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.

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