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Pumpkin Interactive is the UK’s leading producer of Textiles Technology DVD educational resources. Our aim is to provide innovative and exciting examples of the very latest industrial textile practices and processes from around the world. Our titles cover some of the hottest topics in textiles – the 6Rs, sustainable design, smart textiles, ethical textile design, globalisation and new technologies. 

Each of our educational resources is designed to meet the needs of GCSE and A Level specifications and are developed with the help of expert teacher consultants. We work closely with subject associations like the Design and Technology Association and with awarding bodies. In fact many of our Design and Technology resources are now either endorsed or recommended by all the major UK exam boards, including AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC. 

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ICT in Textiles: Design, Practice and Process

DVD: PAL
DUR: 40 mins
YEAR: 2007 / KS 3-5
Product Code: ICTTEX
Price: £40.00

This resource looks at the impact of new technology on the global fashion and textile industry. A top fashion design house shows how ICT, CAD and CAM has revolutionised the way they communicate with their global manufacturing partners – from speeding up the design process to improving accuracy and efficiency of production – enabling them to turn designs around from initial idea through to shop floor in a matter of weeks. It also shows how 3D body scanners enable retailers and catalogue companies to create more accurate size charts and 3D patterns.


Endorsement


Endorsed by Edexcel for use with their GCSE in Design and Technology: Textiles Technology

Recommended by AQA in their resources list for both their GCSE and GCE D&T Textiles specifications


Testimonials

“Provides a very useful addition to the resources already available from Pumpkin.”

Just4Textiles, 2009

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Suggested exam board specification links

AQA

    
GCSE D&T Textiles  
GCE D&T Product Design (Textiles)  
     

Edexcel

    
GCSE D&T Textiles  
     

OCR

    
GCSE D&T Textiles  
     

WJEC

    
GCSE D&T Textiles  

Related Titles

Textiles: Environmental Impacts



Ethical Textiles



CAD/CAM in Textile Manufacturing