Printed Textile Design - Profession, Trends and Project Development. Text and Exercise Book

This textbook describes the particularities of printed textile design as a process and profession, the trends, case studies, tips for creating motifs for textile projects, examples of their application and clues for understanding the industry and job possibilities

List of contents

Introduction: Presentation and objectives/ Who is it for?

1. Professional practice:

Profile of the textile designer. Who are they?/ Training/ Personal qualities/ Professional qualities/ General cultural knowledge/ Knowledge of fashion and textile history/ Example of a project inspired by "Toile de Jouy" prints /// Sectors of activity: Fashion. Haute couture and designers/ Prêt-à-porter/ Large retail and mail order /// Sectors of activity: Fashion environment. Accessories/ Lingerie/ Cosmetics and beauty products /// Sectors of activity: The home. Fabrics and wallpaper/ Floor coverings/ Linens/ Tableware/ Design and architecture /// Sectors of activity: Home environment. Decorative objects/ Stationary

Sectors of activity: niches. Automotive/ Food/ Packaging /// Responsibilities of the textile designer. Graphic artists/ Graphic designers/ Colorists/ Trends specialist /// Areas of professional activity. Textile companies/ Design studios/ Styling agencies/ Professional bodies/ Design studios/ Brand creators /// Employment status of textile designers. Salaried employees/ Self-employed or auto-entrepreneur/ Founders of a company /// Tools of the textile designer. Drawing material/ Complementary material/ Computer graphics/Documents /// Student testimonies. /// Professional testimonies.

2. Professional skills:

Trends: definition, content and use. How do trends start?/ Sources of inspiration /// Trends: How they work. Who starts them?/ Method/ Trend users/ Role of the consumer /// Trends experts. Who are they?/ Their mission /// Life cycle of a trend. Different fields and rhythms/ Underlying currents and trends/ Flash or ephemeral trends /// Expression and illustration mediums. Trend books/ Mood boards/ PowerPoint presentations/ Ephemeral staging /// Decoding, analysis and synthesis of trends. Development of a sense of observation and intuition/ Developing visual memory/ Location in stores/ Document research/ Written and visual analysis/ Classification of choices/ Definition of a theme /// Exercises. /// Ways to present trends. General trend board/ Sub-trend board/ Trend board content/ Composition and element positioning/ Form of presentation/ Mistakes to avoid /// Exercises /// Command of color: necessary tools and knowledge. Material and resources/ Understanding color: color wheel/ Small color vocabulary/ Color symbolism/ Color and trends /// Different ranges and their uses. Color search/ Training your eyes/ General ranges/ Specific ranges /// Composing a range based on a trend. Dominant colors and hints of color/ Manual study of the range / Organization of the color range/ Use of the range/ Color associations and combinations/ Transferring a gouache range to computer graphics/ Creating adapted harmonies /// Exercises /// Mastery of the drawing: graphic study. Necessary material/ Visual inspirational supports/ Taking inspiration from trends /// Observational drawing and analysis drawing/ Breakdown and stylization of forms/ Variations/ Preparing a drawing board/ Exercises/ Mastering different compositions: place motif/ Mastering different compositions: allover patterns /// Mastering drop patterns. Drop pattern repeat: Composing a motif with drop pattern repeat/Drop match pattern /// Manual preparation of the mockup. Formats/ Production techniques /// Digital preparation of the mockup. Color range/ Formats/ Using a preliminary drawing/ Paper version/ Digital file version for the client /// An application example/ Exercises /// Defining and creating a product line. Creating a spontaneous collection plan/ Market study/ Visual preparation of the collection plan /// Industrial printing techniques. Flat-screen printing/ Rotary screen or cylinder printing/ Digital printing/ Offset printing /// Traditional printing techniques. Stencils and silk screening/ Pad printing/ Transfer printing /// Exercises /// Professional testimony: Trend approach

3. Project execution

Botany trend. Trend boards/ Graphic study/ Place motif/ Color/ Coordinated allover pattern/ Application to products /// Exercises /// Animal trend. Trend boards/ Graphic study/ Place and allover patterns/ Coordinated motif/ Application to products /// Exercises /// Three graduation projects. "In the secret garden"/ "The sky"/ "Imaginary map" /// Exercises

About the author

Marie-Christine Noel is a lecturer in Applied Arts. She graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (Textile Design) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Painting). For the last ten years she has been working for the Carlin International Style Agency as manager of the textile department. She is now pedagogical director of introductory courses and head of post-graduate courses at the School of Art François Conte, Paris, France.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Cailloux, Marie-Christin Noel, Marie-Christine Noel
• Publisher: Hoakibooks S.L.
• Original title: Design textile
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.12.2099
• EAN: 9788417412890
• ISBN: 978-84-17412-89-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Illustrations: 350 Illustrations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Miscellaneous