University of Technology Sydney

83822 Fashion and Textiles Major Studio 2

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UTS: Design, Architecture and Building: Design
Credit points: 12 cp

Subject level:

Undergraduate

Result type: Grade and marks

Requisite(s): 83821 Fashion and Textiles Major Studio 1

Description

In this subject, students explore experimental fashion practice that engages with contemporary issues in society. The subject is supported by a series of lectures, specialised studio workshops and design tutorials. The subject introduces students to designing beyond vision, through Sensory Design approaches that challenge the hegemony of the visual in fashion. Through engaging with experiential research and practice which aims to activate the senses, students reframe fashion systems through systemic analysis and re-visioning. The subject engages students with material experimentation that aims to amplify or inhibit a range of sensory responses. Students are encouraged to define their own project outcomes, across fashion, textiles and systems change.

Subject learning objectives (SLOs)

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of contemporary fashion and textile design practices.
2. Effectively analyse research data and assimilate findings into innovative design outcomes.
3. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of an experimental design process, through approach to materiality and embodiment.
4. Demonstrate a high level of competency in communicating concepts through practice and outcomes.
5. Demonstrate a professional understanding of appropriate technical details for fashion outcomes
6. Demonstrate how to develop a rigorous individual project with an independent point of view and outcomes.
7. Demonstrate understanding of ethical, inclusive and sustainable fashion and textile practices

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)

This subject also contributes to the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes:

  • Recognise the importance of sustainability to fashion and textiles industries (A.1)
  • Effectively communicate concepts in fashion and textiles in performative, oral, visual and written forms (C.2)
  • Develop an original aesthetic sensibility (I.1)
  • Demonstrate an ability to speculate, experiment, challenge boundaries and take risks (I.2)
  • Demonstrate self-directed learning and self-initiated problem-solving (P.1)
  • Demonstrate the ability to acquire, use and integrate relevant technical skills into creative projects. (P.2)
  • Analyse and synthesise knowledge in both visual and written forms to undertake in-depth research. (R.1)
  • Interpret complex ideas and connect them to fashion and textile practice. (R.4)

Contribution to the development of graduate attributes

This subject contributes to the course educational aims to produce graduates with high levels of:

  • creativity and innovation
  • communication and interpersonal skills,
  • practical and professional skills
  • critical thinking and research skills
  • professional and personal attitudes and values.

The term CAPRI is used for the five Design, Architecture and Building faculty graduate attribute categories where:

C = communication and groupwork

A = attitudes and values

P = practical and professional

R = research and critique

I = innovation and creativity.

Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs) are linked to these categories using codes (e.g. C-1, A-3, P-4, etc.).

Teaching and learning strategies

The subject is delivered in sessions of one-hour lecture and 2.5 hours Design studio in weeks 1-12. Students attend a 2.5-hour Technical Workshop each week in the Sewing Workshop and a 2.5-hour Textiles Workshop as timetabled. The activities for this subject are centred on a range of teaching and learning strategies which include lectures, discussions, technical demonstrations, studio activities, self-initiated learning and experimentation. Students are expected to conduct independent research and manage their individual projects by defining these and what outcomes will be produced. All lectures and tutorials are required to be attended. Formative and summative feedback is offered by tutors on a weekly basis on the student's individual projects.

Content (topics)

  1. High-level experimentation with materials and modes of embodiment.
  2. Research based on Sensory Design approaches and systems thinking to challenge the primacy of the visual in fashion and textiles.
  3. Individual project scoping, planning and implementation, with individualised outcomes produced.
  4. Aesthetic development of individual outcomes, and modes of presentation based on Sensory Design analysis.
  5. Development of prototypes and final design outcomes.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Design Research and Prototypes

Intent:

This task will expand the student's knowledge of Sensory Design within a sustainable fashion approach. Each student will develop their own project scope and identify final outcomes. Students will develop experiential research using the senses. Students will develop experimental materials and embodiments in prototype form based on their individual project scope.
Students should refer to the Assessment 1 Brief on Canvas for full Assessment information.
Objective(s):

This task addresses the following subject learning objectives:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.):

I.2, P.1, P.2, R.1 and R.4

Type: Project
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 50%
Criteria:

1. Design: Development of an individual research focus which includes perspectives from experiential, published and creative practitioner research in sensory design.

2. Design: Quality of the community of practice research which underpins the development of the project focus situating the work within an emerging designer context.

3. Textiles: Speculative materials research that evidences a unique engagement with sensory design.

4. Design: Speculative embodied research that aims to enhance, inhibit or combine sensory methods of interaction.

5. Design: Development of prototypes that are experimental and unique in their expression of your design focus.

6. Technical: Technical development of material and form which is underpinned by rigorous testing and iterative development supporting the prototypes.

