Technical Design
In my work experience as a technical designer, I think as a pattern maker as I develop the fit. The positions of Technical design and pattern-making are adjacent positions so I found it important to communicate to develop products to receive exactly what we intend
Here is an example of me utilizing a techpack I developed to create patterns and then transferring the DXF to CLO3D for a virtual fitting from sizes 14/XXS-XXL
Little Bipsy Varsity Jacket Development
Through Development
Good American
In my time at Good American I got great exposure of how a structured technical design team work with one another and other teams for a successful delivery but when thing don't go as planned how you recalibrate and adapt is important to get back on track!
Even though my position was technical design I actively reached out to design to alleviate their wotk load in creating technical sketches based on reference photos and rendering development samples for new styles.
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In my time the technical design team was going through allot of change with incoming and outgoing technical designers so I got the opportunity to adopt their styles as my own when we dispersed them among our team.
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Product I worked with;
-cut and sew knit
-fully fashioned knits
-soft woven dresses
-swim/athletic
-corsets
-denim bottom
-woven top (jackets and shirts)
Silver Jeans
At Silver Jeans I got the opportunity to create new bodies on Optitex using competitor samples. To create a accurate shape of the bottom hook depths of the jeans I used a digitizer to get exactly what we wanted which was a amazingly quick and easy way in comparison to developing from from a reference pattern file or scratch! From there I got to use Optixes3d function to verify before sending base pattern to official pattern maker to adopt the style completely along with graded spec.
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At silver jeans I worked with ;
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-Denim bottom
-woven top
-cut and sew knit tops
Little Bipsy
Little Bipsy, a great experience to establish a structured technical design process. Here i really got to exhibit all skills i learned in my previous work experiences and education. Little Bipsy had no records or process to maintain product construction and fit quality so I took it upon myself to create a handbook for a new quality assurance team.
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In my time here I function as a technical designer, pattern maker, CAD designer, and product developer. I have many experiences at my time here that developed the company for the better for instance I trained the Buyer/production team in how to select a capable factory as we were having quality and problems with the ones that was used before I arrived there.
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To maintain the integrity of fabric quotes and costs I reviewed the markers used for out 0-3m-10yr size run and decided to create core style patterns based on the technical packaged I developed for our new vendors for a speedy turnover. Here i got to verify the proto fit in 3D programs expanding the size range for tween sizes as we used them for our uniform NCA partnerships.
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Product I worked with;
-outerwear
-cut and sew knits
-fully fashioned knits
-swim
-dresses
-infants/toddlers
-tailored clothing
Et Al. Freelance Project
Et al was one of the most challenging project I have as the company was starting from scratch so my role was many. Here I preformed as a technical designer, Pattern maker, Product developer, Textile sourcing / developing, and production. Et al Is a startup children's outerwear company which was a great immersion of working with a new market and type of product with special grading! Although I had many jobs and at first it was stressful Adapting to doing new things and trying to keep costs low was a great learning experience!
CURACAO Accessories
In this project based partneship I worked with Curacao to develope a line of accessories emboding the design identity of their customer while leading them forawrd. Through this process I was in charge of the technical design, construction and design of product. Here I worked closely with our vendors to guiding them with as many supporting assets to make what we anticipated for bulk. Through my work I love to integrate diffrent 3D CAD softwares to visualise different design possiblities before final approval .
CURACAO Accessories
In this project based partneship I worked with Curacao to develope a line of accessories emboding the design identity of their customer while leading them forawrd. Through this process I was in charge of the technical design, construction and design of product. Here I worked closely with our vendors to guiding them with as many supporting assets to make what we anticipated for bulk. Through my work I love to integrate diffrent 3D CAD softwares to visualise different design possiblities before final approval .
