Undergraduate Course: Design Studio 1 - Fashion (DESI07041)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course introduces students to a range of design practices through a series of projects enabling the development of fundamental creative and technical skills. Students are encouraged to develop a personal direction through making, evaluating, presenting and reflecting. 
 
The aims of the course are: 
1. To introduce fundamental creative methods, techniques and approaches in response to project briefs 
2. To encourage curiosity and a sense of risk taking 
3. To introduce the fundamental materials and associated processes | 
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  This course is only available to ECA students on degree programmes belonging to Design. | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - RESPOND: Demonstrate creative responses to project briefs.
 -   DEVELOP: Demonstrate a range of fundamental skills and knowledge of processes and materials, through creative projects.
 - REALISE: Evaluate a body of research work and select suitable concepts for realisation in an appropriate form.
 
     
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Reading List 
Fashion 
- Borrelli, L. Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers. Hames & Hudson (2008) 
- Jones, T. & Rushton, S. Fashion Now 2 : I-D Selects 160 of its Favourite Fashion Designers from Around the World. Taschen (2008) |   
 
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Ms Emily Ford-Halliday 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5813 
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Course secretary | Mrs Gill Lowther 
Tel: (0131 6)50 2328 
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