Designers Research

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Designers Research
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Designers

• What is the job of a designer?
• The designer meets the client to establish the
  design brief, including the concept, performance
  and production criteria
• They will brainstorm as part of a team or develop
  design concepts using CAD

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• sketches initial design ideas
• identifying the suitability and availability of
  materials
• produces detailed, final hand drawings and uses
  dedicated software (CAD) to produce a design
  specification, including a parts list and
  costings
• Makes a sample or working model (toile) by hand
  or using computerised prototyping equipment
• researches materials, processes or market
  requirement
• testing the design concept
• makes presentations to senior design management
  or clients,

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Research
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Fashion forecasting combines theories of fashion
changes with the process of organising and
analysing information into synthesized actionable
forecasts.
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• Disassembling an existing Product

Disassembly (or Product Analysis) taking apart
or breaking down a product to see how it has been
made (deconstruction).
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Cultural Events that inform the textile industry
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Directional shopping trips
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Mood Boards

• Individuallly,your sketches can look dull and
  lifeless, also very uninteresting. You need a
  well planned layout, a strong theme - and your
  ideas must seem commercially successful.
  Designers need to learn how to use many
  presentation techniques in order to enhance their
  artwork.

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Mood Board
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• Market Research

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