Textile designing is a highly creative job. To become textile designers, candidate must have sense of fabrics and knowledge of different designs suitable for appropriate material. Basically textile designers craft textiles using customary and modern textile manufacturing and decoration processes such as Jacquard design.
Textile designers must develop skills and gain experience to produce surface designs and colorations which are found in dress fabrics, furnishings, carpets, tiles etc. Textile designs rapidly change with current fashion and global trends and reveal moods and cultures.
To get success and earn huge amount of money, textile designer frequently make International tour to capture new design ideas and modern fashion. Textile designers also create two-dimensional designs that can be produced in a design which is repeated for commercial or artistic use. Their unique designs are used in the production of fabrics or textile products. Textile designers may have expertise in soft furnishings or fashion fabrics or sometimes work in both areas.
They may also work in other fields, particularly those where same designs are used in the process of production for example wrapping paper, packaging, greetings cards, ceramics or floor or wall coverings. Some qualities are necessary to work as a textile designer. They must be inventive and imaginative. In order to complete task assigned to them, they must make strict budget and follow deadline schedules and get in tough with latest knowledge of fashion trends with relation to fabrics.
Majority of the textile designers do business or work in the urban area. Candidates who are interested in textile designing stream must complete diploma or degree courses in textile design. Potential textile designers will benefit from an interest in modern and retrospective movements in art, history and design. Textile designers must have sociological, psychological and lateral thinking because they have to influence client in society. It is important to know what clients require even though he/she is confused in deciding designs. Textile designer must guide and help clients to take decisions. Above all, textile designers must be good in drawing ability, a sense of color, a creative imagination and graphic interpretation skills. Dedicated and hard-working candidate is best suited for Textile designing.
When candidate become a textile designers, they have some important duties. They must produce initial sketches by hand or on computer, using specialist computer aided design (CAD) software, manipulate digital designs until they create designs according to customers' requirements, make samples or having them constructed by technicians, do research in developing design according modern trends, liaising with clients, technical staff, marketing and buying staff, keep up to date with developments in manufacturing technology. They have to sometimes work with colleagues as part of a design team, and be involved with each stage of the design process.
171-A, Khirki Road, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi ? 110017.
Offering Diploma Course for Graduates- One Year,
Diploma Course (Professional)- Two Years, Diploma Course (Advance)- Three Years.
Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore. Karnataka-560001
Phone : 2211232/2272787 .
Email : vcccvs@blr.vsnl.net.in
Website : www.bangaloreuniversity.net
Diploma in Textile Designing & CAD
P.O Box no: 4, Directorate of Distance Education
Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Pin ? 608002.
Phone: 04144-238610, 237160
Fax: 04144-238987.
Email: dde@annamalaiuniversity.ac.in
Web Site: annamalaiuniversity.ac.in
Advance Diploma in Textile Designe 2 Year / A pass in Pre-University / 10+2 Examination or equivalent examination
Industrial Estate Lerwick ZE1 0PX,
Tel: 01595 771000/771503.
Fax: 01595 694 830.
Email: Maggie.Marr@shetland.uhi.ac.uk Website: www.shetland.uhi.ac.uk
Sophia Shree Basant Kumar Somani memorial polytechnic.
Bhulabhai Desai road, Mumbai- 400026.
University College Falmouth, Tremough Penryn
Cornwall, TR10 9EZ.
Telephone: 01326 370400.
Fax: 01326 370450
Bangla Sahib Road,
Connaught Place, Opp. Kali Mandir, New Delhi 110001
Ph: 23348845, 23348846.
Fax: 23340360
Email: vidyains@ndb.vsn.net.in
University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee. DD1 4HN.
Telephone: 01382 384 160 / +44 1382 384 160.
Fax: 01382 388 150 / +44 1382 388 150.
Email: srs@dundee.ac.uk
Embroidery Punching. AMR Towers, 2nd Floor,
33/22 Old Market Street, Tirupur - 641 604, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Phone : 09345522278, 09344422278.
Email : artwel@airtelmail.in
Website : www.artwelacademy.com
Bhiwani 125021 (Haryana)
Course Offered: B. Textile Technology & Textile Chemistry and M.Tech
Duration: 4 year, 1 1/2 year.
Eligibility: 10+2 with 50% marks in PCM and B.Sc. with 50% marks in B.Tech.
respectively. Selection is made through JEE conducted by Maharshi Dayanand University
Kanpur 226020 (U.P).
Course Offered: B. Textile Technology, M.Tech. in Textile.
Duration: 4 year, 2 year.
Eligibility: 10+2 and B.Tech respectively.
Serampore, Distt. Hooghly 712201(W.B).
Course Offered: Textile Technology.
Duration: 4 year. Eligibility: Higher secondary
Behrampur, Murshidaba (W.B).
Course Offered: B. Textile Technology.
Duration: 4 year. Eligibility: Higher secondary.
Selection is made through JEE.
There are huge numbers of employment options of textile designers. Textile designers can be employed in textile companies, chain groups, boutiques, garment manufacturers, fashion houses, museums, textile studios, theatres etc. Textile designers can also provide their services as consultants, work as a freelancer or set up their own textile design studios.
To work as a freelance designer, textile designer must be involved in various activities of the textile production process. These activities may be hand printing on fabrics or producing decorative woven or embroidered textiles for wall-hangings.