VIRTUAL: Learning. Life. Work.
Abstract
With the development of increasing diversification in textile retail globalized markets, in textiles major education use technology to support learning and teaching to responding to the textile market, assist textile design student make design decisions in creative process. The use of technology to assist digital textile design innovation needs to be complemented by the school’s textile pedagogy and training courses to achieve a level of self-discussion and design solutions that textiles students can acquire from their daily learning. In this study, we share how textile design students undertake disciplined design learning and conducting creative design research in textile design studios，to understand the insightfulness and design communication of textile design students within the textile teaching system and also provided with virtual reality (VR) technology to assist with visual learning and study of textile repeat patterns.. An analysis of empirical observation of textile design of 8 undergraduate students (digital textiles) in university of Leeds. To analyses the development process of the textile students’ learning ability to communicate creative issues and potential design features. The findings provide support for the importance of using VR technology in the textile design process to support textile design communication and enhance visual aesthetic usability insight.
Ximing Wang – My Undergraduate degree in Textiles from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in China and postgraduate degree in Interaction Design from the University of Leeds, UK. Iam currently a PhD candidate in Textile Interaction at the University of Leeds. My area of research is how virtual reality can be used to assist in textile design learning.
Philip Henry: I obtained a BSc (Textiles Design, Design Management) from the University Of Manchester Institute Of Science and Technology (UMIST) and a PhD (Colour Software Development) from the University Of Leeds School Of Design. I worked for three years as a woven designer in the worsted industry before joining NedGraphics, specialists in the field of Computer-Aided-Design software development. I was a wide range of experience gained from over ten years consulting in the international textiles and fashion manufacturing industries and I have extensive knowledge of bespoke design and coloration software as well as the related digital manufacturing technologies. I joined the University of Leeds in 2002 where my responsibilities include teaching textile design and design technology at the School of Design.