Textile designer

Code 2163.1.8

Textile designers conceptualise textile products considering visual communication and functional performance.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • portfolio management in textile manufacturing
  • propiedades de los tejidos
  • textile printing technology
  • textile marketing techniques

Skills and competences

  • create mood boards
  • decorate textile articles
  • distinguish accessories
  • distinguish fabrics
  • design yarns
  • design woven fabrics
  • design weft knitted fabrics
  • design warp knit fabrics
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles using softwares
  • draw sketches to develop textile articles
  • seek innovation in current practices
  • gather reference materials for artwork
  • use textile technique for hand-made products

Transversal competences

  • measure yarn count

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences