologies and the active ageing</li><li>5.8. Social media, communities, and the active ageing</li><li>5.9. Conclusions</li><li>5.10. Sources of further information and advice</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Part Two. Understanding and researching apparel needs amongst the active ageing population<ul><li>6. Qualitative and quantitative methods applied in active ageing<ul><li>6.1. Introduction</li><li>6.2. Meaning and interpretation</li><li>6.3. Knowledge acquisition</li><li>6.4. Qualitative research methodologies</li><li>6.5. Survey techniques</li><li>6.6. Direct contact information-gathering techniques</li><li>6.7. Qualitative analysis techniques</li><li>6.8. Quantitative survey development</li><li>6.9. Research ethics</li><li>6.10. Qualitative research aspects of co-design</li><li>6.11. Future trends</li></ul></li><li>7. Effective communication in product development of smart wearable clothing for the active ageing population<ul><li>7.1. Introduction</li><li>7.2. Communication complexities in product design</li><li>7.3. Understanding the terminology of different disciplines in product design</li><li>7.4. Terms with different meanings between specialisms</li><li>7.5. Visual approaches to developing a common understanding</li><li>7.6. Bringing different disciplines together in co-design</li><li>7.7. Using visual communication to help develop a common language in the Design for Ageing Well (DfAW) project</li><li>7.8. Case study: communication between disciplines</li><li>7.9. Case study: communication with textile industry designers and manufacturers</li><li>7.10. Case study: communication with retail</li><li>7.11. Case study: communication with wearers</li><li>7.12. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>8. Anatomical and physiological changes with age: implications for apparel design<ul><li>8.1. Introduction</li><li>8.2. Anatomical and morphological changes</li><li>8.3. Physiological changes</li><li>8.4. Factors affecting wearability and unwearability</li><li>8.5. Conclusions</li></ul></li><li>9. Thermoregulation and clothing comfort<ul><li>9.1. Introduction: what is clothing comfort?</li><li>9.2. Homeostasis and thermoregulation: maintaining a constant body temperature</li><li>9.3. Human thermoregulatory system</li><li>9.4. Thermoregulatory responses</li><li>9.5. Factors affecting thermoregulation</li><li>9.6. Clothing and thermoregulation: clothing as a barrier between the body and the environment</li><li>9.7. Moisture management</li><li>9.8. Thermoregulation and the traditional outdoor layering system: discussion</li></ul></li><li>10. Ageing populations: 3D scanning for apparel size and shape<ul><li>10.1. Introduction</li><li>10.2. Population</li><li>10.3. Active ageing</li><li>10.4. Design for all ages</li><li>10.5. Anthropometrics</li><li>10.6. Case studies drawing on the sizeUK national sizing survey</li><li>10.7. Future trends</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Part Three. Apparel design requirements for the active ageing population<ul><li>11. The role of wearable electronics in meeting the needs of the active ageing population<ul><li>11.1. Introduction</li><li>11.2. Current applications and end-users</li><li>11.3. Communication and entertainment</li><li>11.4. Comfort and safety in the outdoors</li><li>11.5. Fitness monitoring, sports performance and health care</li><li>11.6. Apparel heating systems</li><li>11.7. Commercial challenges of wearable electronics for active ageing</li><li>11.8. Implementation considerations</li><li>11.9. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>12. Overview of the design requirements of the active ageing<ul><li>12.1. Introduction</li><li>12.2. Defining smart clothes and wearable technology</li><li>12.3. An introduction to the clothing layering system</li><li>12.4. The identification of user needs: design fit for purpose</li><li>12.5. Co-design approach to smart clothing development</li><li>12.6. The way forward</li></ul></li><li>13. Co-design principles and practice: working with the active ageing<ul><li>13.1. Introduction</li><li>13.2. Capturing user experiences: clothing and technology</li><li>13.3. Explaining the attributes of the ‘layering system’ to older users</li><li>13.4. Segmenting types of walking</li><li>13.5. Creating personas to guide the design process</li><li>13.6. Creating a range plan to cater for different walking requirements</li><li>13.7. Future trends</li><li>13.8. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>14. Public involvement in garment design research<ul><li>14.1. Introduction</li><li>14.2. Background to public involvement in design research</li><li>14.3. Planning for public involvement</li><li>14.4. Designing research studies</li><li>14.5. Conducting the research</li><li>14.6. Beyond the study</li><li>14.7. Additional processes</li><li>14.8. