The fundamentals of printed textile design / Alex Russell.
Series: Fundamentals: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2022Edition: Second editionDescription: v, 201 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0047189171ISBN: 9781350116283 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Textile design | Textile printing | Art portfolios | Textile design -- Vocational guidance | Textile printing -- Vocational guidance | Crafts | Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts | Fashion & textiles | Manufacturing industries | Engineering applications of polymers & composites | Textiles & fibres | Plastics & polymersAdditional physical formats: Ebook version :: No titleDDC classification: 746.62 LOC classification: TS1475 | .R877 2022Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this essential introduction to contemporary printed textile design, designer and educator Alex Russell explores creative and commercial studio practice, including:
- developing sophisticated skills with image and colour
- how to make effective use of context in your work
- strategies for a career in design
You'll learn how history and technology shape print design, plus how to balance innovation with industry requirements, including fashion, home interiors, giftware and stationery. There's practical advice on developing a professional portfolio, and how good communication skills can get your work noticed.
This updated edition includes expanded sections on digital design and social media, and their impact on portfolio development, manufacturing, and promotion, as well as advice on establishing an ethical, sustainable practice for the future.
Previous edition: Lausanne: AVA Academia, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. An Overview of Printed Textile Design -- History -- The Digital Revolution -- Environmental and Ethical Issues -- Professional Contexts -- -- 2. The Creative Design Process -- The Brief -- Research, Development and Final Designs -- Colour -- Design Composition -- -- 3. Technology, Tools and Professional Practice -- Printing Technologies and Design -- Design Tools, Space and Process -- Professional Practice -- -- 4. Designing for the World -- Design and Industry -- Design and Global Issues -- Design and Communication -- -- 5. Design Style and Content -- Design Categories -- Colourways and Co-Ordinates -- Balancing Tradition and Innovation -- -- 6. Working as a Designer -- Building Collections -- Building Portfolios -- Building a Career -- -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Acknowledgements
This title explores contemporary practice in printed textile design. It provides an introduction to the creative skills, techniques and processes required by designers in order to produce a professional, creative and commercially aware portfolio. In this essential introduction to contemporary printed textile design, designer and educator Alex Russell explores creative and commercial studio practice, including: - developing sophisticated skills with image and colour - how to make effective use of context in your work - strategies for a career in design You'll learn how history and technology shape print design, plus how to balance innovation with industry requirements, including fashion, home interiors, giftware and stationery. There's practical advice on developing a professional portfolio, and how good communication skills can get your work noticed. This updated edition includes expanded sections on digital design and social media, and their impact on portfolio development, manufacturing, and promotion, as well as advice on establishing an ethical, sustainable practice for the future.
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CHOICE Review
This general introduction for students interested in the printed textile design industry focuses on skills necessary for today's print designer with special emphasis on the importance of understanding context, considering outside influences, and communicating ideas. Russell (Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK) emphasizes the design brief, with its component parts of research, development, color (colorways and coordinates), final design repeat, the design's use, and manufacturing technology. Mention is made of design categories before the book turns to how traditional designs and visual culture can inspire design work both in and out of one's personal style. Russell places strong emphasis on career information, including the importance of the professional portfolio and differences between employment and freelance work. The book addresses ethics, environmental concerns, and social issues present in the fashion and textile industry today, both in the text itself and in a special end section. End-of-chapter questions and sidebar information provide discussion points and author's tips. This book is part of a design series and would be appropriate for fabric/textile, fashion, and interior design programs. Sine the author is British and the publisher Swiss, some minor language differences are evident. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates, two-year technical program students, faculty, and general readers. L. L. Kriner Berea CollegeThere are no comments on this title.