TRAINING PROGRAM FOR
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNING OF CARPET FIGURES

ITKIB AUCTION ENTERPRISES Inc., the organizer of carpet, kilim and textile auctions, has given start to classes teaching computer-aided
designing of carpet
figures, aiming to
train new designers
for the sector
Turkish
carpetmaking.
The organisation,
supported by IHIB
(Istanbul Carpet
Exporters
Associations) and
coordinated by ITKIB
training branch,
aims to have "carpet
designers with the
ability to prepare
their motifs on
computer screens".
Aware that the most important aspect to enable acceleration
in the field is "design", Istanbul Union of Carpet Exporters
has initiated a training unit under ITKIB Auction Enterprises
Inc., an ITKIB establishment. All information about the usage
of JacquART Design and Most Visual Archives software
programs are to be transferred during the two weeks of
training to the graduates of related college faculties.
The agenda of the first week is to provide trainees with the basic features of the software programs and the necessary command of knowledge to draw carpet figures using these features. The basic training includes a sample production in accordance with the "on the job training" method.
The objective is to lead the trainees to utilise their designing and drawing abilities in the maximum using the electronic medium. Basic knowledge about carpets, the motifs and the names
used for them in different geographic regions are also given
as general information.
At the end of the training program, the designers will have learned how to make carpet drawings on the electronic medium using two different types of software and gained the necessary basic knowledge about carpets.
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