An Investigation into the Applicability of Weaving Fabric Design Education from the Perspective of Basic Design Education: The Case of Higher Education Institutions in Turkey

The aim of this study is to examine the teaching method and principles of practice of the basic design course, which is taught as a course in some faculties of higher education institutions in Turkey, through the weaving method, a textile design method.The content of the study addresses, from an academic perspective, the synthesis of outputs in both conceptual and practical aspects as a result of keeping the fields of design and textiles in interaction in terms of teaching methodology.Along with these approaches, the study questions the effect of the basic design course on students, the methods by which it is presented to students, and the representability of the course through the weaving method in the field of textile design.