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Textile design

What you may learn

How to develop textile designs using colour, materials and processes such as printing, knitting or weaving. You test ideas through samples.

What to check

Check which textile processes you will practise. Check material knowledge, sampling, design briefs and preparation of files or instructions for production.

Designing fabric differs from designing garments or operating production machinery. Not every course covers print, knit and weave equally. Related fields are optional navigation.

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Connected careers

Textile design connects colour and visual ideas with materials and fabric processes. This helps you choose materials for a design.

Check which fibres, knitting, weaving, printing and finishing processes the course covers. Check whether projects test fabric performance.

Sources and limitations

BA (Hons) Textile Design: Chelsea course units · University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts · 2026-10-11

Students choose contexts and processes. The programme does not teach every textile process to equal depth or establish industrial production qualifications.

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