Textile design : Principles, advances and applications /

Provides a broad overview of textile design covering fundamental topics including principles of fibres and fabrics, knitted fabric design, through to the dyeing, finishing and printing aspects of textile design. This title offers information on textile design and is suitable for design professionals...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Briggs-Goode, A. (Editor); Townsend, K. (Editor)
Published: Woodhead Publishing Ltd,
Publisher Address: Cambridge :
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Woodhead Publishing series in textiles ; 112
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781845696467
Summary: Provides a broad overview of textile design covering fundamental topics including principles of fibres and fabrics, knitted fabric design, through to the dyeing, finishing and printing aspects of textile design. This title offers information on textile design and is suitable for design professionals in the textile and fashion industries.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (424 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780857092564
0857092561
Index Number: TS1475
CLC: TS194.1
Contents: Part 1 Principles: Fabric construction approaches to textile design: Fibres, yarns and fabrics: Fundamental principles for the textile designer-- Woven textile design-- Knitted textile design. Part 2 Principles: Surface approaches to textile design: Surface design of textiles-- Printed textile design-- Embroidered textile design-- Designing through dyeing and finishing-- The use of colour in textile design. Part 3 Applications and advances: Colour trend forecasting and its influence on the fashion and textile industry-- Sustainable textile design-- Fashion design: The dynamics of textiles in advancing cultural memes-- Interior textile design-- The interaction of two and three dimensional design in textiles and fashion-- The design of technical textiles-- Designing future textiles: New developments in textile structures and surface treatments.