PATTERN DESIGN

This patterns are created in the early 1990s, while I was studying Textile Design and Technology at Faculty of textile design and technology at University of Zagreb, Croatia. They were part of my final work called "Evaluation and range of creation of textile patterns by manual and computer procedure." Unfortunately since the work is missing from the faculty library, I do not have a copies of all patterns, so I am displaying here few copies that I have. The complete work consisted of three parts: patterns drawn by hand, patterns drawn by hand and then scanned and finished at the computer, patterns I drew directly on the computer. The selected patterns I then finished by special software for weaving. The selection currently displayed on your screen, patterns 5 and 6 were additionally processed through weaving software and they are simulations on how the final textile will actually look like after it is weaved. In 1990's, this was really new stuff and I was lucky to be a part of it. My professor, dr. Vladimir Orešković, was developing the idea of software at the time when I knocked at his door and had the same idea on my mind and asking him to be my mentor for it. He was really surprised of the coincidence and happy at the same time to be in position to develop it further. Our cooperation was great symbiosis of weaving and design point of view. The tool is interesting even today, it can enable factories to see the result in no time, without paying for production of test patterns. If designers does not like the finished look of textile, they can easily change it without loosing money and saving time.