This vacancy is not open to individual applicants. This opportunity is exclusively for textile design studios or companies.

Textile Pattern Design Studio & Pattern Research TeamLong-Term Freelance Collaboration

This is a hybrid collaboration combining Textile Pattern Design and Pattern Research.

About the Role

We are a bedsheet and home textile company looking for an experienced textile or surface pattern design studio based in India for long-term freelance collaboration.

The selected studio should be able to discover strong textile pattern references and develop selected design directions into new, original and professional textile patterns.

We typically develop approximately 20–50 patterns per project. Small studios are welcome to apply if they have the relevant experience, team and production capacity.

Before Applying

Please apply only if your studio can manage both the Pattern Research and Textile Pattern Design responsibilities described in this job post.

Before applying, please review our Pattern Research & Selection Guide:

https://canva.link/dhowhapremium

Please also review our Preferred Pattern Categories:

https://canva.link/nooc4909oypjfj5

Please be prepared to share your studio portfolio, relevant textile projects and examples from the designers who would be involved in our projects.

Your Role1. Pattern Research

Based on our moodboards and design direction:

- Research textile and home-textile patterns from sources such as Instagram, Pinterest, Behance, Etsy,Creative market,spoonflower,Patternbank, designer websites, textile studios and other relevant sources.
- Discover beautiful and commercially attractive patterns suitable for bedsheets.
- Recommend us your ready-made pattern if its available.
- Shortlist and organise relevant references for our review.
- Keep original source and designer information whenever possible.
- Learn from our LIKE / MAYBE / REJECT feedback and improve future selections.

2. Pattern Design & Development

After we select a design direction:

- Develop selected references into new and original textile patterns.
- Use references for inspiration and creative direction only. Do not copy individual motifs, exact compositions or recognisable parts of existing commercial designs.
- Create and refine motifs, colours, composition, scale and density.
- Develop sufficient motif variety without excessively repeating the same motifs.
- Avoid frequently recycling the same motifs across different patterns unless approved.
- Explore different compositions and visual arrangements throughout the collection.
- Create professional and technically correct seamless repeats.
- Prepare high-resolution, production-ready textile artwork.
- Develop colourways and scale variations when requested.
- Make revisions based on our feedback.
- Prepare organised and editable source files.

Pattern Styles

Our main direction includes:

Floral & Botanical Ditsy / Small Floral English / Romantic Floral Chintz Watercolour / Painterly Floral Jacobean / Heritage Folk / Artisan Floral Block-Print-Inspired Damask Paisley Ornamental Patchwork Geometric Stripes & Checks Monochrome Abstract / Stylised Floral

Your studio does not need to be equally strong in every style.

We are particularly interested in understanding your studio’s strongest pattern specialities.

Studio Team

Your studio should have the team and capabilities needed to manage the main stages of the project, including:

- Pattern research
- Motif and pattern development
- Seamless repeat creation
- Colour and production-ready file preparation

Studio Capacity

The studio should be able to manage multiple patterns while maintaining consistent creative and technical quality.





Please briefly share your estimated capacity and turnaround time for projects involving approximately 20–50 patterns.

Quality Control

Before submitting any pattern, the studio should ensure that:

- Motifs are original and professionally developed.
- Motif variety, composition, density, spacing and scale are balanced.
- The pattern remains attractive when applied across a large bedsheet surface.
- Seamless repeats are technically correct without visible repeat lines.
- Colours follow the approved direction.
- Files are organised, editable and production-ready.

Requirements

- An established textile or surface pattern design studio based in India.
- Professional experience in textile or surface pattern design.
- A solid portfolio of textile patterns created or substantially developed by the studio.
- Strong understanding of colour, motif, composition, density and commercial appeal.
- Strong online and visual research skills.
- Professional understanding of seamless-repeat construction.
- Ability to interpret visual references without copying them.
- Ability to prepare high-resolution, print-ready artwork for textile production.
- Experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, Procreate or similar professional design tools.
- Experience with bedding, home textile, fabric, wallpaper or interior surfaces is preferred.
- Good project management, communication and quality control.
- Willingness to complete a paid evaluation project before long-term collaboration.

Originality and Artwork Usage

All submitted artwork must be original or properly licensed for commercial use.

References are for creative direction only. Directly copying existing commercial patterns is not acceptable.

If any pattern or artwork is sourced from an external company or third party, please inform us.

AI-Assisted Workflow

AI-assisted tools are acceptable, but raw or fully AI-generated artwork is not accepted as final artwork.

