Textile Design Theory in the Making

Dr Elaine Igoe (University of Portsmouth, UK)

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
23 February 2023

Textile artworks; Textile design & theory; Material culture

Textile design inhabits a liminal space spanning art, design and craft. This book explores how textile design bridges the decorative and the functional, and takes us from handcrafting to industrial manufacture. In doing so, it distinguishes textiles as a distinctive design discipline, against the backdrop of today's emerging design issues.

With commentaries from a range of international design scholars, the book demonstrates how design theory is now being employed in diverse scenarios to encourage innovation beyond the field of design itself. Positioning textiles within contemporary design research, Textile Design Theory in the Making reveals how the theory and practice of textile design exist in a synergistic, creative relationship.

Drawing on qualitative research methods, including auto-ethnography and feminist critique, the book provides a theoretical underpinning for textile designers working in interdisciplinary scenarios, uniting theory and texts from the fields of anthropology, philosophy, literature and material design.

By: Dr Elaine Igoe (University of Portsmouth UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350254107
ISBN 10: 135025410X
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 23 February 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Too much to tell Chapter 2: Matrixial meaning Chapter 3: Talking textiles: A story Chapter 4: Design, thinking and textile thinking Mesh One Chapter 5: Translating and transforming Chapter 6: The translation paradigm for design culture (Elena Caratti and Daniela Calabi) Mesh Two Chapter 7: A story of hard and soft; Modernism and textiles as design Chapter 8: The gendered textile design discipline Chapter 9: Taking on textile thinking (Marion Lean) Chapter 10: Tracing back to trace forwards: what does it mean/take to be a Black textile designer (Rose Sinclair) Mesh Three Chapter 11: Paraphernalia and playing for design Chapter 12: Patterns of objects (Tom Fisher) Mesh Four Chapter 13: Design problems and designing pleasure Chapter 14: Design does not solve problems (Mark Roxburgh) Chapter 15: Elevated Surfaces Epilogue: Toing and Froing: on creating an oscillation-based practice (Marianne Fairbanks) Glossary of terms Contributors References References Index

Elaine Igoe is Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Portsmouth, UK.

Reviews for Textile Design Theory in the Making

Delving into the interstices of textile design and textile making, Igoe's richly conceived and generously formed text offers a new paradigm for textile design practices ... suggesting an oscillating space that is as rich as it is discursive as it is rigorous. * Catherine Dormor, Royal College of Art, UK * Igoe has partnered her voice with a refreshingly original set of contributors who each move the discourse of textile design beyond generic design vocabulary through unapologetic narration of the personal and particular. * Jessica Hemmings, University of Gothenburg, Sweden * Igoe poetically layers the too-long unspoken words which locate the impulses that have driven generations of textile researchers and makers. The next generation can draw on this brilliant book to confidently amplify their political and personal matrixial voices. * Rebecca Earley, University of the Arts London, UK *