Wednesday 12 January 2011

3 possible titles for my Design Context book.

I though this was a really good idea once I realised what we were doing in the crit for a starting point for the context brief, especially as I was very confused as to where to start with this. Using my themes, subjects and design disciplines, I generated potential titles for my context publication.

The given format to follow:

A .................... investigation of .................... with a focus on ....................

A handcrafted investigation of repeat pattern with a focus on shape.

Chapters

  1. Different types/styles of crafting
  2. Different ways of documenting craft
  3. How a repeat pattern is developed
  4. The layout of a repeat pattern
  5. Other types of pattern layout/styles
  6. The different ways to hand print repeat pattern
  7. Different types of shapes
  8. Popular shapes used in pattern
  9. Historical patterns using shape
  10. cultural patterns using shape

A fabric print investigation ballroom dance with a focus on pattern.

  1. Styles of ballroom dance
  2. Styles of dance dresses for each different dance.
  3. Shapes made in a dance
  4. Different types of pattern e.g. repeat
  5. Different ways a pattern can be processed
  6. Different types of fabric inks/dyes
  7. Fabric printing methods - digital & hand
  8. Which fabrics can be used with which dyes
  9. Tips for certain types of dyes on different fabrics
  10. Ways to set ink on fabrics.
A Screen Print investigation on nature with a focus on foil blocking.

  1. Different types of screens
  2. What the different screens are used for
  3. How you wash and prepare a screen.
  4. What inks can be used with the different screens.
  5. How to foil block
  6. The different ways of foiling
  7. What materials are used to foil
  8. Different types of nature
  9. Extinct nature of the past 10 years
  10. Nature becoming extinct.


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