FASHION & TEXTILES

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 fashion industry demands professional inputs in design and development of textiles and raw materials, 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.

Content

Year 1
Common Foundation Programme in Design: To meet the dynamics of fashion education, a Foundation Programme is designed to orient and sensitise students towards understanding of fundamentals of fashion business namely design, technology and management in the right socio-cultural perspective. The programme will focus on building the base for future learning of the design and technology function in the subsequent years.
Objectives

• To provide an overview and orientation of the fashion industry.
• To introduce the context and academic structure of the design and technology curriculum: its focus and contents.
• To provide for an enhanced environment for thinking, learning and gestation.
• To ensure a fundamental and common approach for fashion industry in consonance with the emerging challenges and needs of the industry and the overall vision and goal of NIFT.
• To provide uniform basic knowledge and skill competencies generic to the disciplines of Design and Technology.

Year 2
Focuses on introduction to textile terminology namely weaving, printing, embroidery and dyeing. It will also lay emphasis on fundamentals of graphic softwares and its usage for image creation. Field visits and internship with textile mills, printing units and other processing houses will be an important part of the curriculum.

Year 3
Strengthens the knowledge base of students, imparting design, technical, marketing and communication skills. Areas of study are Dyeing, Printing and Finishing, Quality Analysis and Assurance, CAD and Weave Design, Print Design and Marketing & Merchandising. The students will also undertake a Craft Survey and Documentation to be exposed to a craft environment.

Year 4
Students will undertake a number of elective subjects to fine tune their understanding of the industry and also an independent research based project. In the final semester, students will undertake a Graduation Project with an industrial client, export house, designer or a NGO. During this period the students will be required to work on the brief given by the sponsor. The programme will culminate into a Graduation show.

Careers
The programme prepares students for a wide range of careers in textile mills and export houses, with fashion designers, design studios, mills, buying houses, handloom cooperatives and buying agencies as Design or Fabric Managers, or work independently as Designers or Entrepreneurs.