Textile product developers innovate and perform product design of apparel textiles, home textiles, and technical textiles (e.g. Agriculture, safety, construction, medicine, mobile tech, environmental protection, sports, etc.). They apply scientific and technical principles to develop innovative textile products.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders;
(b) Formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery;
(c) Harmonizing aesthetic considerations with technical, functional, ecological and production requirements;
(d) Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations, plans, samples and models to communicate design concepts;
(e) Negotiating design solutions with clients, management, and sales and manufacturing staff;
(f) Selecting, specifying and recommending functional and aesthetic materials, production methods and finishes for manufacture;
(g) Detailing and documenting the selected design for production;
(h) Preparing and commissioning prototypes and samples;
(i) Supervising the preparation of patterns, programmes and tooling, and of the manufacturing process.