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
