Elements of Textile Design

Paper Code: 
GHSC 111 (A)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the student to

  • Get an insight of design elements
  • Knowledge of colours and colour ways to imply it to textile designing 
12.00
Unit I: 
  • Definition and understanding aspects of design
  • Classification to Design: Structural Design and Applied Design

 

12.00
Unit II: 

Design process – Concept, research, design exploration & conceptualization

12.00
Unit III: 
  • Introduction to various types of designs and layouts                                     
  • Types of motifs: Geometrical, Stylized, Figurative, Abstract, Folk, Tribal
  • Types of Repeats:  Ogee pattern, Vertical, Horizontal, Twill, Mirror, Half drop, All over
12.00
Unit IV: 
  • Elements of Design
    • Lines – types of lines and application of lines
    • Colour – Intensity, value, hue

Aspects of colour: Colour wheel and Colour schemes, warm & cool colours

  • Texture –definition and its types, factors affecting textures
  • Form and  Shape

 

12.00
Unit V: 
  • Principles of Design
  • Balance: Symmetric and Asymmetric
  • Proportion
  • Rhythm
  • Emphasis
  • Repetition
Essential Readings: 
  1. Carol Joyce, Textile Design, Watson- Guptill Publications.
  2. Gohl E.G. and Vilensky 1993: Textile Science, C.B.S. Publishers New Delhi.
  3. Garthe, M., Fashio & Colour; Rockport Publishers
  4. Kadolph.J.S & Langford.L.A., Textiles,VIII ed.,1998,Prentice Hall, New Jersey
  5. Bhattacharya Niyati, Natural Dyes for Textiles and their Eco Friendly Application, New Delhi, IAFL Publications,2010
  6. Gulrajani M.L. and Gupta D: Natural dyes and their application to textiles, IIT Delhi.
  7. Sekhri, Seema, Text Book of Fabric Science fundamentals to Finishing, PHI Learning Pvt, Ltd, New Delhi, 2011.
  8. Corbman., P. B., Textiles Fibre to Fabric Gregg, Division, Mc Graw Hill Book.
  9. Sumathi, G.J. “Elements of Fashion and Apparel Design” New Age International Publishers, New Delhi
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