TEXTILE DESIGN (PRACTICAL)

Paper Code: 
DFSD 502A
Credits: 
02
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To foster an understanding of design for developing a home furnishing product.
  2. To develop different type of home textiles using combination of various surface embellishment techniques
Unit I: 
Course Content
  • Fabric ornamentation                                                           20 Hrs

 

  • Dyeing- Various technique of Tie-Dye
  • Printing- Preparation of printing paste and printing with

--Blocks

--Stencils

--Screens

 

  • Working guidelines for product development                     4 Hrs

 

  • Theme Board & Mood Board (Self clicked pictures for both the boards)
  • Colour Board (manual colour palette)
  • Design specification sheet
  • Fabric and Trim Board

(Students are required to make the above boards and design sheet based on the selected theme which will be used for making the final products)

 

  • Product Development:                                                                       36 hrs

 

Develop one product and design sheet each for the following categories according to the selected theme            

 

  • Window Textiles (Curtains/ Blinds)                                                             
  • Bed Linens (Sheet with Pillowcases/ Bed Spreads/ Mattress Cover / Bed Skirts/ Bed throws)                                                                                        
  • Bathroom Textiles (Shower Curtains/ Terry Towel/ Bath Mats/ Bath Rugs)           
  • Table Textile (Table Cloths/ Cover/  Table Skirting)                                    
  • Kitchen Furnishings (Kitchen Towels/ Kitchen-wear Aprons)
Essential Readings: 
  1. Subrata Das, Performance of Home Textiles, Woodhead Publishing India Pvt. Ltd., Cambridge, 2010.
  2. Angela Fishburn, Soft Furnishings for the Bed Room, BT Batsford Ltd., London, 1988.
  3. Anoop Parikh, Debora Robertson, Thomas Lane, Elizabeth Hilliard, Melanie Paine, The Ultimate Home Design Source Book, Conran Octopus Ltd., London, 1998.
  4. Sumathi, G.J. “Elements of Fashion and Apparel Design” New Age International Publishers,  New Delhi, 2002.

 

 

References: 

 

  1. Rubin, L.G.,(1976) The World of Fashion, Canfield press publication, Sans Francisco.
  2. Meller., Textile Designs, Thames and Hunson Ltd., London.
Academic Year: 
2019-20
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