Creating Textile Design Collections (Online Short Course) With Central Saint Martins

TRAINING COURSES

12 Jul

Written By Debbie Mckeegan

College

Central Saint Martins

Taught by

Dominique L'Olive

Description

In this online course, you will learn how to apply textile design skills to create coordinated collections of soft furnishing items, tied together by your unique design elements. This course is ideal for students with some textile design experience, who want to tackle larger projects, or even prepare a collection to present to a retailer. By the end of the course you will produce a complete textile design collection.

During the course you will learn a range of techniques to help you make your ideas visually exciting, fresh and current. Each week you will explore, discover and experiment with new techniques, as well as engage in group discussions to find out what makes good designs and collections, how to communicate an idea visually, and ultimately how to work more professionally and even start your own practice.

Topics:

Visual research and development of ideas
Identifying Market trends
Creating mood boards and themes
Colour palettes
Painting techniques
Using motifs
Presenting initial ideas
Starting a new collection
Creating engaging portfolio layouts
Geometric forms
How to create and design a repeat
Printing on fabric manually

Learning outcomes:
At the end of this course, you will be confident in creating a textile design collection from start to finish. You will have created two collections to be used in your portfolio using strong visual layouts that will greatly improve the visual communication of your ideas, concepts and designs, ready to be presented to top retailers and manufacturers.

Who is Creating Textile Design Collections (Online) for
This course will be beneficial to students with a basic knowledge of textile design, drawing and painting for textile, pattern or mark making, who are looking to expand their skills. This course will enable you to take your initial textile design collections, strengthen and build upon them, and turn your designs into finished collections.
Level: Intermediate
Please note: This course is for students aged 18 and over

Why choose a CSM Online Short Course
Our online learning short courses allow you to experience Central Saint Martins wherever you are in the world. Additionally all CSM Online Short Courses include;

Live sessions with expert
Lesson recordings
Practical assignments
Personal feedback
VLE with course content
Forums for support
3 months online access
CSM Certificate upon completion

Visit Frequently Asked Questions for further details about preparing for your online course, including any equipment you need.

Please note that all courses are taught in UK time. To compare times, please check World Time Buddy.

Tutor Description

After completing a degree in Fashion Textiles at Central Saint Martins, Dominique L'Olive moved on to be a studio manager where she developed and created designs for the UK, Japan and the US. She has since worked with many different companies such as the V&A, Jigsaw, Style Council and Dorothy Perkins, producing a range of textile designs. Dominique currently works as a freelance textile and surface pattern designer and teaches on a range of textile courses at the University of the Arts London.

Materials

Online Short Course Materials

To take part in the Online sessions you will need:

An up-to-date web browser (we recommend Firefox or Chrome)
The latest version of Java installed on your device
Microphone and headphones (a headset with a microphone function is recommended)
Webcam
Strong Internet connection via WiFi or ethernet; 2G, 3G or 4G will not be sufficient

Course Specific Materials
Please bring to your first session: