Surface Pattern Design Studio (H74) (H4 & H5)
Surface Decoration Workshop
Surface Pattern Seminar Room (H75)
Surface Pattern sewing machine (H81)

Non-specialist computing facilities for email, internet access, word processing, database, spreadsheet and basic presentations will be available through the University's 'Information Services' on-campus facilities - the exception being the 'studio browsers' which are located in base rooms/studios and will provide mainly email and internet access which are provided by the Faculty.

Specialist skills 'modulettes' will be assigned to this module. A comprehensive list of the modulettes is available from the Faculty Office, together with the current operational parameters for the modulettes (instruction description, maximum group size, time allocation, level etc). Some modules will have will have more than one modulette assigned to it and this information will also be held by the Faculty Office.

1 hour whole group briefing/lecture - 4 hours,
30 minute briefing whole group x 12 - 6 hours,
technical instruction/demonstration - 4 hours,
individual academic tutorials - 20 mins,
mid-module formative/feedback - 20 mins,
1 hour small group tutorials (6 students max) x 2 - 2 hours,
individual studio tutorials - 2hours and 10 mins

Total - 18 hours 50 mins.

This is your opportunity to explore and use colour, to mix and match with accuracy and to apply colour to a professional standard. A greater appreciation of colour via practical and theorectical exercises will be gained in both studio and workshop together with colourways and an understanding of both styling, pattern and repeat. You will be introduced to colour trends and forecasts and complete concept/ lifestyle boards in relation to your findings. You will solve a particular design problem by considering specific decorative design concepts including research into current market trends, commercial outlets, contemporary companies and designers and create a co-ordinating design collection.

Exploration and use of colour including satisfactory completion of colour theory exercises [Learning Outcome1]
Colour mixing and matching and use of repeats [Learning Outcome 2]
Final design collection [Learning Outcome 3]
Colour and company boards [Learning Outcome 4]

Textile Designs: 200 Years of Patterns for Printed Fabrics Thames & Hudson 1991, Susan Mellor, Joost Elffers D-500-28365-6.
Design and Practice for Printed Textiles, Oxford University Press Australia 1995, McNamara and Snelling, 0-19-553371-2.
Transfer to Transform, Double Trouble Enterprises 1999, Beaney and Littlejohn 0-9531750-3-0.
Repeating Patterns, Thames and Hudson 1993, Phillips and Bunce, 0-500276870.
Tricia Guild on Colour, Conran Octopus 1992, Trica Guild, 1-85029-555-7.
Colour - A workshop for artists and designers, David Hornung, Lawrence King, 2005, 1-85669-419-4.

A range of books, subject-specific periodicals and journals, newspaper and other related articles, as well as texts relating to the design process and the promotion of design relevant to your course of study should be employed as negotiated with the module manager - together with any subject-specific visual, audio or audio-visual evidence to support your work.

You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University; keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in your subject.