Textile Designing

Maneet Kaur | Founder & Textile Designer | Kurma

What is Textile Designing?

Textile Designing is a great Career option. Internet is brimming with pages on How to get into Textile Designing, while one should first understand What is a Career in Textile Designing. It is best to learn about Textile Designing from a real professional, this is akin to getting it from the horse's mouth.

Founder & Textile Designer Maneet Kaur invested 9 years in Textile Designing. Founder & Textile Designer Maneet Kaur outlines Textile Designing as:

Textile design is essentially the process of creating designs for woven, knitted or printed fabrics or surface ornamented fabrics. Textile designers are involved with the production of these designs, which are used, sometimes repetitively, in clothing and interior decor items.

How Founder & Textile Designer Maneet Kaur got into Textile Designing?

After completing my studies from Jaipur, I came back to Dehradun and started working for an NGO for embroideries and quilting for 5 years. After that, I started my own design studio in 2014 and designing hand looms and block printing.

Founder & Textile Designer Maneet Kaur's Talk on Textile Designing

Starts with what is:
1)	Textile Designing

Next, it covers Education. We all know that only 10% of what is taught in Textile Designing is actually used in real life. The Education section of the Talk clearly explained what is the 10% needed in Textile Designing. It discusses following headings for Education in Textile Designing:
2)	Yarns and Fabrics
3)	Textile/Surface Techniques
4)	Design Concepts
5)	Market Trends
6)	Computer Software

Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Skills are the most important factor determining success in a Textile Designing. It explains Skills needed in Textile Designing with these items:
7)	Aesthetics and Creativity
8)	Drawing and Sketching
9)	Craft Skills
10)	Visualization
11)	Communication

Positives of Textile Designing are quite interesting. This Talk explains these Positives of Textile Designing:
12)	Creative Satisfaction
13)	Societal Impact
14)	Immediate Results

There are a few Challenges in Textile Designing which one needs to be cognizant of:
15)	Quality Control
16)	Limited Awareness
17)	Organized Sector
18)	Creative Blocks

In the final section of the Talk, Maneet Kaur talks about How a day goes in a Career in:
19)	Textile Designing

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Textile Designing?

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Links for this Talk

Founder & Textile Designer Maneet Kaur's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/maneetkaur

LifePage Career Talk on Textile Designing

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/textile-designing

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20170314-0002

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYBH_cdsGBY

(Textile Designing, Maneet Kaur, Kurma, Textile Manufacture, Fashion Industry, Design, Fabric Design, Product Design, Product Innovation)

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