Textile Design
Textile Design
Editor/Author
Clarke, Simon
Publication Year: 2011
Publisher: Laurence King
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-85-669687-6
Category: Arts & Leisure - Fashion
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
This book offers students and those wishing to enter a career in textile design a basic grounding in its three main disciplines - printed, woven and mixed media.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Who this book is for
- How to use this book
- 1. Context
- Early history
- Industrial and technological innovations
- Twentieth- and twenty-first-century textile design
- Environmental concerns
- Summary
- 2. Printed textile design
- Historical background
- Screen-printed textile designs
- Inks and dyes
- Motifs, patterns, and styles
- Digital design and digital inkjet printing
- Textile design, the environment, and science
- Summary
- 3. Woven textile design
- Historical background
- Hand-woven textile designs
- Digital jacquard weaving
- New technologies
- New applications
- Summary
- 4. Mixed media textile design
- Historical background
- Embroidered textile design
- Fabric manipulation
- Summary
- 5. Design principles
- Design tools
- Concepts and trends
- Color
- Drawing and imagery
- Pattern
- Visualization, styling, and design tools
- Summary
- 6. Creating a collection
- What is design?
- The textile design process
- Planning
- Textile collections
- Presentation
- Marketing, promotion, and sales
- Display
- Summary
- 7. Education and employment
- The entry experience
- The degree program
- Finding a job
- Summary
- Glossary
- Further reading and additional resources
- Textile museums and galleries
- Selected textile departments and schools
- Textile trade fairs