Digital Textile Design
This book covers everything students and practitioners of textile design will need to learn about designing and printing digitally.
As the most significant advance in fabric printing technology since the invention of the silkscreen, digital textile printing is bringing about a revolution in textile design. Designers are seeking inspiration from previously unexplored sources, and a new visual language for surface design is starting to evolve.
Digital Textiles covers everything students and practitioners of textile design will need to learn about designing and printing digitally. New digital textile- printing technology is enabling designers to work with an almost unlimited palette of colours to produce work incorporating a high level of detail in relatively short timescales. Written specifically for textile designers, Digital Textile Design provides the know-how for students and professionals who wish to use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator as design tools. A series of inspirational tutorials, presented in step-by-step format, guide the reader through the process of creating designs that will be suited to both the traditional textile production process, and to the new industry of digital printing onto fabric. The basic principles behind the science and technology of ink-jet and other forms of digital printing are also covered.
The book also explores the work of a range of designers who are at the cutting edge in terms of their use of this new medium. The cross-disciplinary use of graphics programmes, digital photography, video and special effects by a hybrid generation of young designers is creating a new look for printed fabrics. Fashion designers such as Issey Miyake, Hussein Chalayan and Comme des Garçons are breaking new ground with the creation and use of the highly innovative prints illustrated in the book.
