Printed Textile Design: Profession, Trends and Project Development

Printed Textile Design: The Profession, the Evolution, the Design walks us through the different aspects of textile design as a process and a profession. The authors, both design school teachers, describe the steps involved in projects within the fashion, home and garden sectors of textile design, and also examine the specific characteristics of these three sectors. They pay special attention to current tendencies and offer an excellent insight into interpreting trends, which is essential for textile designers. The projects shown, developed by students approaching the professional level, provide the reader with outstanding explanatory case studies. This teaching resource is a key aid for both students and young professionals. It also includes a highly useful list of professional contacts.

Marie-Christine Noel is a lecturer in Applied Arts. She graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (Textile Design) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Painting). For the last ten years she has been working for the Carlin International Style Agency as a manager of the textile department. She is now pedagogical director of the introductory courses and responsible of post-graduate courses at the School of Art François Conte, Paris, France.
Michael Cailloux was born in Paris in 1975 and received a diploma in Applied Arts from the École Duperré. He is co-creator of the Atelier LZC which specialized in the creation of design objects, working for over ten years on the collections displayed at the Maison et Objets, as well as creating personalized pieces for such brands as Baccarat, Cartier, Habitat, Van Cleef & Arpels, or S.T. Dupont. He is currently artistic director at the Ecole supérieure d’art Françoise Conte, specialized in textile creation, and he is also a jewelry designer.