About this ebook
It provides an overview of the relationship between traditional textile design practices and modern digital techniques, highlighting the growing importance of computer-based design in the textile and fashion industries. Digital tools allow designers to experiment rapidly with motifs, repeats, colours, structures, and visual effects while developing innovative textile concepts.
The book is particularly relevant to students and practitioners in Textile Design, Fashion Design, Apparel Design, Surface Pattern Design, and Digital Design. It can serve as a useful educational and reference resource for understanding the role of technology in contemporary textile design.
About the author
Karen P. Smith is an author whose work focuses on textile design and the application of digital technology to the textile industry. Her writing explores the intersection of traditional textile-design principles with contemporary digital tools and production methods.
She is the author of Textile Design in Digital Age, which examines developments including computer-aided design (CAD), digital printing, artificial intelligence, 3D visualization, smart textiles, digital workflows, and sustainable textile design. Her work is particularly relevant to students, designers, professionals, and readers interested in the technological transformation of the textile and fashion industries.
Through her writing, Smith highlights how digital technologies are creating new possibilities for textile creativity, experimentation, production, and sustainable design.
