Textile designers design patterns and create printed fabrics and objects. They work with ink and dyes artisanally, creating unique products in limited series while ensuring finishing and sewing. They may have to manufacture their printing tools. They experiment with creative possibilities and manage their small business. This is an exciting profession for creative people with good manual skills and a well-developed aesthetic sense. This career requires being organized, a tolerance for precarity, and a versatile, curious and meticulous personality.