Fakeha Naeem Textile Designer

The images created  within a kaleidoscope have a mesmerizing effect on the person looking within. The designs are unusual, creating mirror images of objects and playing with ones imagination. In this post I will be adding a design inspired by kaleidoscope patterns in a straight repeat. I minimized the colors to three and kept all the color ways in a monotone and complementary colors and avoided high contrasts so that one can easily appreciate the complexity of the design pattern without getting distracted by the high color contrasts. I further mapped the designs on flat bed mapping to give an illustrated idea of how the design might look if converted for bed linen.  

Usually when we create a design, as designers we are usually expected to create each designs several color ways to give options to consumers. Sometimes a design may end up looking much more in depth in a color ways then the initial color design created, we call it the "Main Design"  In this post I will be adding the same geometric design that I had mapped on products in my last post with color ways and mappings on a dress to give a visual.  

In my last post I had mentioned that any design needs to be tapered to a specific surface to be printed upon. In order to get a visual understanding of how the design might end up looking we create mappings to get a visual before the actual product at hand. In this post I will try to explain my point by using a geometric design and how we change the design's size and dimensions according to each surface that we map it on. I tried to keep the mapped surfaces as different as possible to be able to illustrate my point. I chose a Sofa, Bed flat mapped and a long dress on a mannequin to map this geometric design on. This is how it came out to be. You can see how the design in the dress is smaller in size compared to the ones mapped for upholstery. It could be reversed depending on the taste but generally designs on apparel tend to be smaller.  

Often on it becomes difficult for consumers to visualize how a design may end up looking on a product, not because of the lack of imagination ,but simply because each design needs to be "tapered" to a particular product that needs to be printed on. Such as, how big should a print or design look on a certain product? like say a mug, bedding or curtains etc. How many times should each motif or pattern would be repeated on a desired surface of the product? that and so many other questions a designer is usually deciding while mapping and trying to make appropriate changes as required. In my last post I had talked about some Damask designs and their layering. I will be using these very designs to illustrate my point regarding designs mapped and the complete look it gives one to understand the beauty and many possibilities of a design. Mapping helps one to get a perspective a " feel" to any design. Some may end up looking unappealing on one surface and look absolutely...