Course: BA (Hons) TextilesYear: TwoUnit: BA4: Focus1

Project Title: Digital Textiles

Project 1 of 2 within this unit

Start Date: 27/09/10Study Hours: 240Submission Date: 15/11/10Tutor(s): Jill Rodgers,

Nick Rodgers, Visiting tutors

DescriptionThis project provides you with the exciting opportunity to build on your skills and experimental practices that you started to explore in level 1. The project emphasis is on developing ideas using digital media and digital production. You will need to write a learning agreement and identify a theme for your research and visual enquiry. Using this as a starting point you will be asked to explore a variety of digital processes that are appropriate to developing your ideas. These may include Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD embroidery, laser cutting and Digital weave and print. There will be workshops during the unit to further develop your knowledge and skills in these areas, and there will also be workshops in drawing, print and stitch. Material manipulation and transformation through the exploration of digital process will be central to the development of your ideas.

Description

The project emphasis is on developing ideas using digital media and digital production.

Description

You will need to write a learning agreement

Identify a theme for your research and visual enquiry.

Description

Material manipulation and transformation through the exploration of digital process will be central to the development of your ideas.

Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD embroidery, laser cutting and Digital weave and print.

Description

Photoshop

Illustrator

CAD embroidery

laser cutting

Digital weave

Digital print.

Your practice during this unit will be focused on your own research interests and as such involves a greater level of self management and pro-activity. You should start your project with drawing, photography and visits to museums, galleries and other venues which can give you access to primary research. It is important that your research activity is developed beyond internet searches. You will produce a body of textile work supported by thorough visual and contextual research, which should include drawing and photography, and which demonstrates your engagement with digital processes.

focus on your own research interests

involves a greater level of self management and pro-activity.

start your project with drawing, photography and visits to museums, galleries and other venues which can give you access to primary research.

It is important that your research activity is developed beyond internet searches.

produce a body of textile work supported by thorough visual and contextual research, include drawing and photography

demonstrates your engagement with digital processes

define perimeters

what is technology? – historywhat is your relationship to technology?what is it for? why use it?

2D imagesprint

Musterfrau / Mustermann

Nama Rococo

www.adekola.com/

2D imagesweave

2D images manipulation

image / illusion

2D - 3D material manipulation

Tord Boontje

Simon Periton

Beatrice Coron

Kako Ueda

moving images

Farhad Ahrarnia

Molly Tufnell

3D images

www.ices.utexas.edu/~smpark

Frank Gehry

programmes

www.pixelart.es/index_en.html

pixel textiles

http://Tiles.ice.org.

http://suzieque.net/friendshipquilt.htm

systems for creating

Casey Reas

smart textiles

Carole Collet

nano textiles

www.secantmedical.com/technologies/

interface

Issey Miyake

virtual catwalk

digital magazines

textile blog