{"id":7096,"date":"2018-01-24T15:20:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T20:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2018-05-21T11:04:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T15:04:44","slug":"elizabeth-whelan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/elizabeth-whelan\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Whelan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7365\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7096-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElizabethWhelan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElizabethWhelan.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElizabethWhelan.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizabethwhelandesign.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7100\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Elizabeth-Whelan-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Elizabeth-Whelan-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Elizabeth-Whelan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Elizabeth-Whelan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Elizabeth-Whelan-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Elizabeth-Whelan-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Elizabeth-Whelan-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizabethwhelandesign.com\">Elizabeth Whelan<\/a> weaves innovation into the textiles she designs for industry.<\/p>\n<p>Coupling a refined aesthetic sense with a sophisticated proficiency in textile manufacturing processes, Whelan applies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1672926\/watch-a-low-tech-technique-for-making-high-tech-fabrics\">a futurist\u2019s sensibility<\/a> to fabrics that function as integral and beautiful elements of consumer products that are sold worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Melding three elements \u2014 function, performance and beauty \u2014successfully requires a set of skills spanning art and technology. \u201cI work where visual, structural and functional design meets technical materials,\u201d says Whelan. \u201cFor a long time, I didn\u2019t want to be described as a technical textile designer because my background is in fine arts, but there are so many technical advances in what fabric can do, and I work where those advances meet design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the mesh textiles for Diffrient\u2019s Liberty Chair that launched Whelan\u2019s reputation as a fabric futurist, capable of seeing possibilities and applications beyond a client\u2019s original notion of a textile\u2019s role in product design. Other projects have included creating light-responsive fabrics for Nike, to keep runners safe before dawn and after dusk. Using Whelan\u2019s textiles, entire garments, not just sewn-on stripes, could glow in the dark and reflect headlights. Tumi tasked her with designing a new fabric using Tegris, a light thermoplastic composite for luggage. The result\u2014a fabric Whelan dubbed Zipperweave and called Tegris-Light by Tumi\u2014makes for lighter, stronger hard and soft luggage. For KnollTextiles, she designed a wallcovering using paper yarns that a remote Mexican mill with vintage looms fabricated into a textile far more refined than the mill\u2019s customary end products \u2014 laundry hampers and cowboy hats. For Spinneybeck, Whelan created a woven leather collection inspired by the exoskeletons of ladybugs that is produced in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Leading cultural institutions have recognized her work, which is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/collection.cooperhewitt.org\/objects\/5227837\/\">Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.<\/a> The international textile industry has recognized her work with numerous awards. Most recently, her design for Tumi was awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtin.com\/article\/2017\/may\/080517\/elizabeth-whelan-design-wins-top-prize-at-ft-awards\/?freeviewlinkid=47442\">Launch of the Year for the 2017 Future Textile Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7125\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7125\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7125 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Monofilament-Stripe-Weave-Drawing-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Monofilament-Stripe-Weave-Drawing-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Monofilament-Stripe-Weave-Drawing-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Monofilament-Stripe-Weave-Drawing-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Monofilament-Stripe-Weave-Drawing-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Monofilament-Stripe-Weave-Drawing-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Monofilament-Stripe-Weave-Drawing.jpg 1034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monofilament Stripe Weave Drawing \u2013 Polyester and nylon monofilament yarns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7102\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7102 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Color-Swatches-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Color-Swatches-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Color-Swatches-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Color-Swatches-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Color-Swatches-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Color-Swatches-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Color-Swatches-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flywire Color Swatches &#8211; 100% Polyester, yarn dyed, Hand-woven swatches to show color studies for Flywire pattern for Nike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7101\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7101 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study-1024x859.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study-1024x859.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study-696x584.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study-1068x896.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study-501x420.jpg 501w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Flywire-Pattern-Study.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flywire Pattern Study \u2013 Pencil on paper, Flywire study from Brooklyn Bridge drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElizabethWhelan.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list Elizabeth Whelan weaves innovation into the textiles she designs for industry. 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