7. Technical exercises are complete to a professional standard, including their documentation.

8. Textiles: Textile innovation expressed in selection, combination and aesthetic development of material concepts, textile swatches and their application.

9. Design: Prototype development overall as an expression of design focus including quality of execution.

10. The student has spent appropriate weekly time during classes and outside of class developing their work, with a high level of planning and co-ordination across all components of the task.
Criteria linkages:
Criteria Weight (%) SLOs CILOs
Design: Development of an individual research focus which includes perspectives from experiential, published and creative practitioner research in sensory design. 10 2 R.1
Design: Quality of the community of practice research which underpins the development of the project focus situating the work within an emerging designer context 10 1 R.4
Textiles: Speculative materials research that evidences a unique engagement with sensory design 10 3 I.2
Design: Speculative embodied research that aims to enhance, inhibit or combine sensory methods of interaction 10 3 I.2
Design: Development of prototypes that are experimental and unique in their expression of your design focus. 10 4 I.2
Technical: Technical development of material and form which is underpinned by rigorous testing and iterative development supporting the prototypes 10 5 I.2
Technical exercises are complete to a professional standard, including their documentation 10 5 P.2
Textiles: Textile innovation expressed in selection, combination and aesthetic development of material concepts, textile swatches and their application. 10 3 I.2
Design: Prototype development overall as an expression of design focus including quality of execution. 10 4 P.1
The student has spent appropriate weekly time during classes and outside of class developing their work, with a high level of planning and co-ordination across all components of the task. 10 6 P.1
SLOs: subject learning objectives
CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Assessment task 2: Design Project Execution and Presentation

Intent:

In this task, students execute their individual project, resulting in a final body of work and a project presentation. The body of work can be series of objects, garments, or services designed for a specific group of users, embodying the sensory design system. The body of work responds to a particular context within fashion and textile design, and as such, includes the results of both material and embodied investigations. The presentation should consider the specific needs identified through sensory design research and, as such, should aim to communicate the critical sensory qualities of the resulting project through appropriate selection.
Students should refer to the Assessment 2 Brief which has full assessment information and is available in Canvas.
Objective(s):

This task addresses the following subject learning objectives:

2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

This task also addresses the following course intended learning outcomes that are linked with a code to indicate one of the five CAPRI graduate attribute categories (e.g. C.1, A.3, P.4, etc.):

A.1, C.2, I.1, I.2, P.1, P.2 and R.1

Type: Project
Groupwork: Individual
Weight: 50%
Criteria:
  1. Design: Further development and refinement of the project focus that builds upon the first stage, refining the community of practice and sensory design approach.
  2. Textiles: Quality of material investigations underpinning the final development of the project and expressed in the project outcomes.
  3. Technical: Quality of technical problem-solving expressed in the final project outcomes.
  4. Design: Innovation demonstrated in the resulting project, supported by an independent and experimental approach to sensory design.
  5. Design: Articulation of how a sensory design approach can create impact in fashion and textiles that is ethical, sustainable or inclusive.
  6. Presentation: A presentation that encapsulates the benefits of sensory design in the individual project.
  7. Presentation: A presentation that clearly articulates the design process and problem-solving involved in the individual project.
  8. Design: An individual aesthetic outcome that is expressive of the design research and approach taken by the student individually, evidenced in both the outcomes and the presentation.
  9. Overall: Execution of the project in a professional manner, working collaboratively with tutors to develop and deliver clearly defined milestones within project timeframes.
Criteria linkages:
Criteria Weight (%) SLOs CILOs
Design: Further development and refinement of the project focus that builds upon the first stage, refining the community of practice and sensory design approach. 11 3 R.1
Textiles: Quality of material investigations underpinning the final development of the project and expressed in the project outcomes. 11 3 I.2
Technical: Quality of technical problem-solving expressed in the final project outcomes. 11 3 P.2
Design: Innovation demonstrated in the resulting project, supported by an independent and experimental approach to sensory design. 11 2 I.1
Design: Articulation of how a sensory design approach can create impact in fashion and textiles that is ethical, sustainable or inclusive 11 7 A.1
Presentation: A presentation that encapsulates the benefits of sensory design in the individual project. 11 6 C.2
Presentation: A presentation that clearly articulates the design process and problem-solving involved in the individual project. 11 2 C.2
Design: An individual aesthetic outcome that is expressive of the design research and approach taken by the student individually, evidenced in both the outcomes and the presentation. 12 6 I.1
Overall: Execution of the project in a professional manner, working collaboratively with tutors to develop and deliver clearly defined milestones within project timeframes. 11 4 P.1
SLOs: subject learning objectives
CILOs: course intended learning outcomes

Minimum requirements

The DAB attendance policy requires students to attend no less than 80% of formal teaching sessions (lectures and tutorials) for each class they are enrolled in to remain eligible for assessment.

Required texts

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