Creative pattern technology

Abstract

Creative pattern cutting is a design process that can be integrated with digital technology. This paper examines how technology has the potential to change and innovate design and subsequently pattern cutting. It investigates the relationship between design and technology. It illustrates the way in which a number of designers have successfully integrated various three-dimensional (3D) software packages into their creative practices. The aim is to explore in detail the authors design methodology for her Masters collection, where 3D software intended for industrial design was used to generate complex mathematical surfaces to which a ‘flattening’ process was then applied. The flat patterns were extracted for further manipulation and experimentation with fabric and scale in relation to the body. The practical, experimental and traditional process of cutting is retained, with the aid of technology, to spark ideas for design and creative pattern development.

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