Diploma In Textile Design

Introduction
The Textile Design program prepares students to meet today’s imaginative, technical and intellectual demands of the textile and printing industry.
This department proudly retrieves its decades of reputation based on student’s extraordinary creative achievements resulting from a thorough knowledge of Textile materials and processes of dyeing, weaving and printing.
It is a department where ideas are inspired by wide ranging visual studies, personal environments and nature. Students are encouraged to develop high-end customized methodologies of observation and analyze specific strategies for the transformation of ideas into tangible and usable design. With in-depth lectures a range of professional advice the courses in this department aim to produce not only excellent designers but also skilled professionals capable of supporting the industry. This department is also one of the first in the country to venture into environmentally friendly reusable and sustainable materials via strategic research and execution of intelligent design.
The department maintains professional and industrial acquaintances and regularly participates in local and national textile trade fairs and completions of apparel design.
- Certificate: 2 years (full-time)
- Diploma: 4 years (full-time)
- Matriculate or equivalent
- Minimum 45% marks
- Admission Fee: PKR 20,000
- Monthly Fee: PKR 10,000
COURSE OUTLINE
Foundation Year
1st Year-
Intro. to Visual Art
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Drawing
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Basic Design
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Materials/Processes
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Drafting
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History of Art
Second Year
2nd Year-
Drawing
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Design Development
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Fabric Technology
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Tech. of Fabric Printing
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Application of Design
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Hand Crafted Textile
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History of Art
Third Year
3rd Year-
Drawing
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Fabric Design
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Research Project
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Fabric Technology
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Printing Process
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History of Art
Fourth Year
4th Year-
Drawing
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Hand Crafted Textile
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Fashion Illustration
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Research Project
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Marketing
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Digital Textile
Faculty

Sehrish Imran
Department CoordinatorMA. Design Management & Merchandising, Iqra University
B.DES (Textile), National College of Arts (Lahore)

Saleema Naz
Senior LecturerMA. Design Management & Merchandising, Iqra University
B.DES (Textile), Karachi University

Hameed Ahmed
Senior LecturerDFA, Karachi School of Art

Unaiza Liaquat
LecturerB.DES (Textile), Karachi University

Umaima Firdousi
Teaching AssistantDFA (Textile Design), Karachi School of Art

Minzah Shehzad
LecturerMA Environment Management & Sustainability, IoBM
B.DES (Fashion), Ilma University

Faisal Khursheed
LecturerMBA, Iqra University

M. Ramzan
TECHNICAL STAFFWeaving Master