DESIGN PROJECT I
SURFACE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
Faculty Guide: Mrs. Sonal Srivastava
Ankita Chaudhary Textile Design, PGDPD 2012 National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am greatly indebted to Mrs. Sonal Srivastava, the concerned faculty and Mrs. Aarti Srivastava, the co-ordinator of Textile Design Department, without whom this document would not exist. I would also like to thank my college National Institute of Design (NID), Paldi for offering me the opportunity for getting the practical knowledge of developing surfaces in this project. I deeply appreciate the open generousity of all my colleagues and artisans for sharing their knowledge and experience and also to those whose paths I have but who are not represented here for practical reason of lack of space but who will most certainly be included in my journey and experience.
A special thanks to all the lab assistants for providing the best possible facilities and good environment during the practical work in this project. I owe my sincere thanks to all the faculty members, the staffs members and resource centres at NID for their encouragement, insightful comments and for letting me their invaluable time and support in documenting the project. I further extend my thanks and gratitude to Mr. Pradhyuman Vyas, Director at NID for giving me this opportunity to work on this project. Last but not the least, I would like to thank my family, my guardian and God for supporting me spiritually throughout my journey.
CONTENTS 1. Project Brief 2. Brain Storming - Textiles to me - Repetition - Pictorial Representation 3. Concept Boards - Rational - Continous Swirling - Allegorical symbols - Mathematical precision - Graph paper - Monosyllabic deco - Grids - Measured lines - Preppy polygons - Moucharabiah - Perfection - Sublime Symmetry - The science of Nature
4. Final Color Palette - Shades of Grey - Shades of Pink - Shades of Beige 5. Techniques 6. Basic knitting samples - By using different materials 7. Paper Exploration 8. Fabric Exploration - Laser Cut Technique 9. Final Product - Lampshade 10. Conclusion 11. Bibliogarphy
PROJECT BRIEF: To explore and develop new surfaces from paper, fabrics, waste or recycled materials etc by using different surface techniques like paper folding, laser cut, embroidery, knitting, crocheting, applique, patchwork, knotting, braiding etc..
PROCESS FOLLOWED: BRAIN STORMING ON WHAT IS TEXTILES TO ME?
PATTERN
BALANCE
TEXTURES
COLOR
REPETITION
WARP & WEFT
RHYTHM
SURFACE
STRUCTURES
EMOTIONS
SUSTAINABLE
FLORA & FAUNA
TECHNIQUES
RE-USE, RE-CYCLE ETC...
3- DIMENSIONAL
RAW CONNECTIONS
URBAN ROOTS
FUSION
SELECTION OF KEYWORDS BRAIN STORMING ON KEYWORD DEVELOP CONCEPT/INSPIRATION BOARD COLOR PALETTE EXPLORATION ON DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES INITIAL CONCEPTS/ DESIGN DEVELOPMENT FINALIZING A EXPLORATION OF A PARTICULAR TECHNIQUE SAMPLE GENERATION FINAL PRODUCT
TEXTILES TO ME
The word “Repetition” was taken forward for an indepth research. Brain storming on repetition helped me to explore and observe repeats in different fields.
COLOR BLOCKS
BASKETRY
BASKETRY
BASKETRY
BASKETRY PRODUCTS
UNDER WATER
ARCHITECTURE
DESERT
MONUMENTS
BIRDS & ANIMALS
FOOD
NATURE
MUSIC, LYRICS
FEATHER OF BIRDS
SEA WAVES
MAN MADE PRODUCTS
TESSELLATIONS
BOOK SHELVES
STARS IN THE SKY
ROTATION OF EARTH
REPETITION
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE
PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE
PATTERN
RHYTHM PATTERN
ARCHES
RHYTHM
INTRICATE JAALI
PATTERN
FEATHERS
MAIZE
EGGS
MACARONS
TEXTURE
REPEATS
SAND DUES
SAND DUES
TEXTURES
UNDER SEA
TEXTURES
OCTOPUS
SEA SHELL
After brainstorming and deep observations on the term “repetition” , the concept boards were developed on a particular direction. “Repetition in architecture” was deeply studied and observed. The initial concept boards were developed keeping in mind the different aspects of architecture.
SYMBOLS
GOLDEN RATIO
GEOMETRICAL SHAPES
MANDALA
SWIRLING
SUBLIME SYMMETRY
GRAPH PAPER
ARCHES
MEASURED LINES
GRID LINES
JAALI/ LATTICE WORK
PERFECTION
PREPPY POLYGONS
SCIENCE OF NATURE
CONCEPT BOARDS
The color palette talks about milky white with beige, grey, slate and black along with dirty pink and deep blue for the repeated mathematical look. The shades and tints of grey has been explored further, to understand the positive and negative aspects of color. Light to dark and dark to light concept is being explored further, i.e. ombre effect.
COLOR PALETTE
The concept of architecture was further explored by using different techniques such as knitting, crocheting, paper cutting, laser cut by using different materials like leather cord, orgady, wool, thread, jute, chinelle yarn etc... The shape of the arches were focused while doing all the major explorations. The learning of different techniques helped me to exlpore more and replicate the concept of arches and its repetition in architecture. The play of mathematics, grids, base of architecture were also explored further. Deep observation and development of different samples in various forms and shapes helped me a lot to understand repetition in architecture. The concept of grid and circle was extensively studied and explored.
TECHNIQUES
BASIC KNITTING SAMPLES
KNIT & PURL
RIB, KNIT & PURL
RIB & KNIT
CABLE
KNIT
KNIT
TUFTED
PURL
KNIT
PURL
KNIT
KNIT
BASIC KNITTING SAMPLES
KNIT
OVERLAP
KNIT
PURL
STAR PATTERN
KNIT
KNIT
BASIC KNITTING SAMPLES
PURL
KNIT
KNIT
KNIT
KNIT
PURL
BASIC KNITTING SAMPLES
PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
INITIAL PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT 1
INITIAL PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT 2
INITIAL CONCEPT 3
INITIAL PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT 4
INITIAL CONCEPT 5
INITIAL CONCEPT 6
INITIAL PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT 7
INITIAL CONCEPT 8
INITIAL PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT 9
INITIAL CONCEPT 10
INITIAL CONCEPT 11
INITIAL PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT 12
INITIAL PAPER EXPLORATION
INITIAL CONCEPT 13
FINAL PAPER EXPLORATION
FINAL CONCEPT
FINAL PAPER EXPLORATION
FINAL CONCEPT
INITIAL FABRIC EXPLORATION
CONCEPT 1
CONCEPT 2
CONCEPT 3
INITIAL FABRIC EXPLORATION
CONCEPT 4
CONCEPT 5
CONCEPT 6
INITIAL FABRIC EXPLORATION
CONCEPT 7
CONCEPT 8
INITIAL FABRIC EXPLORATION
CONCEPT 9
CONCEPT 10
INITIAL FABRIC EXPLORATION
CONCEPT 11
FINAL FABRIC EXPLORATION
FINAL CONCEPT
FINAL PRODUCT
LAMP SHADE
FINAL PRODUCT
LAMP SHADE
FINAL PRODUCT
LAMP SHADE
CONCLUSION It was a great learning experience during this project. It was an opportunity for me to learn, explore and develop more number of interesting samples by using different techniques. The research work, concept development helped me to improve my observation power and give it a deep thought. Being a design student, I experienced that lots of patience and hard work is required while developing surfaces. Last but not the least, the immense knowledge in developing surfaces gained by me would be always beneficial to me in my future and career.