COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Textile Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SEDEF ACAR

Offered to

Course Objective

t is aimed at making studies in order to artistic patterns by making hybrid combinations with traditional and modern textile techniques and textile materials, making 2 or 3 dimensional design-art studies after old and new important samples, the universal language of the fiberart with creative thinking in the visual organizations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources:
Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric, Jack Lenor Larsen, Mildred Constantine, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1972
Textiles Now, Drusila Cole, Laurence King Publishing, London, 2008
Textiles As Art, Laurence Korwin, Copyright Laurence Korwin, Chicago, 1990
The Fiberarts Book of Wearable Art, Katherine Duncan Aimone, Lark Books-A Division of Stirling Publishing Co., Inc. New York, 2002
Decorative Wall Hangings, David B. Van Dommelen, Funk & Wagnalls Comp.Inc.,London, 1962
Subsidiary Sources:
Encyclopedia Of Knitting, Dona Kooler s, Leusire Arts Publication, Arkansas, 2012
Nuno Felt: Techniques An Inspiration For Accessories and Home Interior, Liz Clay, A&C Black, London, 2007
Fabrics That Go Bump, Second Printing, Edited by: Madelyn Van Der Hoogt, R Boks Pbl., USA, 2005
Collapse Weave-Creating Three-Dimensional Cloth, Anne Field, Trafalgar Square Books, 2008
Other Course Materials:
Textile art exhibitions at national and international levels
Catalogue of individual or combined exhibitions belonging to some of the international textile artists
Fiberarts Magazine, Textile Forum Magazine, Textile Fiber Forum Magazine, Surface Design Journal etc. periodicals

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Courses
After students being given the necessary information, they are asked to make research and analysis about the material, technique and shaping related to yarn art.

2. Revising Sessions and Class Discussions
It is discussed whether yarn art is a structural textile or ornament belonging to dying printing or pattern with mixed media and stitch and a conclusion is found.

3. Applications
Application studies are made in atelier environment.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Student works are graded according to aesthetic value of the design, creativity, invention, innovative approach, starting point s reflection on the designs, design suitability with the product group, suitability of the technique, weaving, materials determined in the process of transition from design to production, product suitability with design and its applicability in mass production.

Attendance point of the student depends on (1) course attendance, (2) quality of the answer given to the instructor s questions during the lecture and in-class design study, (3) student s contribution in order to create a positive learning environment.

Assessment Criteria

Approach in conception and terminology on textile design
Examination of related techniques
Suffiency of Projects and skethes
Sufficienty of woven practices
Presentation

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1.It is compulsory to maintain 70% of class attendance.
2. Any attempt for plagiarism result in disciplinary penalty.
3. Absence in the class is not a valid excuse for late submission of the projects and assignments.
4. In case of the late submissions, students lose point equal to one letter note for each day right after the dead-line.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sedef.acar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tel. 0232 3016754
sedef.acar@deu.edu.tr

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes