Synopses & Reviews
Printed Textile Design: The Profession, the Evolution, the Design walks us through the different aspects of textile design as a process and a profession. The authors, both design school teachers, describe the steps involved in projects within the fashion, home and garden sectors of textile design, and also examine the specific characteristics of these three sectors. They pay special attention to current tendencies and offer an excellent insight into interpreting trends, which is essential for textile designers. The projects shown, developed by students approaching the professional level, provide the reader with outstanding explanatory case studies. This teaching resource is a key aid for both students and young professionals. It also includes a highly useful list of professional contacts.
Synopsis
The book introduces the working methods deployed in textile design and the particularities of this industry.
Synopsis
This useful manual walks us through the different aspects of textile design as a process and a profession. The authors describe the specific characteristics and steps involved in projects within the fashion, home, and garden sectors of textile design, paying special attention to trend analysis and interpretation and collection development.
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 a manager of the textile department. She is now pedagogical director of the introductory courses and responsible of post-graduate courses at the School of Art François Conte, Paris, France.
Michael Cailloux was born in Paris in 1975 and received a diploma in Applied Arts from the École Duperré. He is co-creator of the Atelier LZC which specialized in the creation of design objects, working for over ten years on the collections displayed at the Maison et Objets, as well as creating personalized pieces for such brands as Baccarat, Cartier, Habitat, Van Cleef and Arpels, or S.T. Dupont. He is currently artistic director at the Ecole supérieure dart Françoise Conte, specialized in textile creation, and he is also a jewelry designer.
Table of Contents
5 Introduction6 Presentation and objectives of the work
7 Who is it for?
9 1. Practicing the craft
10 Textile designer profile
20 Sectors of activity: fashion
23 Sectors of activity: fashion environment
24 Sectors of activity: the home
28 Sectors of activity: home environment
29 Sectors of activity: niches
30 Functions of the textile designer
33 The structures in which textile designers exercise their craft
36 Status of textile designers
37 The textile designers tools
42 Student testimonies
46 Testimonies of professionals
55 2. Professional skills
56 Trends: definition, content and use
60 Trends: how they function
61 Trendsetters
62 The life cycle of a trend
63 Mediums of expression and illustration
64 Deciphering, analyzing and synthesizing a trend
68 EXERCISES
70 Method of presentation of a trend
76 EXERCISES
78 Mastering color: necessary tools and knowledge
81 Different lines and their use
82 Putting together a line based on a trend
86 EXERCISES
88 Mastering the drawing: graphic research
91 Observational drawing and analytical drawing
92 Deconstructing and stylizing a shape
94 Creating variations of a drawing
96 Putting together a panel of drawings
98 EXERCISES
100 Mastering different compositions: motif and isolated motif
102 Mastering different compositions: general stamping
104 Mastering adjustments
108 Sketch drawn by hand
110 Sketch made with computer graphics
112 Example of an application simulation
114 EXERCISES
116 Establishing and creating a product line
118 Industrial printing techniques
120 Artisanal printing techniques
126 EXERCISES
128 Testimony of a professional: Focus on the trend
131 3. Development of projects
132 Botany trend
144 EXERCISES
146 Animal trend
156 EXERCISES
158 Three graduation projects
186 EXERCISES
189 Annexes
190 Program
195 Bibliography
196 Acknowledgements
197 Iconographic credits