March Focus: Approaching Print Studios and Agencies in 2022

Are you considering reaching out to print studios and agencies? Well, you’re in luck! All of March, the Textile Design Lab will concentrate on the best practices to apply to print studios and agencies.

The TDL community will explore this important topic through:

  • Three guest expert presentations and interviews with print studios including: Din + Bloom, Periscope Art and Kukukachu.
  • Demonstrations for using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to organize and prepare files in your portfolio by our fabulous teachers Sherry London and Laura Coyle.
  • Highlighted tutorials and presentations from our archives.
  • And the first 280 members to register will gain access to WGSN to research current trends to guide their design process.

As always, everything will be recorded and available to watch at any time from anywhere in the world on the TDL website. All events and tutorials are free for Textile Design Lab members.

March 1st at 3pm EST
March 3rd at 3pm EST
March 15th 9am EST

Our Schedule:

  • We will kick off the month with the first presentation on Tuesday March 1st at 3pm EST with Din + Bloom Print Studio of Melbourne, Australia. Their studio offers “trend driven textiles that blur the lines of art and fashion.”
  • A few days later, Periscope Art Agency of Los Angeles, California will present on March 3rd at 3pm EST. They are the west coast’s largest textile design agency and we are thrilled to welcome them to the Textile Design Lab.
  • On March 15th at 9am EST Kukukachu Print Studio from Byron Bay, Australia will join us and discuss how they are “Australia’s most beloved textile studio, specializing in exclusive print design for fashion.”
  • Later in the month our in house Adobe experts, Laura Coyle and Sherry London will share valuable portfolio design tips for Illustrator and Photoshop.

The pandemic has changed business for everyone, so it will extremely helpful to gain insight into the future of the textile design industry. It will be one exciting month of learning that will hopefully inspire you to create desirable art and patterns for the thousands of companies who need it. Please join us in the Textile Design Lab!

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