Textile Design

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. In this book, Simon Clarke offers students a basic grounding in the three main pathways of textile design printed, woven and mixed media textile design, including embroidered and manipulated materials discussing both traditional and contemporary developments in design and production. Using a wealth of imagery and case studies from designers and studios at work today, the book also looks at the basic principles of design and the stages of creating a textile collection, giving students all the tools they need to develop their own work. Finally, the role of the textile designer is explored in a selection of market sectors giving students an insight into the industry and possible career paths they may wish to follow. Designed for students both at degree and foundation level, the book will also appeal to those wishing to enter a career in textile design.

織物設計有一個非常激動人心的未來。新纖維、織物和應用不斷出現和設計師現在有豐富的途徑去探索。在這本書中,西蒙-克拉克給學生提供了基礎資料的三種主要途徑織物設計印刷,機織物、混合媒介紡織設計,包括材料都繡和操縱討論傳統和現代的設計和生產的發展。使用一個豐富的意象和案例研究從設計師和工作室,今天工作,這本書還可以看到,在基本原則的不同階段的設計和創建一個紡織收集、讓學生所有需要的工具來發展他們自己的工作。最後,紡織設計師的角色進行市場領域的選擇讓學生洞察行業和可能的職業路徑他們也許想跟隨。針對學生無論在程度和基礎水平,這本書也將吸引那些希望進入從事紡織設計。

Dr Simon Clarke is a practicing textile designer and artist specialising in digital design who has exhibited his work internationally. He is a Senior Lecturer in Printed Textile Design on the BA (Hons) Textile Design course at University College Falmouth where he is also Pathway Leader for the MA in Textile Design. He has lectured overseas at such institutes as Kenyatta University in Kenya and Savannah College of Art and Design in the USA. Dr Clarke is also a leading authority on African Textiles and on the interchange between architecture and textiles.