Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- manage your time and meet deadlines;
- connect and apply key themes and research resources with your programme or professional discipline.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- practices that demonstrate an understanding of creative solutions to the social and environmental challenges faced by society;
- the role of interpersonal skills and approaching issues from multiple perspectives and disciplines.
- theoretical concepts and practices relevant to creative futures;
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- locate yourself within the debate around environmental design and sustainability, in consideration with wider local and global communities.
- identify central themes and problematics in social and cultural issues in creative arts and design contexts;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Follow-up work | 16 |
Practical classes and workshops | 4 |
Seminar | 4 |
Lecture | 10 |
Wider reading or practice | 16 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 64 |
Project supervision | 4 |
Tutorial | 2 |
Completion of assessment task | 20 |
Revision | 10 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Circular Economy.
Sustainability Design Fashion (Fletcher, K).
Textiles Environment Design (TED).
RSA.
Textile Toolbox Facebook group (Earley, R).
Journal Articles
Design Studies. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Design Research.
Fashion Theory.
CoDesign. International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts.
Design Issues.
Textbooks
Thackara, J. (2005). In the Bubble Designing in a Complex World. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Black, S. (2012). The Sustainable Fashion Handbook. London: Thames and Hudson.
Fletcher, K. and Grosse, L. (2012). Fashion & Sustainability, Design for Change. London: Laurence King Publishing.
Antonelli, P. (2006). Safe. Design Takes On Risk. New York: The Museum of Modern Art.
Fletcher, K. (2016). Craft of Use: Post-Growth Fashion. Abingdon: Routledge.
Manzini, E. (2015). Design, When Everybody Designs. An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
McDonough, W. and Braungart, M. (2013). The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability – Designing for Abundance. New York: North Point Press.
McGuirk, J. Herrero Delicado, G. (2017). Fear and Love. Reactions to a Complex World. London: Phaidon.
Greer, B. (2014). The Art of Craft and Activism. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press.
Pelle, E. [et al.] (2014). Making Futures. Marginal Notes on Innovation, Design, and Democracy. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Fuad-Luke, A. (2009). Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World. London: Earthscan.
Weibel, P. (2015). Global activism: art and conflict in the 21st century. Karlsruhe: ZKM.
Seabrook, J. (2015). The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh. London: C. Hurst & Co.
Siegle, L. (2011). To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing out the World?. London: Fourth Estate.
Telier, A. [et al.] (2011). Design Things. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Spampinato, F. (2015). Come together: the rise of cooperative art and design. New York: Princeton Architectural.
Flood, C., Grindon, G. (2014). Disobedient objects. London: V&A.
Black, S. (2011). Eco-Chic: The Fashion Paradox. London: Black Dog Publishing Ltd.
De Laure, M. (2017). Culture Jamming. Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance. New York: NYU Press.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Illustrated essay
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Essay proposal with written feedback. There will be a variety of opportunities for formative feedback in the module: •Weeks 4-5 group Tutorials •seminars •peer-group assessment •self-assessment The interim submission of their proposal is an opportunity for a closer examination of students’ needs and targeted individual written feedback on specifically designed templates, which indicate marking criteria.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Illustrated essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Illustrated essay | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Illustrated essay | 100% |