INTRODUCTION

BA Textile Design & Enterprise has a broad approach to design for the textile industries and will enable students to produce work that is innovative and professional. Students will study a wide range of subjects including design and professional practice, applied textile products, handlooms, how to start a small business, manufacturing, production and presentation techniques. Students will be encouraged to travel and work as interns to gain experience and confidence.

The program is all about preparing students to work within the textile worlds and create an experimental and innovative approach to work styles. Each year is designed to support students through the various range of skills, knowledge and experience, which are required by future employers.

Regular tutorials assist studio and workshop practice and are supported by cognitive studies that investigates historical and contemporary solutions to design issues. The aim is to develop a questioning attitude towards textiles and their cultural and commercial value. Workshop facilities are available to aid in production of different weaves. One key module of this course is integrating various local handlooms and craft techniques into mainstream higher education, thereby introducing students to the cultural and environmental approaches to textile design and production in India.

Graduating students will be expected to have the creative, intellectual and communication skills that will enable them to respond to the changing patterns and demands of contemporary working practices and to have an experimental outlook in introducing Indian styles to a global industry.

Module Highlights

Applied Textiles
Students will be exposed to various methods of textile design and production techniques used in the industry. They will learn through lectures and demonstrations on how to construct, design and execute textile techniques. Students will be encouraged to create textile design collections in design projects.

Fashion Illustration
The focus of this module is drawing the clothed female figure for fashion and general illustration. Importance is placed on understanding how the figure changes as fashion changes and how the focus on parts of the body shifts with changes in fashion.

Knitwear Design & Construction
Students will learn beginning and intermediate hand knitting techniques through demonstration and lectures. They will knit swatches of each of these techniques and design two collection of knitwear, to be presented in the form of illustration and swatches.

Merchandising Principles
Students learn the functions of the merchandising departments within a retail company from the perspective of the buyer. Topics include seasonal financial planning, assortment planning, vendor negotiations and inventory management.

Trend Forecasting & Product Development
Using the traditional notion of aesthetics, this module will consider works of Renaissance Art from the basis of the philosophy of beauty and the sublime, and from matters of taste.

Internship
Students will gain practical experience in the professional environment, working under a designated supervisor in a company. The internship period will be for a period of four months.