APPLIED DESIGN (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
DFSD 602A
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

1. To enable the students to design and create products using traditional embroidery/printing/ dyeing techniques.

2. To make students understand an in depth knowledge of the role of designer in tune with industry as well as market requirement.

Unit I: 
Course Content
  • Designing                                                                                                      20 hrs

Design 06 contemporary garments by selecting a theme and taking inspiration from any one region with reference to motifs, silhouettes and design from costumes of Northern/ Southern/ Central/ Eastern/ Western States, comprising of                                                 

  • Inspiration Board (Use self clicked pictures)      
  • Market research                                                                                                                
  • Colour Board (Prepare colour palette manually)
  • Fabric and trim board
  • Design Sheets                              

 

  • Product Development                                                                           40 hrs

Construct any 2 contemporary garments from the above selected designs.          

Essential Readings: 
  1. Armstrong, Patternmaking for Fashion Design, Pearson, South Asia, 2016.
  2. Roshen Alkazi, Ancient Indian Costume, Art Heritage, New Delhi, 2006
  3. Roshen Alkazi, Medieval Indian Costume, Art Heritage, New Delhi, 2008
  4. Sankar K. Roy, Textile Traditions of Northeast India, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya & Pratibha Prakashan, Delhi, 2008
  5. Eliuned Edwards, Textiles and Dress of Gujarat, V& A Publishing in association with Mapin Publishing, London & Ahmedabad, 2011

 

 

 

References: 

 

  1. Reader’s, Digest, Complete Guide to Sewing, The Reader’s Digest Associations (Canada) Ltd.  Montreal, Pleasantville, New York.
  2. Yates, M., Textiles: A Handbook of Designers, WW Norton Publishing Company.
  3. Meller., Textile Designs, Thames and Hunson Ltd., London.
  4. Francoise Tellier, The art of embroidery, Thames & Hudson
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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