Sentence examples for conceptual fabric from inspiring English sources

Alonso et al. ([1999]) extended the above model to expansive soils by including a conceptual fabric representation: elastic deformations in microstructure and plastic deformations in macrostructure (Gens and Alonso [1992]).

its conceptual framework is shallow.

The aim of this paper is to introduce a new method for the conceptual design of fabric tensile structures.

Others were less successful: Jimmy Choo's marked the label's only foray into clothing, while Maison Martin Margiela's conceptual approach – utilising intentionally poor fabrics and details like exposed seams and unfinished hems – didn't translate successfully to the mass market, where such finishes smack of lack of quality rather than intellectual design conceits.

Exploring the idea of smart fabrics with a conceptual twist, recent Royal College of Art graduate Cindy Strobach has developed an innovative form of textiles with built-in electronic circuits.

Assembled on walls, cork boards or in scrapbooks, the collages of magazine tear sheets, historic photos, fabric swatches and snapshots serve as conceptual tools that suggest the colors, textures and themes of a designer's new collection.

Taking this seriously means implementing new digital technologies in the very fabric of design methods, from the first conceptual thought and from the first accurately described design proposal.

Lucas said he and Biggar would look at the conceptual art to "translat[e] all of these designs into cloth and fabric and materials that would actually work and not look silly".

For the most part, however, "Harlemworld" consists of conceptual projects, not plans for direct intervention in the city's material fabric.

And as conceptual as Prada is this season, with its novel fabrics and textures, the clothes are ultimately wearable.

This idea, that a fabric connoting African identity was not really African, delighted the budding conceptual artist.