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>15. The co-design process for apparel for the active ageing population: the participant experience<ul><li>15.1. Introduction</li><li>15.2. The New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) programme and the Older People’s Reference Group (OPRG)</li><li>15.3. Engaging in the Design for Ageing Well project</li><li>15.4. Training of volunteers in user engagement</li><li>15.5. Getting to know terminology in the clothing for active ageing sector</li><li>15.6. Getting to know the textile industry: the International Sporting Goods Trade Fair 2010 (ISPO 2010)</li><li>15.7. Getting to know the textile retail sector</li><li>15.8. Getting volunteer participants</li><li>15.9. The co-design process and outcomes</li><li>15.10. Conclusions</li></ul></li><li>16. Key choices in developing sustainable apparel for the active ageing population<ul><li>16.1. Introduction</li><li>16.2. Ageing market</li><li>16.3. Understanding of sustainability</li><li>16.4. Achieving sustainability through considered design</li><li>16.5. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>17. Issues and techniques in the inclusive design of apparel for the active ageing population<ul><li>17.1. Background</li><li>17.2. Mechanisms of engagement</li><li>17.3. Inclusive design: origins, definitions, and the limits of terminology</li><li>17.4. Immersive workshops</li><li>17.5. User forums and interviews</li><li>17.6. Making the case for inclusive design</li><li>17.7. Conclusion</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Part Four. From design to apparel for the active ageing population<ul><li>18. From co-design to design specifications and manufacture of apparel for the active ageing population<ul><li>18.1. Introduction</li><li>18.2. Design brief to point of sale (POS), the current process</li><li>18.3. Growing awareness of the ageing market</li><li>18.4. Co-design – listen, learn, develop, repeat, refine and repeat</li><li>18.5. Co-design – industry involvement</li><li>18.6. Getting to store</li><li>18.7. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>19. What textile fibres are applicable for the layering system for the active ageing?<ul><li>19.1. Introduction</li><li>19.2. Natural fibres</li><li>19.3. Synthetic fibres</li><li>19.4. Synthetic cellulosics</li><li>19.5. Biofibres</li><li>19.6. Textiles and fibres for health and well-being</li><li>19.7. Smart, sensory and adaptive materials</li><li>19.8. Interactive technologies</li><li>19.9. Environmental and sustainability concerns</li><li>19.10. Conclusion</li><li>19.11. Future trends</li></ul></li><li>20. Designing base layers for apparel for the active ageing population: balancing technology and aesthetics<ul><li>20.1. Introduction</li><li>20.2. Defining technologies</li><li>20.3. The roles of body and base layers in a clothing system</li><li>20.4. Designing for the older body shape</li><li>20.5. Technical and aesthetic design considerations and processes</li><li>20.6. Manufacturing considerations: materials, methods and costs</li><li>20.7. Conclusion</li><li>20.8. Future trends</li></ul></li><li>21. Co-design development: design direction for the clothing layering system as a wearable technology platform<ul><li>21.1. Introduction</li><li>21.2. Creating a hierarchy of emerging key design requirements</li><li>21.3. Sorting and elaborating the design requirements: form</li><li>21.4. Co-design prototype design development process</li><li>21.5. Technical 3D development</li><li>21.6. Final prototype development</li><li>21.7. The way forward: design direction to help bring product to market</li></ul></li><li>22. Developing a strategy for the effective specification of functional clothing with integrated wearable technology<ul><li>22.1. Introduction</li><li>22.2. Co-design team</li><li>22.3. Co-design development process: liaison with end-users</li><li>22.4. Liaison with technology developers</li><li>22.5. Liaison with garment developers</li><li>22.6. Design communication</li><li>22.7. Example: hybrid design specification</li><li>22.8. Challenges in the global clothing supply chain</li><li>22.9. Conclusion: more sustainable garment development</li><li>22.10. Future trends</li></ul></li><li>23. Developing footwear for the active ageing population<ul><li>23.1. Introduction</li><li>23.2. Footwear requirements for older people</li><li>23.3. Meeting individual footwear requirements</li><li>23.4. Researching walking footwear for older people</li><li>23.5. Discussion: key requirements for walking shoes for older people</li><li>23.6. Conclusion</li></ul></li><li>24. Design for ageing: a focus on China<ul><li>24.1. Introduction</li><li>24.2. Background to clothing design in China</li><li>24.3. Introducing Design for Ageing Well in China</li><li>24.4. Case study: student project</li><li>24.5. Design direction: merging key findings</li><li>24.6. Way forward</li></ul></li><li>25. Experiences in the design, iterative development and evaluation of a technology-enabled garment for active ageing walkers<ul><li>25.1. Introduction</li><li>25.2. Background</li><li>25.3. Examples of research projects in health care monitoring</li><li>25.4. Research methodology</li><li>25.5. Prototype iterative developments and evaluations</li><li>25.6. Discussion</li><li>25.7. Conclusions</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Index</li> </ul>