83000 Textiles: Digital and Screen Print Design
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Undergraduate
Result type: Grade and marksRequisite(s): 83622 Visualising Fashion 1 AND 83233 Visualising Fashion 2 AND 83882 Foundations in Patternmaking and Construction 2
Recommended studies:
83622 Studio: Fashion Illustration Fundamentals 1 AND 83233 Fashion Illustration Fundamentals 2 AND 83882 Foundations in Patternmaking and Construction 2 and 83723 Textile Lab :New Technologies
Description
This subject explores both analogue hand silk screen and digital print design for fashion and textiles. Students are introduced to screen preparation, repeats, industry textile print layouts, stencils, over printing, pigment and specialty inks, photographic transfer, half tone, colour ways, sublimation and digital printing. In this subject print design moves beyond 'decoration' to become a platform to explore contemporary narratives that reflect the social and cultural conditions of our times. A series of lectures introduce students to a new wave of emerging designers who are discovering new aesthetic opportunities in the space in between the analogue and digital materialities. In all the textile subjects we work together to keep reviewing, developing and maintaining a sustainable, mindful and professional practice.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
| 1. | Students will be able to develop contemporary print narratives for fashion and textile design |
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| 2. | Students will be able to learn appropriate levels of technical skills for both hand screen and digital print design |
| 3. | Students will be able to develop original aesthetic sensibilities that explore new aesthetic opportunities for textile print design. |
| 4. | Students will be able to develop an ability to respond to constructive feedback to develop their designs |
| 5. | Students will be able to speculate, challenge boundaries and take risks as a means to develop innovative print proposals |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Respond to constructive criticism and feedback (C.3)
- Develop an original aesthetic sensibility (I.1)
- Demonstrate an ability to speculate, experiment, challenge boundaries and take risks (I.2)
- Demonstrate an ability to adapt technology and materials creatively (I.3)
- Interpret complex ideas and connect them to fashion and textile practice. (R.4)
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attribute categories where:
C = communication and groupwork
A = attitudes and values
P = practical and professional
R = research and critique
I = innovation and creativity.
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) are linked to these categories using codes (e.g. C-1, A-3, P-4, etc.).
Teaching and learning strategies
Subject is delivered in weekly sessions of a one hour lecture (series of six in total) and two and a half hours of tutorial. Face-to-face studio classes incorporate a range of teaching and learning strategies including technical demonstrations in digital design studios and silk screen print workshops, open group discussions and crits, studio based learning activities and student presentations. These are complemented by independent student research and individual design projects.
Content (topics)
The subject is facilitated through a combination of lectures, tutorials and studio and print workshop activities. Lectures promote examples of relevant contemporary textile practice in the field and an overwiew of print design in industry for both silk screen and digital print.
The subject will cover the following topic areas:
1. Developing a cohesive print narrative and design collection for fashion and textiles.
2. Print prepartion for silk screen and digital printing
3. Layouts and classic textile repeats
4. Explore a variety of printing processes, technqies and inks.
5. Sustainable, mindful and professional practice
6. Distinguish the print methods that best suit cellulosic, protein and synthetic fabrics.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Silk Screen Print Project
| Intent: | This project task aims to introduce students to innovative approaches to hand silk screen print design |
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.3, I.1, I.2, I.3 and R.4 |
| Type: | Portfolio |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 50% |
Assessment task 2: Digital Print Design Project
| Intent: | This project task aims to introduce students to innovative approaches to digital print design |
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| Objective(s): | This task addresses the following subject learning objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.): C.3, I.1, I.2, I.3 and R.4 |
| Type: | Portfolio |
| Groupwork: | Individual |
| Weight: | 50% |
Minimum requirements
The minimum requirement for this subject is to attend 80% of all classes. Students need to consult each week with their tutor and show them the progress of their work as a means to ensure the work is up to design standards.
The DAB attendance policy requires students to attend no less than 80% of formal teaching sessions (lectures and tutorials) for each class they are enrolled in to remain eligible for assessment.
Required texts
The recommend texts are below.
Throughout the lectues and studio students will be given sources to research.
One key text is Digital Textile Design by Melanie Bowles
Recommended texts
References Recommended reading Braddock,
S., O'Mahony, M. c1998. Techno textiles: revolutionary fabrics for fashion and design, Thames and Hudson, London, England
Braddock, S., O'Mahony, M. c2005. Techno textiles 2: revolutionary fabrics for fashion and design, Thames and Hudson, London, England
Beasties Timorous, 2007, Peacocks Amongst The Ruins, Dundee Contemporary Arts (Catalogue)
Cole, D, Patterns, 2007, New Surface Designs Laurence King Publishers, London
Colchester C, 2007 Textiles Today, A Global Survey of Trends and Traditions, Thames & Hudson London
Braddock, S., O'Mahony, M. c2005. Techno textiles 2: revolutionary fabrics for fashion and design, Thames and Hudson, London, England
Emmett Microform, [1986].Textile designs 1840-1985, in the Victoria and Albert Museum [microform]
Kinnersly-Taylor, Joanna. A. & C. Black, 2003 Dyeing and screen-printing on textiles / Joanna Kinnersly-Taylor, London
Meller.S, & Elfers. J, 1991, Textile Designs. 200 Years of Patterns for Printed Fabrics arranged by Motif, Colour, Period and Design, Thames and Hudson, London.
O'Neill, 2006, Helen.Florence Broadhurst : her secret and extraordinary lives Prahan, Vic. : Hardie Grant,.
Parry Linda 1989 William Morris and the arts and crafts movement : a design source book London : Studio Editions, c
Rhodes Zandra 2005 A lifelong love affair with textiles. Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club,
Shoichi Aoki, Fruits,Phaidon,London,2003
Silk designs of the eighteenth century from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London / edited with an Victoria and Albert Museum.
New York : Thames and Hudson, 1996.
Smith, Paul, 1946 You can find inspiration in everything : and if you can't, look again London : Violette Editions, 2001.
Sumner, Christina. Petherbridge Guy Bright flowers : textiles and ceramics of Central Asia.Powerhouse Publishing, 2004
Gale, Colin and Jasbir Kaur, The Textile Book,Berg,London, 2002.
Kinnersly-Taylor, Joanna.Dyeing and screen-printing on textiles.London : A. & C. Black, 2003.
MC Dermott C. English Eccentrics.Phaidon,Uk,1992
McNamara, A and Snelling,P.Design and Practice for printed Textiles.Oxford,Melbourne.1995
Meller.S, & Elfers. J, 1991, Textile Designs. 200 Years of Patterns for Printed Fabrics arranged by Motif, Colour, Period and Design, Thames and Hudson, London.
O'Neill, Helen.Florence Broadhurst : her secret and extraordinary lives Imprint Prahan, Vic.: Hardie Grant, 2006 Phillips P & Bunce,G.Repeat Patterns.Thames and Hudson
Rhodes, Zandra, The art of Zandra Rhodes / written by Zandra Rhodes and Anne Knight ; researched by Marit Lieberson- London : Cape, 1984
Wells. K, 1997, Fabric Printing and Dyeing, Conran Octupus, London.