| Course Name | Digital Textile Design |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA 317 | Fall/Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Critical feedbackJuryApplication: Experiment / Laboratory / WorkshopLecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to develop research, drawing, and design skills to create a series of printed textile collections for various sectors within the fashion and interior industry. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course offers an introduction to digital skills required to develop surface pattern designs for the textile industry for fashion and interiors. It focuses on current trends in the field in terms of concept, materials, colour, and application. By using both freehand drawing and digital techniques (Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator), small textile collections suitable for production will be developed. |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to Printed Textile Design: Floral, Geometric, Ethnic & Conversational Prints Printed Textiles through the Centuries - Styles & Motifs | Meller, S. & Elffers, J., “Textile Designs: 200 Years of Patterns for Printed Fabrics Arranged by Motif, Colour, Period and Design”. Thames & Hudson, UK. (2002) /pp.10 - 26 |
| 2 | Historical Brief - Research & Concept Development /Motif Development | Fernandez, A. “Fashion Print Design, from idea to final print”. A&C Black, London (2009). Chapter / Styles & Motives / Pp.130 - 186 |
| 3 | Historical Brief – Creating Repeats/ Patterns Development | Bowles, M. & Isaac, C. “Digital Textile Design” Laurence King Publishing Ltd, UK. Chapter 3 / Patterns & Repeats |
| 4 | Historical Brief –Colour Application / Colour Variations | Fernandez, A. “Fashion Print Design, from idea to final print”. A&C Black, London (2009). p. 34 Colour Theory |
| 5 | Historical Brief – Product Application & Project Presentation | Fernandez, A. “Fashion Print Design, from idea to final print”. A&C Black, London (2009). Chapter / From the İdea to the Product / Pp.58 -76 |
| 6 | The Nature Brief – Research & Experimental / Freehand Drawing from Life / Collage Techniques | |
| 7 | The Nature Brief – Colour Stories | |
| 8 | The Nature Brief – Creating Repeats/ Patterns Development/ Colour Application | Bowles, M. & Isaac, C. “Digital Textile Design” Laurence King Publishing Ltd, UK. Chapter 3 / Patterns & Repeats |
| 9 | The Nature Brief – Product Placement / Portfolio Presentation | |
| 10 | The Client Brief - Identify Client / Sector / Trend Board Presentation | |
| 11 | The Client Brief - Drawing motifs / Design Development | |
| 12 | The Client Brief - Patterns & Colour Variations | |
| 13 | The Client Brief - Portfolio Preparation | Burke, S., “Fashion Computing: Design Techniques And CAD”, Burke Publishing (2005) Chapter 12 / Digital Portfolios |
| 14 | The Client Brief - Application on Fabric / Exhibition (Presentation/Jury) | Fernandez, A. “Fashion Print Design, from idea to final print”. A&C Black, London (2009). Chapter / Application of the Designs onto the Fabric/ Pp.76-124 Bowles, M. & Isaac, C. “Digital Textile Design” Laurence King Publishing Ltd, UK. Chapter 6 / Technology for Digital Printing |
| 15 | Semester Review | |
| 16 | Semester Review |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Fernandez, A. “Fashion Print Design, from idea to final print”. A&C Black, London (2009). ISBN 978-1408124895 Bowles, M. & Isaac, C. “Digital Textile Design” Laurence King Publishing Ltd, UK. (2009) ISBN 978-1856695862 Meller, S. & Elffers, J., “Textile Designs: 200 Years of Patterns for Printed Fabrics Arranged by Motif, Colour, Period and Design”. Thames & Hudson, UK. (2002) ISBN 978-0500283653 Burke, S., “Fashion Computing: Design Techniques And CAD”, Burke Publishing (2005) ISBN-13: 978-0958239134 Centner, m. & Vereker, F. “Fashion Designers Handbook for Adobe Illustrator”. John Wiley and Sons Ltd, UK (2011) ISBN:9781119954842 Tallon, K., “Digital Fashion Illustration with Photoshop and Illustrator”, Batsford (2008) ISBN-13: 978-0713490589 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 2 | 60 |
| Project | 1 | 40 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | 32 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 2 | 12 | |
| Project | 1 | 18 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to develop and design a collection independently. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to do maintain a design research individually or as a team. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to develop entrepreneurship- and managerial skills for a future professional practice. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to understand, interpret and apply theoretical knowledge in fashion and textile design. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to analyze and integrate the particular local and regional needs and of their profession. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to obtain a multidisciplinary point of view, follow and analyze the new issues, changes and trends in contemporary design and art in such a way that they can be integrated into design practice. | X | ||||
| 7 | To be able to apply industrial requirements, knowledge of material & usage and know-how knowledge in the creation of high quality fashion products. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to use digital information and communication technologies at a level that is adequate to the discipline of fashion and textile design. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop an ongoing analytical and professional approach to academic and design research. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to recognize the need and importance of a personal lifelong learning attitude towards their chosen area of interest. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of fashion and textile design and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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