[...]... knitted-fabric designers, woven-fabric designers, carpet designers, print designers, embroidery designers, knitwear designers, designers of women’s wear, men’s wear and children’s wear, accessory designers, designers of casualwear, sportswear, eveningwear, swimwear and designers for the mass market, haute couture and designer labels, etc 2.1.1 The purpose of the textile designer The role of the designer... A Handbook for Designers, rev ed., New York; London, W.W Norton, 1996 2 Textile designers 2.1 The diversity of textile design and textile designers The diversity of the textile and clothing industries is reflected in the many different types of designers needed At every stage of manufacture of textiles there are colourists determining the fashion colours in which the fibres will be produced, yarn designers... case the textile designer’s job is to develop a fabric using the existing colourway that fulfils the company requirements 18 Handbook of textile design 2.4 Summary Textile designers have to design and produce, to an agreed timetable, an agreed number of commercially viable fabric designs There is a huge diversity of designers involved in textiles; from colourists to knitwear designers, yarn designers... constructed and printed Different textile manufacturing processes will require the designers to be involved in different ways of designing, although much of the textile design process is similar As well as designing from their own ideas, textile designers will often be asked to adapt and develop existing designs and ideas from their customers There are designers who work in-house as staff designers for... London, Forbes Publications, 1990 Yates, M., Textiles: A Handbook for Designers, rev ed., New York; London, W.W Norton, 1996 3 The textile design function 3.1 The activities of a textile designer The overall purpose of a textile designer is to design and produce to an agreed timetable, an agreed number of commercially viable textile designs Research into what designers do has identified several different... intelligence Controlling the systems and procedures for the storage and retrieval of designs and samples within the company Working within an agreed departmental budget Controlling the supply of materials and equipment for design and sampling All textile designers will certainly be involved in some of these and should have an understanding of all of them 3.2 How design work is done Design ideas are developed... Handbook of textile design designer likes to work, upon the product being designed and upon the manufacturing process/es From initial paperwork, designers of constructed textiles may take their design ideas and develop them through on the loom or knitting machine Designers of printed textiles will usually develop their ideas right through on paper ‘Much design work is carried out in a very direct and. .. of initial design ideas, design development and testing to ultimate product specification 1.2.2 Designers found in the textiles and clothing industries The designers found in textiles and clothing include: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • colourists predicting and forecasting future colour ranges yarn designers knitted fabric designers woven fabric designers carpet designers print designers embroidery designers... given the name designer, so too are many rooms called design studios The ‘studio’ can be anything from an area set aside on the factory floor to a large, smart office or even suite of offices One designer 12 Handbook of textile design Table 2.1 Advantages/disadvantages of designer systems — in-house designer In-house designer Advantages Disadvantages to the company — Knows product production processes customers... stages in, the design process might be carried out there 2.2 Timing in the textile and clothing industries Products are planned and produced well ahead of retail selling seasons in all areas of the textile and clothing industries In August, and even July, autumn clothing appears Textile designers 13 Table 2.3 Advantages/disadvantages of designer systems — consultant designer Consultant designer Advantages . Textiles: A Handbook for Designers, rev. ed., New York; London, W.W. Norton, 1996. An overview of textiles and textile design 9 2 Textile designers 2.1 The diversity of textile design and textile designers The. popular pastime for women in eighteenth-century Europe and colonial An overview of textiles and textile design 3 4 Handbook of textile design Fibres Yarns Fabrics Natural Man-made Regular Fancy Woven Knitted Non-woven Animal Vegetable Mineral Regenerated Synthetic Single,. h1" alt="" Handbook of textile design Principles, processes and practice Jacquie Wilson CRC Press Boca Raton Boston New York Washington, DC W OODHEAD PUBLISHING LIMITED Cambridge England Published