a Review of the FCD Course Content Design

a Review of the FCD Course Content

Design a fashion collection based on your own concept! • Drive your design process independently • Start the course by collecting extensive research from a variety of cultural, visual and academic sources following your own interests • Develop and test your ideas through samples and prototyping • Design materials to support your expression • Prepare professional presentation material of your collection using a media of choice -------------------------------------------------- • An excursion to Premiere Vision Fair in Paris and a combined archive visit for your research purposes is essential and recommended as a part of the course • Innovative approaches to concept building and specific advanced skills are opened through project work and case studies • The process is supported by regular dialogue and critique with tutors

Learning objectives • to take fashion concept thinking to new territories • to deepen the skills in creating fashion concepts and collections • to demonstrate a strong personal identity in design language • to strengthen your personal creative vision, critical thinking and expression through fashion • to understand the wider context of your role as a designer • to challenge current practices in fashion design • to understand the importance of posing questions, contributing to and driving current debate • to solve problems as part of their role as designers

Assessment criteria: • activity and participation 20% • research & design development 40% • communication 20% • professional development 20% __________________ Attendance min. 80%

Tue 28. 1. 2020 9. 15 -17. 00 Mid Critique Thu 30. 1. 2020 9. 15 -12. 00 New Facets of Luxury: lecture and workshop Postdoc. Researcher Linda Turunen 13. 15 -15. 00 New Facets of Luxury: lecture and workshop 15. 15 -16. 00 Review of the course program _______________________________ Tue 4. 2. 2020 9. 15 -12. 00 As a Designer for The Brand: lecture and teamwork Fashion designer Sofia Järnefelt 13. 15 -15. 00 individual tutoring/ Pirjo Hirvonen and Elina Peltonen Thu 6. 2. 2020 9. 15 -16. 00 individual tutoring/ Pirjo Hirvonen and Elina Peltonen __________________________________ Tue 11. 2. 2020 9. 15 -17. 00 In-class lectures Premiere Vision (optional) Fri 14. 2. 2020 9. 15 -17. 00 Final critique/ PH, EP, SK Premiere Vision (optional)

Assessment, selection and submission of the pre-selected works March 2020 • 3 -4 images of a toile replica of one of the garments in the museum collection • 6 -10 sketches and 4 pages of research images, as well as a text explaining the creative process followed by the student • 3 -4 images of the full look produced (front, back, sides), and 1 -2 detailed reverse side images of the tailored finish • Description and reasoning behind the project (creative line) and a description of the final result (max. 200 words) All of the above materials must be presented in a single document per student in PDF format.

• Research and documentation of sources for developing concepts and designs based on formal innovation • Analysis of sources and evolution of the feminine silhouette with a view to applying new techniques and aesthetics for the presentation of new silhouettes as well as analysis of and reference to the processes introduced by Cristóbal Balenciaga in this regards. Specify how the contents of the study trip, or its transmission, are embedded in the creative process. • Innovation and experimentation related to forms and volumes, images and aesthetics, construction and techniques, materials and colours, etc… • Technical competence. Suitability of the patterns, the fabric, and the finish. • Environmental criteria, from the fabric selection to the pattern creation • Communication and presentation. Suitability of the global view of the final selection.