Textile Designer
Develop designs for fabrics and materials used in garments, soft furnishings and wallpaper.
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What's it like to be a Textile Designer?
Textile Designers create designs for different kinds of cloth, material and fabrics to create garments, soft furnishings and wallpapers. Textile Designers may develop patterns, prints, textures and illustrations for the production of fabrics.
Tasks and duties
- Consulting with clients and business partners to determine a design brief.
- Researching products and assessing fabrics and samples.
- Analysing commercial, cultural and functional requirements.
- Creating designs using manual and computerised techniques.
- Working up patterns for clothing, soft furnishings, wall coverings, bed linens and carpets.
- Working with electronic looms and computerised knitting machines.
- Supervising the production process.
- Keeping abreast of trends and innovations.
How to become a Textile Designer
While completing formal training is not required to become a Textile Designer, a qualification may be an advantage in developing design skills.
- Gain experience working alongside a senior Textile Designer, developing skills and confidence.
- Consider completing a Certificate IV in Textile Design, Development and Production (MST40119).
- Alternatively, you can also undertake a Bachelor of Fine Art, Bachelor of Design and Fashion or a Bachelor of Textiles. They generally take 3 years to complete and you will need to have completed year 12 or explore alternative paths to entry.
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Latest Textile Designer reviews
May 2021
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Design
Experience
5 – 9 years
Organisation size
Medium (20-199 employees)
Specialisation
Design & Marketing
The good things
The small nature of the textile industry means that often in roles you have to wear many hats. This is great for people who love variety and diverse range of skills to use at work. At the places I’ve ...
The challenges
Communicating good ideas effectively to an audience (be they clients or within your own company) is always a challenge. You need the confidence to sell good design strategies to people with a very dif...
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May 2021
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Arts
Experience
5 – 9 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Textile/Graphic Design
The good things
Ability to express your creativity, work within a collaborative team, working with your hands and on the computer. The part I love the most is getting to see your designs on a physical product - wheth...
The challenges
My role encompasses a wide range of Textile and Graphic design so there is a lot of multi-tasking and prioritising. With so much going on there isn't always a lot of time to do the 'fun' part of the j...
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