Textile design / [electronic resource]
Clarke, Simon,1963-author.
Credo Reference (Firm),distributor.
Textile design has a very exciting future. New fibres, fabrics and applications are constantly appearing and designers now have a wealth of avenues to explore. This book offers students and those wishing to enter a career in textile design a basic grounding in the three main pathways of textile design - printed, woven and mixed media textile design.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Textile design has a very exciting future. New fibres, fabrics and applications are constantly appearing and designers now have a wealth of avenues to explore. This book offers students and those wishing to enter a career in textile design a basic grounding in the three main pathways of textile design - printed, woven and mixed media textile design.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Description based on title page of print version.
Textile design.
Textile fabrics.

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