This course provides an opportunity for students to develop and predict design solutions from briefs that emulate approaches and problems typical of the professional textile design industry. Individual design proposals will address complex contextual issues and the interactions presented by the brief, requiring design solutions ranging from one-off textiles for exhibition and production, to designs and trend predictions for commercial textile production. Briefs cover design for a range of industries and may include fashion, apparel, homewares, rugs, interior and exterior textile designs. Students will be encouraged to develop a clear design process and apply their skills to appropriate documentation, presentation and the execution of innovative textile designs.