Textile Design @ Jefferson: Textile Design Immersion @ MTL

Monday, November 21, 2016

Textile Design Immersion @ MTL

Joy Alaoui (left) showing students MTL's jacquard looms.

Graduate students had the opportunity to visit MTL, a high-end jacquard manufacturing company on November 18th. MTL's design director Joy Alaoui, an alumni from the Textile Design graduate program, gave us a tour of their facilities. Students got to learn about the company's design process, from concept creation and exploration to manufacturing.

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The Bachelors of Science in Textile Design and Masters of Science in Textile Design programs provide integration and balance between creative design and technology. In the undergraduate program, students explore weaving, knitting and printing, with the opportunity for advanced course work in the areas of their choice. Students in the graduate program are required to specialize in one area (knit, weave or print), but are encouraged to incorporate the other areas of textile design through their foundation courses, elective or design studio work.

Design research is stressed from the beginning of the programs. Being in the a major city is a great resource as is The Design Center at Jefferson with its textile collection from around the world.