Design and Textiles 

The Design & Textiles course focuses on design thinking and the application of the design process to create and develop practical solutions using textiles as a medium. This will empower students to utilise design thinking in different contexts.  Students learn about the design and related industries by exploring, fundamentals of design, emerging technologies, textile futures, history and culture, sustainability and ethics.  

Students apply innovation, creativity, problem-solving, collaboration, and project management skills to develop appropriate design solutions. 

Design and Textiles is an interdisciplinary course of study and forms the basis for further education and employment in the design fields such as interior design or decoration, personal styling, fashion design, industrial design, costume design, production manufacture, architecture, landscape architecture and textile technologies. 

Design Aesthetics 

This unit examines the value of aesthetics and its relationship to design theory. Students engage with established methodologies for generating creative design concepts. They investigate and experiment with strategies for idea generation and product development, incorporating the medium of textiles. 

Design for Purpose 

This unit examines how designers create for end purpose, using relevant criteria and considering the user’s experience. Students engage using a range of textile mediums to design solutions and create a product with consideration given to needs, purpose and product performance.  

Design for Futures  

This unit examines the future of design within the context of textiles. Students examine technological tools and processes to create solutions and/or products for the 21st century, with special consideration given to sustainability. 

Design for Communication   

This unit examines communication theories, methodologies and meanings within the area of design and textiles. Students develop skills in effectively disseminating ideas to convey visual messages in the design, making and promotion of solutions and/or textile products. They utilise a range of tools to communicate and make meaning. 

Negotiated Study 

In this unit, students investigate a contemporary “wicked problem”. Wicked problems are complex and challenging. The design process is used to frame the problem and create a solution. 

This unit has an important place in senior secondary courses. It is a valuable pedagogical approach that empowers students to make decisions about their own learning