FD Specialist Practice & Research 2b (Dalian)

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• explore and exploit materials, techniques and digital processes
• use machines and equipment competently in the studios and workshops
• select appropriate processes and techniques including pattern cutting and construction to communicate an individual approach to your practice.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• social, ethical and sustainable dimensions in the fashion industry
• how to identify the appropriate skills you will need to practice professionally in the fashion industry
• appropriate contemporary fashion designers and creative practitioners relevant to your own practice
• how to creatively apply a variety of techniques, technologies and materials in the realisation of your projects
• innovative practices, concepts and debates and how they impact on professional fashion practices

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• evaluate your work in relation to contemporary artistic, social and cultural contexts.
• evaluate and challenge the conceptual and technical boundaries of your discipline appropriate to the set industry projects
• make independent critical judgments in the selection and use of ideas, materials and techniques suitable to the set industry projects
• apply methods of enquiry and reflection to critically evaluate the qualities of your work

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• study independently and produce work to set deadlines
• select and draw upon a wide range of learning, library and digital resources to inform and challenge your thinking
• communicate across a variety of media.
• present your work appropriately in a professional context

In this module you will develop a project, based on an external brief that will demonstrate your professional abilities. Your growing knowledge of the contemporary context of your subject will enable you to tackle your project in a way which encourages you to be increasingly sensitive to the design environment and critical context in which you are working.

You will be encouraged to focus your ideas but experiment widely, in the studios and workshops. We will expect you to self-select and engage with methods and techniques, which will allow you to challenge your thinking and test your ideas thoroughly. We will promote your utilisation of working practices that challenge known solutions in favour of more unexpected but potentially ambitious conclusions.

You will assemble a portfolio of work that demonstrates your experimental process, professional awareness and an outcome of work which creatively address the aims and ambitions of your project. These will take into consideration the perceptions, culture, and consumer preferences of the target audience of your creative work.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

• project briefings

seminars

• group critiques
• tutorials
• lectures

Learning activities include

• critical reviews

seminars

• self-selected workshops
• peer group learning
• self-reflection

Relationship between the teaching, learning and assessment methods and the planned learning outcomes

In this module learning and teaching activities focus on helping you to direct your exploration and investigation of your ideas. Lectures and workshops will increase your knowledge of the contemporary context in which you are working and help you develop confidence in your ability to experiment with your subject, to challenge known solutions and encourage unexpected outcomes. Through practical experimentation and feedback on ideas informed by contemporary practice in your subject, you will create increasingly personal work, informed by independent research, analysis and reflective practice.

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Study Skills Workshops.

Academic Integrity support.

The Academic Skills Library page for study skills support.

Harvard citing and referencing support including citethemright online resource.

Blackboard.

Textbooks

Aldrich, W. (2013). Fabrics and Pattern Cutting. London: John Wiley & Sons.

Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction: A social critique of the Judgement of Taste. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.

Braun-Feldweg Förderpreis. W. (2010). Slow Fashion: Alternative Fashion Concepts. Niggli Verlag.

Black, S. (2012). Eco Fashion- the Fashion Paradox. Routledge.

Blanckaert, P. & Hernu, A.R. (2013). Icons of Vintage Fashion. New York: Abrams.

Briggs-Goode, A. (2013). Printed Textile Design. London: Laurence King.

Bono, E. (1990). Lateral thinking: A textbook of creativity. London: Penguin.

Chunman Lo, D. (2011). Patternmaking. London: Laurence King.

Cheney, N. & McAllister, H. (2013). Textile Surface Manipulation. London: Bloomsbury Publishing.

Bradley,Q. (2002). Techno fashion. Oxford: Berg Publishers.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

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.