Textile design forms the core of the whole business of fashion. the rapidly expanding activities in the export and domestic sectors of the Indian apparel and home furnishing industry demands professional inputs in design and development of textiles and raw material, which is responsible for 60-80% of the cost of the product. Textile design today is that strategic value-adding activity that can make all the difference in transforming a fashion business into an economically viable and profitable proposition. The Textile Design Courses offered at INSD equips students with broad spectrum education in textiles while developing creativity, originality and design application in apparel and home fashion industries. With Textile Design Courses you will Learn to create extraordinary Designs on the fabrics.
Career Paths:
- Production development and management
- Retail management apparel designing
- Visual merchandising
- Technical designing
- Fashion writing and editing
- Quality control
- Museum collection management
- Theatrical costuming operations manager Apparel sales representative
- Patternmaker
- Product developer
- Fashion buyerFashion consultant
- Textile research scientist
- Technical designer
- Store manager
- Quality assurance evaluator
- Costume designer
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Textile Design
- Textile designer develops new design concepts, illustrations and creates sample ideas
- Ensures that projects are completed on time, assesses and approves completed items and production standards
- Visiting sites and other sources of ideas for designs and experiments with colour, fabric and texture
- Sources fabrics and other materials at trade fairs, markets and antique shops
- Attending trade shows, as a delegate or as an exhibitor – this may involve representing the company with a display or stand, or appraising the work of competitors
- Keeping up to date and spotting fashion trends in fabric design by reading forecasts in trade magazines and using internet resources
- Developing a network of business contacts
- If self-employed, managing marketing and public relations, finances and business administration and maintaining websites.
Textile Design Courses Offered: UG / PG Courses
UG: Bachelors Programmes – 4 Years Specialization Course (Eligibility : 10+2)
| 1st Semester - 20 Credits | 2nd Semester - 20 Credits |
|---|---|
| Communication Technique | Design Psychology |
| Fiber Theory | Introduction to Dyeing |
| History of Textile | Yarn Process |
| Colour & Texture | Folk Textiles of India |
| Motif Development | State-wise Embroideries of India |
| Basic Embroidery Stitches | Design Development |
| 3rd Semester - 20 Credits | 4th Semester - 20 Credits |
|---|---|
| Traditional Indian Textiles | Introduction to Knitting |
| Dictionary of Textiles | World Textiles |
| Textile Chemical Processing | Printing Process |
| Weaving Process | Non- Woven Textiles |
| Print Development & Rendering | Project on Inspiration |
| Computer Graphics | SOT |
| Sth Semester - 20 Credits | 6th Semester - 20 Credits |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Loom | Textile Mill Management |
| Knitting Process | Environment &TextiIes |
| Textile Finishing | Textile Testing |
| Management Skills | Entrepreneurship Development |
| Design Process | CATD |
| Elective (Wool/ Silk/ Jute Technology) | Industrial Training |
| 7th Semester - 20 Credits | 8th Semester - 20 Credits |
|---|---|
| Fancy Fabric Structures | Leather Design |
| Values & Ethics in Profession | Sustainability in Textile Indust |
| Quality Control | Theme Based Designing |
| Marketing Management | Elective (GT/ Spl. Yarn) |
| Craft Documentation | |
| Portfolio Development |
UG: Bachelors Programmes – 3 Years Specialization Course (Eligibility : 10+2)
| 1st Semester - 20 Credits | 2nd Semester - 20 Credits |
|---|---|
| Communication Technique | Design Psychology |
| Fiber Theory | Introduction to Dyeing |
| History of Textile | Yarn Process |
| Colour & Texture | Folk Textiles of India |
| Motif Development | State-wise Embroideries of India |
| Basic Embroidery Stitches | Design Development |
| 3rd Semester - 20 Credits | 4th Semester - 20 Credits |
|---|---|
| Traditional Indian Textiles | Introduction to Knitting |
| Dictionary of Textiles | World Textiles |
| Textile Chemical Processing | Printing Process |
| Weaving Process | Non- Woven Textiles |
| Print Development & Rendering | Project on Inspiration |
| Computer Graphics | SOT |
| Sth Semester - 20 Credits | 6th Semester - 20 Credits |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Loom | Textile Mill Management |
| Knitting Process | Environment &TextiIes |
| Textile Finishing | Textile Testing |
| Management Skills | Entrepreneurship Development |
| Design Process | CATD |
| Elective (Wool/ Silk/ Jute Technology) | Industrial Training |
PG Course – 2 Years (Eligibility: Graduate)
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester |
|---|---|
| Textile theory | Textile chemistry |
| Fiber theory | Weaves process |
| Textile texture | Loom’s process |
| Yarn process | Industrial visit project work |
| 3rd Semester | 4th Semester |
|---|---|
| Textile science (printing & dying) | Market Dynamics |
| Introduction to finishing advance weaving process | Project on different visits |
