Title: Textiles at the Cutting Edge
Author: Lesley Cresswell
Publisher: Forbes Publications
Price: £21.99
ISBN: 1-899527-17-6

Summary: This student-friendly book is the definitive textbook for Textiles Technology students taking courses for Edexcel, AQA and OCR examinations. For A level students and teachers.

Lesley Cresswell, BA (Hons), graduated in Fashion and Textiles, then took a PGCE in Design & Technology at Greenwich University. After spending some years as a designer in the textile industry, specialising in fabric development, she taught in secondary schools in London. She has been actively involved in curriculum development at many levels and is Principal examiner for AS/Advanced GCD Design & Technology (Product Design).

The book covers industrial and commercial practice, materials and components in practice, design in practice, influences on the development of products, computers in design and manufacture, modern materials and new technologies, values issues and new technology, advertising, marketing and consumer issues, sustainable development and resources, quality, health and safety, and the economics of production.