STUDY PROGRAMME
Fashion and Textile Design

AFAM CODE
ABTEC37

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Fashion design

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Pattern making

CREDITS
12

APPROACH
Theoretical/project-based

This course allows the students to apply the techniques previously acquired with the Textile Design course, having as its goal the definition and construction of three-dimensional textile models, as well as the discovery of industrial processes through specific projects in collaboration with companies. Thanks to the practical experience in the Textile lab 2 module, the students learn new handling and textile surface decoration techniques that, together with the previously acquired ones, allow for the creation of personal and experimental textile work through the processing of images, drawings, and methods and techniques of the traditional textile printing. In the Digital printing module, the students are guided to the creation of a computer-processes digital prints collection for specific sectors (such as women, men or home textiles collections), using personal themes to create prints, repeat modules, and their variations.

The programme grants 12 credits, divided as follows:

• TEXTILE LAB 2: 6 CFA

• DIGITAL PRINTING: 6 CFA

TEXTILE LAB 2

At the end of this course, students will be able to show they:

• Know and are able to apply techniques of artisanal printing

• Manage repeat patterns and modules, making considerations on their use.

• Know and mindfully choose printing base materials in consideration of their use (fashion or home textiles)

• Put together a book that contains concepts, sketches and variants, as well as the relevant indications for a prints collection that can be used in a collection depending on the intended use.

DIGITAL PRINTING

At the end of this course, students will be able to show they:

• Know and are able to use digital graphic software programs

• Manage printing files and their requirements, both for repeat patterns and modular prints

• Know and mindfully choose printing base materials in consideration of their use (fashion or home textiles)

• Put together a book that contains concepts, sketches and variants, as well as the relevant indications for a prints collection that can be used in a collection depending on the intended use.

Through front lessons, laboratories and regular reviews:

TEXTILE LAB 2

The students will learn and complete the study of the textile surface handling and surface decoration techniques (including silk-screen printing, block-printing, stencil...), creating a fabric collection with traditional prints, that can be used for clothing or home textiles, and is complete with reference images, sketches, modules, variants and repeat layout.

DIGITAL PRINTING

The students study in detail the creation of a computer-processed digital prints collection for specific sectors (such as women, men or home textiles collections), expressing a given theme in prints, repeat modules, and their variations and colour sample folders.

TEXTILE LEB 2

This is a theoretical/practical module, that takes place in the Textile Lab.

During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures Development of individual projects

• Individual study and research Workshops

• Exercises and revisions Individual sessions and tutoring Field trips

DIGITAL PRINTING

This is a theoretical/practical module, that takes place in the Design Room.

During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the projects that will be developed:

• Front lectures

• Development of individual projects

• Individual study and research

• Laboratories

• Exercises and revisions

• Individual sessions and tutoring

• Field trips

Assessment criteria may include:

TEXTILE LAB 2: Submission of practical exercises, projects and papers

DIGITAL PRINTING: Submission of practical exercises, projects and papers

Further details on the specific tests will be given by the professor.

The final grade for this course will result from the weighted average of its modules.

Recommended:

TEXTILE LAB 2

• Cheney, N. McAllister, H. (2013) Textile surface manipulation, Bloomsburry.

• Colette, W. (2003) The art of manipulating fabric, Krause

• Drudi, E. (2008), Fabric Textures and Patterns, The Pepin Press.

DIGITAL PRINTING

• Koepke, P. (2016) Patterns. Inside the design library, Phaidon.

• Pelleriti, A. (2020) Design patterns. Schemi di progettazione del software orientato agli oggetti, Edizioni LSWR

A lot of this material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

Further books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.