| Finishing process articles on printing industrial visit | Knitting industrial visits |
| Project on woven & knitting fabrics |
2 Years Advance Course (Eligibility 10+2)
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester |
|---|---|
| Introduction to looms | Advance weaving process |
| Basic weaves | Introduction to print process article & block printing |
| Industrial visit | Stencil printing tie & dye |
| Introduction to wet process |
| 3rd Semester | 4th Semester |
|---|---|
| Introduction to looms | Introduction to print process |
| Advance weaving process | Article on block printing |
| Industrial visit project on weaves | Stencil printing tie & dye |
| Market Dynamics |
1 Year Advance Course (Eligibility : 10+2)
| 1st Semester | 2nd Semester |
|---|---|
| Traditional Indian textiles | Fiber Manufacturing system |
| Basic fiber study | Yarn process |
| Color texture physical & chemical properties of fibe | Yarn manufacturing |
| System types of yarn |
Certificate Program- 6 Months (Eligibility: 10th)
| Fundamentals Of Design & Drawing | Branding And Advertising |
|---|---|
| Typography | Packaging – Product |
| Image Editing | Desktop / Digital Publishing |
| Page Layout Design | Interface Design/ Web Design |
| Desktop / Digital Publishing | User Interface Experience |
| User Interface Experience |
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Mentor Profile's
Mayur Amilkanthwar
Academic Head
He is a software engineer, who pursued Interior Designing as his career. Driven by immense passion for the field he has over five years of experience in commercial and residential site projects.
Mayur also decided to share his knowledge with a new generation of interior designers by starting to teach in the field. He is a staunch believer of how theoretical and practical knowledge go hand in hand. He has an academic experience of 9 years and has taught more than 3000 students till date. His outlook towards the field of education is about creating confident, bold and young designers who stand out and create breath-taking projects.
He is also the academic head of our institution for who’s skills of management and teamwork we absolutely appreciate
Sonal Thorat
Assistant Academic Head of the Department
Sonal is the former Head Of The Department of Fashion. Who is now the Assistant Head of the Academics. Sonal comes with over 9+ years of experience working as a creative Fashion Designer and Mentor. She has always had a passion towards fashion. Her specialization lies in being an expert in Computer softwares for Fashion design like Corel Draw, Photoshop etc. Sonal is hardworking and enjoys managing her students and faculties along with planning for photoshoot events and fashion shows.
Gunja Bhawnani
Head Of The Department
She is heading the Fashion Design Department. She holds a Master’s Degree in Fashion Design and Clothing Technology.
She is an accomplished design professional with rich experience of 10+ years in various sectors of the industry. Like being a member of the Board of studies for a renowned university, HOD of fashion styling in a renowned institution, mentoring for several fashion shows, academic teaching, management and designing for fashion retailing. Apparel merchandising at export houses. She is a highly organized, self driven leader who believes in teamwork.
Sunil Gadekar
Sunil Gadekar has more than 10 years, of teaching experience. He specializes in fashion illustration, character design, and painting. His qualifications are ATD, GD Art, BFA and Dip. AED. He has trained more than 2000 plus students. He is sharing his experience with INSD for more than 3 years. Sunil sir not only teaches art and design to Animation students but to all the other design courses as well.
Anurag
Anurag has been a Designer / Production Supervisor in multiple export houses with field experience of 5 years. Having a profession in designing and technical education in textile field, producing designs and samples for presentation as well as making the sets for sample designs are part of my career. Patternmaking and Graphic designs are well within my strong suit.
Jayashree Patil
She’s a fashion designer with her specialisation in apparel merchandising. She has worked with apparel production houses for 2 years. Where she learnt to understand & studied the supply chain of the industry. As our country holds a vast history of culture and art, Jayashree has been training and guiding more than 500 students to polish their practical skills along with their theoretical knowledge.
Student Testimonials
I’m pursuing Masters program in Interior design from INSD Corporate Branch. I belong to a business class family, living in Delhi NCR. I completed my schooling in 2010 in science stream, and then I realized that science is not my cup of tea.
Ms. Rashi Verma
Student , Masters Programme in ID, Class of 2017
I was born and brought up in NEW DELHI, India. I belong to a Middle class family. I completed my schooling from a government school.
Ankit Khera
Student , Ad. Diploma Programme in FD, Class of 2017
Hi! I am pursuing Fashion design course from International school of design, corporate branch at Gujranwala town, Delhi.
Ms. Chavi Garg
Student , Bachelors Programme in FD, Class of 2017
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