A-level Product Design Textiles

Course duration: 2 years
Coursework: 50%
Contact teacher: Miss Soutar

What is the course about?

This specification is designed to encourage you to develop a broad view of design and technology, develop your capacity to design and make textile products, appreciate the complex relations between design, materials, manufacture and marketing.

Do you like fashion, fabrics, and textiles? Do you you think you have the motivation and ability to design and make the next fashion trend for a major high street shop? Yes, then Product Design Textiles is the right course for you. While working in both 2D and 3D, you will have the opportunity to use the latest computer packages while still developing your practical skills. You will work with a variety of fabrics and components used in the design and making of textile products. You will also gain an understanding of industrial and commercial practices within the area of design and manufacture.

Product Design Textiles also considers the broader issues for the designer, including the environmental sustainability of products and consumer safety.

How will I be assessed?

AS Unit 1: (TEXT 1: Exam) Materials, Components and Application.
AS Unit 2: (TEXT 2) Learning Through Designing and Making.
A2 Unit 3: (TEXT 3: Exam) Design and Manufacture.
A2 Unit 4: (TEXT 4) Design and Making Practice.

Next steps

The course will build skills which will be invaluable for students who wish to go onto University to study Design, Art, Fashion or related courses. Job opportunities – Fashion Designer, Jewellery Designer, Make Up Designer, Teacher, Web Designer, Product Designer, Costume Designer, Stage Designer, Textile Designer, Textile Manufacturer, Textile Scientist, Textiles Modelling etc.