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Textiles: A Handbook for Designers (Revised Edition)

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You learn so much dense information in textile design school, that you can never retain in your head. Finding this book has brought back all of the rules, repeat sizes, guidance and practical/specific information that is so usefull and needed in the professional environment - especially as a freelance designer when your fending for yourself. Great book - highly reccommended!

This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in textiles or design. After reading several books on the subject this one still offered fresh information, and in a style easier to understand, especially when describing techniques. One other thing that endeared it to me was that it is truly a handbook, by which I mean you can carry it around. All the other books on this subject were really coffee table size.

If any of you happen to be (or are planning on being) a Textile/Surface Design student at F.I.T., you NEED to own this book. It gives nearly an exact rundown of the curriculum taught at the school...
The best thing about it for me, though, is that I have the book to fall back on when I don't understand an assignment. Priceless! I do wish she'd revise the book again to include more about Computer Aided Design, however!

I am a College instructor of Interior Design. I have used this text for years in my Textiles course. It is beautifully illustrated (a plus for visually-orientated Design students!). It also deals with the tactile, practical and asthetic applications of textiles. Other texts emphasize the carbon content and chemical composition of textiles and are dry both verbally and visually. This text is not; yet it clearly defines natural vs. man-made fibers and their individual and compound functions. Textiles by Marypaul Yastes is the best!

This book is very detailed and comprehensive. It is definitely a great book for anyone looking to be a textile designer. The only flaw is that it doesn't say much, from a non-technical, human perspective, about what it's like to work in the textile industry. It mentions this very briefly towards the end, but it definitely could have used a chapter on this subject.

textiles - a handbook for designers
by marypaul yates

From back cover of book "here is an inside look at textile design as professionally practiced in the industry.Textiles: a handbook for designers provides all the information designers needs to know about rendering their concepts in a suitable manner for industrial use. this book focuses on the actual techniques and processes practiced in industry and will be a handy guide for students of textile design.

professionals who seek solutions to specific problems and want to investigate other means of textile design will find Textiles: a handbook for designers essential reading. included in these pages are assorted tips and techniques as well as discussions on the formal presentation of materials and legal and ethical matters."