Textile Design
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Whether you’re interested in textiles for fashion, interiors, or products, our BA Textile Design course will nurture your creative, practical and professional skills. Learn to create contemporary textiles using our first-class digital and traditional knit, print and weave facilities. You’ll learn how to become a textile designer and gain industry experience throughout your studies.
You’ll explore different aspects of textile design in your first year, then choose to specialise in woven, knitted or printed textiles for the rest of your degree. You’ll engage with industry and deepen your design practice in the second year, before you define yourself as a designer in your final year.
We have a vibrant, creative art-school campus with superb studio space and equipment, such as:
- 3 Shima Seiki computerised knitting machines and hand operated knitting machines
- an industry-standard Mimaki fabric printer and a screen printing lab
- a variety of looms, including an electronic dobby loom
- CAD software packages
- 3D printing and laser cutting
You’ll learn traditional, manual processes alongside cutting-edge, digital techniques. We also strongly emphasise the future of the textiles industry, by exploring current issues such as sustainability.
As part of this textiles degree you can:
- take an optional year in employment to gain work experience
- take part in industry design competitions
- study overseas at one of our partner universities in Europe, Canada or other international exchange destinations
- visit studios and attend talks from external industry speakers
- take part in private views and the degree show at Winchester School of Art, all of which are attended by professionals from creative industries
You’ll also have the opportunity to work on live briefs with businesses in the industry. Previous students have worked with:
- Rarethreads
- Blendworth
- Bobble
Admissions Requirements
High School Diploma with three AP tests at scores of 444 OR Three SAT subject tests at scores of 650, 650, 650 or a combination of the two.
We can also consider excellent grades in Honors or College-level classes or ACT or SAT scores in lieu of AP or SAT subject tests on a case-by-case basis.
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Winchester
United Kingdom
- 3 years
- Full Time
- On Campus Learning
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- Bachelors
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