How can high-tech Japanese textiles introduce people to new materials in electronics? Some answers can be found at TOKYO FIBER '07: SENSEWARE, an exhibition held in Tokyo and Paris under the direction of renowned Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara. At the event, designers explored the theme of "senseware," which tells us that people do not wear these innovations. Instead, they are wares, like soft hardware. Here, new applications for advanced textiles were demonstrated in products that offer new physical sensations and interactivity. Among the participants were designers, architects, and corporations. Why has hardware always been so hard? How can textiles add a new wrinkle to electronics? Taking TV sets as an example, Sony designers considered the possibilities carefully. Familiar textiles are all around us, and incorporating fabric in products leads to some interesting discoveries-new interaction with the TVs that this enables, for example. Probing these themes led to the development of "Little TV that Rest in Your Hand." April 26–29, 2007 Spiral Garden and Spiral Hall, Aoyama June 25–28, 2007 Palais de Tokyo, Paris Kenya Hara of Hara Design Institute, Nippon Design Center Published by Asahi Shimbun December 1, 2006 Laforet Harajuku May 10, 2007 Tokyo Big Sight, Special Venue for Japan Creation