Textile Design

Step 1: Earn a Bachelors Degree
A Bachelors degree in textile design, graphic design, or a fashion-related field is often required to obtain a position as a textile designer.
Step 2: Gain Experience
One way to break into the textile industry is by working as an assistant to a professional designer or applying for an entry-level position at a design firm. Some individuals may find employment through their internships. Job prospects will fall in textile industry which includes home furnishings, textile mills, Merchandisers, Fabric Coordinators, Managers in several fashion segments. At a certain point (preferably after few years of experience), you can even have your own textile business. It is really a versatile business as its success level depends upon your creativity and knowledge more than anything.

CODE VGU Jaipur gives a positive growing environment to open-up your creativity & work boundlessly to make you a multi-faceted Designer. The faculty members here are industrial experts from different genres like Garments, Textiles, Jewelry, Craft sector, Graphics, Painting, Sculpting, etc. Thus giving them exposure to almost all the fields of Design. CODE believe in Learn & Earn strategy. Their experts train students to be capable to take up in-house & market projects so that students understand the commercial feasibility of their work & Designs. College also provides opportunities to their students to assist their faculty members in their commercial projects on stipend basis to motivate them to get better in all aspects of their professional career. Most importantly, CODE has course named as Fashion & Textile Design. Students pursuing this course, get thorough knowledge & exposure of both Fashion Design & Textile Design thus making their career prospects open for both of these departments & doubling their job opportunities. Students even become eligible to get enrolled in both Ministry of Textiles as Textile Designer & FDCI as Fashion Designer which is a great aid in their professional run ahead.

The Textile Design curriculum offers ample opportunity to students to create, experiment and innovate with materials. The programme builds upon the integration of creative forces of design with textile technology, and also keeps in mind the historical, social and cultural contexts in which the designers work today. Alongside there is also emphasis on learning specialised software in order to explore digital and non-traditional approach to design, fabric structures and surfaces. The students also get exposure to a craft environment by way of craft cluster initiative, which sensitizes them to traditional practices. The Textile Design students undertake Graduation Project in their final year which are sponsored by textile mills, export houses, home and apparel retail brands, designers, NGOs or are self sponsored. While Textile technology is a branch of engineering where technology is used for developing and creating several varieties of fabric, textiles and garments from yarn. It involves the study of fiber Science, and students learn how to create and test fibers from both natural and synthetic sources. Textile Engineering/ Technology is the study of textile production, processing and it's compatibility for the use of common man. It combines the principles of engineering with specific knowledge of textile equipment and processes. This field of engineering draws inputs from various other branches of engineering like chemical, instrumentation, computer, structural, electronic and mechanical engineering. Textile technology/Engineering deals with the application of scientific and engineering principles to the design and control of all aspects of fiber, textile and apparel processes, its products and machinery. These include natural and man-made materials, interaction of materials with machines, safety and health, energy conservation, and waste and pollution control. There is wide scope for research in this area as the industry demands the need to improve currently available products and develop new ones. So both the courses are different but textile design covers some basic subjects of Textile technology. So if you wants to be a textile designer than can opt for B. Des Textile design course. While textile technology is for engineering aspirants.

Vivekananda Global University Jaipur, (VGU) has been recognised by various international certification bodies such as ACCA, UK, IOA etc. , proving international recognition of our academic output. The university focuses on research, innovation, entrepreneurship and placements with the help of various collaborations and agreements with International universities and Research labs. And The VGU is a Provisional member of Association of Indian Universities and is approved by the following.
1. Bar Council of India
2. Council of Architecture and Pharmacy Council of India.
3. AICTE VIT (East), constituent institute of the University is approved by
4. Institute of Indian Interior Designs. In CODE, fashion & textile design students get opportunities to take up Government projects of Textile department all across the country as Textile Designers & participate as Backstage & model coordinators in Fashion Weeks like Delhi Couture Show, Kolkata Fashion Week, Mumbai Fashion Week, Kochi Fashion Week, Jaipur Couture Show, Jaipur Fashion Week & many more as Fashion Designers. Students get to visit Lake Fashion Week, Lotus Fashion Week, etc. Every year to understand Fashion on more practical grounds along with International Trade Fairs like IHGF & HEPC events to understand Textiles on global level. Students are motivated & trained to participate in international Fashion & Textile competitions like The Arts of Fashion Foundation competition, San Francisco; World of Wearable Art, New Zealand; Bilbao International art & Fashion, Bilbao, etc. Or work with companies that design textile collections for International Trade Fairs like Ambiente, Hiem Textile, F-Tex, Domotex, etc. So from above VGU Fashion and Textile design courses are valid for other countries also.

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Yes, you can apply for M.Des Fashion Design, if you meet with the eligibility criteria with a minimum aggregate score of 50% from any 10+2 discipline. You can appear for IILM University Gurugram's Design Aptitude Test (DAT) with the Interview Process for applying. The School of Design & Fashion at IILM University, Gurugram offers a choice of career by combining a major and minor degree within design fields or other mainstream courses like a combination of major in Interior and minor in Graphic Design or major in Interaction and minor in Business. IILM University Gurugram offers a curriculum with an added advantage of Liberal Education along with good and advanced pedagogy in teaching. You can visit their website to apply for the program or to enquire more.