Marie-Christine Noel, Michael Cailloux

Printed Textile Design

Profession, Trends and Project Development. Text and Exercise Book

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HOAKI BOOKS S.L. / Hoakibooks S.L.
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9788417412890
• ISBN-10: 8417412891
• Artikelnr.: 58593450

Autorenporträt

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. Michael Cailloux was born in Paris in 1975 and gained a diploma in Applied Arts from the École Duperré. He was 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 & Arpels, and S.T. Dupont. He is currently artistic director at the Ecole supérieure d'art Françoise Conte, specialized in textile creation, and he is also a jewelry designer.

Inhaltsangabe

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