Woodhead Publishing Innovative Jacquard Textile Design Using Digital Technologies (Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles)

Jacquard fabrics feature intricately woven designs. Through the use of digital technology, new design concepts, principles and methods for producing jacquard fabrics have been established, facilitating the creating of a range of novel effects. Innovative jacquard textile design using digital technologies is a unique guide to the fundamental design principles, techniques and applications resulting from this important progression. Beginning with an authoritative introduction to jacquard textile design, the book goes on to give an overview of the development of jacquard fabrics and design. Principles and methods of digital jacquard textile design are considered alongside structural digital design. Colourless and colourful digital design of jacquard textiles are explored, before the book concludes with a discussion of applications, current issues and future trends in digital jacquard textile design. Key Features: provides an authoritative overview of the development of jaquard fabrics and textile design; discusses digital design of jaquard textiles, and their applications; considers current issues and future trends in digital jacquard textile design. Contents: Introduction to jacquard textile design; The development of jacquard fabrics and textile design methods; Principles and methods of digital jacquard textile design; Structural digital design of jacquard textiles; Colourless and colourful digital design of jacquard textiles; Digital design of novel simulative effects in jacquard textiles; Digital design of shot-effect and double-face effect jacquard textiles; Applications of digitally-designed jacquard textiles; Current issues and future trends in digital jacquard textile design.