Course Contents

• Simplified and Reduced Designs • Exaggerated and Detailed Designs • Categories and Sub- Categories of Textile Design: 1-Floral Designs 2- Geometric Design 3- Conversational Designs 4-Ethnic Designs • Sub categories of Floral designs: 1- Arborescent 2- Botanical 3- Baskets, flower pots and vases 4- Chintz 5- Damask • Sub-categories and layouts of Geometric Designs: o Basic shapes and Abstract o Herringbone and Chevron o Arabesque o Blocks and Cubes o Checker Board/ Checks and Plaids o Cellular o Inter-locking o Optical Illusion o Fret work o Scale pattern vermicular o Hounds tooth o Striped design o Neats (spaced layouts) o Medallions (circular format) o Eccentrics (stripe pattern) o Foulards (Repetitive patterns) o Ogee (eye shaped repeats) o Moire (waved patterns) • Sub- Categories of Conversational Designs: 1- Designs with Animals and Birds; Natural Textures: animal skin, fur, vegetables, fruits etc. 2- Architectural Designs 3- Camouflage 4- Juvenile: cartoons, celestials, toys and circus etc for kids. 5- Commemorative: with flags, stamps, landmarks or monuments 6- Photo-prints • All-over patterns: 1) All-over non directional 2) All-over One directional 3) All-over Packed 4) All-over tossed 5) All-over two directional 6) All-over set. • Textile Repeats: a. Block/square repeat b. half drop, diamond c. Turrn-over/Mirror Image d. Non-directional e. Multi directional Repeat.

Course Synopsis

o Develop strong creative and problem solving skills o Gain technical expertise in a range of design layouts and repeats o Build knowledge of design for a particular market o Gain an idea of the experience of working within the fashion and textile industries o Know the process of Textiles from theme selection, sketching, rendering till finishing. o Knowledge and understanding of the functional and aesthetical requirements of textiles for a range of applications. o The ability to efficiently communicate ideas in 2-D sketches. o Importance of creativity, idea generation and visual communication. o Repeats: Block, square, half drop, diamond, mirror and over-all. o For each Repeat the students will create a: Research Board, Sketch, Painted Key, Repeated Design on Graph sheets and on scholar sheets painted in poster colors.

Course Learning Outcomes

• Understanding of 2D and 3D spaces • Illusion of depth on flat surface • Understanding of Repeatable industrial scale designing • Students will be given assignments which will be research oriented to express their views on the subjects and different topics under discussion.