Basics Textile Design 01: Sourcing Ideas: Researching Colour, Surface, Structure, Texture and Pattern

Basics Textile Design: Sourcing Ideas is a visual goldmine for designers greedy for inspiration and includes a huge array of beautiful and diverse images. Using a number of different approaches, this book shows readers how to look for inspiration in the world around them, and how to extract visual information from a variety of sources.

Enabling readers to create extraordinary effects with textiles, Sourcing Ideas follows the successful formula of Basics Fashion Design 01: Research and Design, which is used by students and designers all over the world. This is the perfect book for all textiles and fashion aficionados, as well as any arts and crafts enthusiasts who are looking for inspiration.

• The first book in AVA’s new Basics Textile Design series.
• Encourages readers to be inspired by examples of colour, surface, structure, texture and pattern in the world around them.
• Interviews with and contributions from Donna Wilson, Becky Earley, Missoni, Timorous Beasties and many others.