Careers in Textile Designing
Overview:
Textile designing deals with creating designs for textiles in the apparel sector. Designers handle textile or embroidery designs, prints, weaves, styles and textures.The textile designer have knowledge of yarn making, weaving knitting, dyeing and finishing process ,including the knowledge of different types of looms, knitting machines, printing processes including block, stencil, roller and silk-screens.
Designers usually prepare designs, produce samples of cloth with technicians and then arrange to have them printed. Textile designers usually work closely with fashion designers and buyers to try to predict future trends in fashions for colour fabrics. They may specialise in printed, woven or knitted material and in designs for a particular product.
The academic programmes in textile designing are aimed at developing a comprehensive technical understanding about fabric printing such as screen printing, discharge painting and block printing, and even carving of wood blocks for printing, dyeing and colouring, and hand loom and weaving techniques etc.
Students who want to pursue their career in textile and fashion industry can studies in a variety of fields beside designing such as, product development, textile science, textile chemistry, textile management and marketing, apparel manufacturing and merchandising.
Study Route:
Undergraduate Programmes:
- B.Sc (Hons) in Textile Science
- B.Sc (Hons) in Textile Design Technology
- BBA (Hons) in Textile Management and Marketing
- BBA (Hons) Apparel Manufacturing and Merchandising
Graduate Programme:
- M.Sc in Textile Chemistry
Where to Study:
- Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi
- BSc (Hons) 4 years
a. Textile Science
b. Textile Design and Technology
- BBA (Hons)– 4 years
a. Textile Management and Marketing
b. Apparel Management and Merchandizing
- M.Sc in Textile Chemistry
- Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi
(http://www.indusvalley.edu.pk)
- Bachelors in Textile Designing – 4 years
- Department of Visual Arts, University of Karachi, Karachi
(http://www.uok.edu.pk)
- Bachelors in Textile Designing – 4 years
- Department of Textile Designing, Asian Institute of Fashion designing, Iqra University, Karachi
(http://www.aifu.edu.pk)
- Bachelors in Textile Designing – 4 years
- Department of Textile Designing, National College of Arts, Lahore
(http://www.nca.edu.pk)
- Bachelors in Textile Designing – 4 years
- National Textile University, Faisalabad
(http://www.ntu.edu.pk)
- Bachelors in Textile Designing – 4 years
- Bachelors – 4 years
a. Yarn Manufacturing
b. Textile Chemistry
c. Fabric Manufacturing
d. Garment Manufacturingand applied science
- Diploma – 1 year
a. Spinning Technology
b. Weaving Technology
c. Knitting Technology
d. Textile Chemistry
- Faculty of Arts and Design, University of South Asia, Lahore (http://www.usa.edu.pk)
- Bachelors in Textile Designing – 4 years
- College of Arts and Design, University of the Punjab, Lahore (http://www.pu.edu.pk)
- BFA in Textile Designing – 4 years
- Professional Diploma - 1 year
Prospects:
The graduates can work with any of these potential employers:
- Manufacturing and processing companies that produce clothing, soft furnishings and other textiles-based products.
- Large fashion and clothing retailers
- Design studios and consultancies
- Textiles Mills
Typical job titles for textile designing are:
- Knitting Machine Operator
- Colour Specialist
- Pattern Cutter/Dyer
- Fashion Coordinator
- Merchandiser
- Textile Technologist
- Costume Designer
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- Print Designer
- Textile Stylist
- Design Technician
- Textile Designer
- Computer Aided designer
- Stylist
- Free Lance Designer
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