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1	Textile Hybrids : Exploring knitted textiles by challenging properties of elasticity and flexibility through combinations with wood. Becerra Venegas, Francisca January 2020 (has links) Textile Hybrids explores knitted textiles by challenging properties of elasticity and flexibility through yarn composition, technical construction and combinations with wood. This study is placed in the field of textile spatial design and suggests experimental ways to explore three-dimensionality in a knitted textile by changing its properties through material synergies. The outcome is a three piece series of modular three-dimensional, standalone textile objects. The construction, assembly and flexibility of each piece make it possible to separate all components for reassembly, recycling or reusing, suggesting further research possibilities into more tangible contexts within textile spatial design, architecture, furniture design and product design. This study is derived from an interest to explore different ways a textile can exist on its own in a spatial context such as the home, without solely being the material covering a load-bearing framework i.e a couch or a chair. Textile Design Knitting Material Wood Flexibility Elasticity Form Three-dimensionality Spatiality Material synergy Design Design