Textile Design

Why study Textile Design at Dundee?

Textile design at Dundee offers you the opportunity to investigate textile design in a broad sense by encouraging you to consider both the practical and relevant way textiles can be applied and used within society.

You will learn and develop visual and practical skills through making and exploring a diverse range of materials. Exposure to making processes which use cutting edge technologies will help you build in-depth technical, sensory and aesthetic knowledge of colour, structure, pattern and texture.

The course aims to develop students who can contextualise practical knowledge and the decorative philosophy that is inherent within textile design, through a range of applications. This includes developing innovative textile design ideas and prototypes for industry as well as exploring the ways that practical knowledge can help solve problems such as sustainability, the ageing population, crime etc.

Textiles are synonymous with domesticity and the body and you will be actively encouraged to challenge perceived definitions within these traditional parameters and beyond.

At the end of the course you will be able to:

• think assertively for yourself
• understand what you have learned on your course
• express design ideas in a professional way
• demonstrate a confident and appropriate use of a range of textile processes and materials
• understand how textile design can be applied in a contemporary context

New Designers

Final year students are given the opportunity to showcase their work at New Designers in London along with over 4,000 other design graduates from around the UK.

New Designers brings the design industry together, helping to launch the careers of the attending design graduates. With over 18,000 visitor throughout the duration of the exhibition there is a great opportunity to be discovered.

86% of exhibiting courses had graduates receive offers of work, placements or commissions.

You:

• are creative
• are interested in design
• are interested in researching past and present textile design areas
• enjoy drawing and photography
• are interested in exploring all sorts of materials
• like to make things using hands/technology/machinery
• like to engage with contemporary culture i.e. fashion, trends and technologies

You want to:

• learn how to Design
• have a career in a textiles related field
• develop yourself in a supportive environment
• be part of an exciting university with great student facilities

Student exchange

The academic perspective is enhanced by opportunities for you to study abroad through exchange schemes that operate with centres of excellence in many European and transatlantic countries.

In addition, the department normally organises an overseas study visit for all Level 3 students.

For examples of student work, staff profiles, and news from Textile Design, visit the DJCAD website.

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