If AI is used, please briefly explain which parts of the process are AI-assisted and which parts are manually created or refined.

Final artwork must be professionally developed, commercially usable, seamless and production-ready.

Deliverables

Depending on the project:

- Original textile pattern
- Seamless repeat tile
- High-resolution print-ready artwork
- Editable source file in PSD, AI or another agreed format
- Large repeat preview
- Colourways when requested
- Scale variations when requested
- Bedding mockup when requested
- Organised supporting files
- Source and licensing information where applicable

Project Volume

We typically develop approximately 20–50 patterns per project and are looking for long-term collaboration.

Please provide:

- Rate per custom pattern
- Best package or bulk rates for 20, 30 and 50 patterns
- Pattern-research or ready-made pattern sourcing fee, if charged separately
- Typical turnaround time
- Number of revisions included
- Additional revision charges, if applicable

For this projects, we prefer non-exclusive licensing arrangements.

Our typical initial production quantity is approximately 120 finished bedsheet sets per pattern.

Application Information

When applying, please provide:

- Studio name and location
- Website and social-media links
- Relevant textile or surface-pattern portfolio
- Home-textile or bedding examples
- Strongest pattern specialities
- Estimated production capacity
- Proposed rates and bulk packages




- Confirmation that your studio is willing to complete a paid evaluation project

Please complete all screening questions before applying. Otherwise, we will be unable to shortlist your application.

Pay: ₹185,965.28 - ₹464,913.20 per month

Application Question(s):

- Studio Information and Portfolio

Please provide:

Studio name and location in India

Website and social-media links

A link to your studio portfolio, or 5–10 relevant examples of textile or surface-pattern projects

Examples created by the designers who would be involved in our projects, whenever possible

You may send the examples through direct message or by email to [email protected].

If sending by email, please use the subject line:

Textile Pattern Design Studio Application – [Studio Name]

- Strongest Pattern Categories

What are your studio’s top three strongest pattern categories, and which one category would you consider your strongest speciality?

Examples: Romantic & Garden Floral / Ditsy & Small Floral / Artistic & Painterly Floral / Maximalist & Statement Floral / Lifestyle, Nature & Seasonal / Heritage & Classical Floral / Ornamental & Decorative / Folk & Artisan / Organic & Modern Abstract / Cultural & Heritage Inspired / Two-Tone & Limited Colour / Patchwork & Mixed Patterns / Vintage & Archive-Inspired Patterns / Fruit & Botanical Prints / Foliage & Greenery / Stripes, Checks & Plaids

- Studio Team

How many designers or team members would be involved in our projects?

Please briefly explain how your studio manages the following stages:

Pattern Research → Motif Creation → Composition → Seamless Repeat → Colour & Scale Adjustment → Production File Preparation

Please also mention if any external designers or third parties may be involved.

- Pattern Research

Briefly explain how your studio would research and shortlist pattern references based on our moodboards and Pattern Research & Selection Guide.

- Software and AI-Assisted Tools

Which software and professional tools does your studio normally use for pattern research, motif creation, seamless-repeat development and production-file preparation?

If AI-assisted tools are used, please briefly explain which parts of the process use AI and which parts are manually created or refined.

- Studio Capabilities

Please rate your studio’s overall capability from 1–5 for each stage below and identify its strongest area:

Pattern Research → Motif Creation → Composition → Seamless Repeat → Colour & Scale Adjustment → Production File Preparation

1 = Basic
5 = Expert

- Textile Production Experience

Has your studio previously prepared seamless-repeat patterns and print-ready files for commercial textile or home-textile production?

If yes, please state:

File formats normally provided

Resolution and colour mode

Relevant bedding or home-textile experience

One relevant project example, if available

- Rates, Turnaround and Capacity

Please provide:

Rate per custom pattern

Best bulk rates for 20, 30 and 50 patterns

Pattern-research or ready-made pattern sourcing fee, if charged separately

Estimated turnaround time for 20–50 patterns

Number of revisions included

Additional revision charges, if applicable

Estimated number of patterns your studio can complete per month

- Paid Evaluation Project

Would your studio be willing to complete a paid evaluation project before starting a larger or long-term collaboration?

Please answer Yes or No.

- Studio or Company

Is this application being submitted by a textile or surface pattern design studio/company rather than an individual freelancer?

Answer type: Yes/No
Required answer: Yes

Experience:

- Floral design: 3 years (Required)
- Design patterns: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote

📌 Textile / Surface Pattern Designers – Long-Term Collaboration (India)
🏢 Dhowha Global Resources
📍 India