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Threads of tension
No full textTeaching and learning in the discipline of fashion design centres around a complex system of tensions in which the head, the heart, the hands, the eyes, the body and the mind all play a role. This is a system where the demands of high quality tertiary education compete with the intangibles of creativity and the rapid pace of change within the fashion industry. Students enter the fashion program with individual expectations, aspirations and fears and possess different levels and combinations of skills and comprehension. It is critical then that we, as tachers, harness each student’s motivation and demonstrate to them early that they can grow and flourish within this tertiary environment. It can be tricky, but for us the challenges and tensions are inspiring, and as we learn more about our students approaches to learning, we get closer to creating the ‘perfect’ environments and activities which enable our students to succeed both as learners and as creatives within the fashion industry. This chapter looks at some of the obstacles encountered by first year QUT fashion students and at some of the innovative teaching methodologies being employed by the QUT fashion team, with particular focus on an introductory first year project titled ‘sox’
Vaughan, Suzi and Armstrong, Wendy (2009) Threads of tension. In: Vaughan, Suzi and Schmidt, Christine Margaret, (eds.) Five Fashion Musings. Post Pressed, Brisbane, Qld, pp. 9-15.\ud
No full textfive:fashion musings is an upcoming 2009 publicaton to celebrate the fashion discipline's five-year milestone at the Queensland Unviesity of Technology. it represents a body of work by fashion practitioners, aceademic and educators commissioned to explore their research in fashion theory, practice and pedogogy through five key themes
What is in the name of a fashion designer
No full textCurrently, fashion quite comfortably covers the space between unique pieces and serialisation, mobilising as necessary the discourses of art or commerce; however, the question of what a fashion designer is remains open. Historically, the image of the fashion designer has been constructed within a heroic and Romantic narrative centred on the concept of designers as artists and hence authors. The recent development of the fashion industry as an image-driven industry, on the one hand, and the placement of fashion in museum contexts on the other, requires a re-thinking of the function of the designer. \ud
This paper does not set out to identify a theory that establishes a truthful answer to the position and significance of the fashion designer within the fashion system, but it proposes that an analytical and critical understanding of the fashion designer requires a contextualisation of the philosophies and institutions (including fashion magazines and fashion criticism) that support it
Design and fashion in the Australian TCF industries
No full textThe purpose of this report is to review the changing nature of the TCF industries and investigate the current state of play in the Australian fashion industry to determine potential strategies for future growth both nationally and globally. The objectives are to:-----\ud
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•Define and analyse the relationship between design, fashion, and the broader textiles, clothing and footwear industry;---\ud
•Demonstrate the critical importance of design and ‘concept-led innovation’ to the TCF industry’s performance and survival in an aggressive and competitive global market;---\ud
•Highlight examples of fashion design and innovation in the Australian TCF sector through analysis of established designer fashion companies, an emergent designer and a large scale manufacturer to illustrate the diversity of the Australian fashion industry;---\ud
•Map the fashion design education sector and its effectiveness in producing skilled graduates;---\ud
•Review of Australian fashion events, awards and festivals promoting Australian designer fashion;---\ud
•Provide an overview of current industry bodies and organisations catering to the TCF sector;---\ud
•Conduct a SWOT analysis of the Australian fashion industry.\u
Gail Sorronda - New York, Paris, London, Sydney
No full textQUT Fine Arts Fashion Design graduate Gail Reid is making a name for herself nationally and internationally. As one of the first QUT graduates to establish and sustain her own label, it begs the question how, why and what's next for her career aspirations
Designing well : sustain-able interaction design and vegetarianism
No full textDesigning Well: Vegetarianism Sustainability and Interaction Design, focuses on the field of Interaction Design and is an exploration of how design can be reconsidered by employing a different critical lens – that of vegetarianism. By extending the eating analogy to design, other aspects of practice can be reframed and reviewed. This is done through a survey of different ways designers and artists have approached the problems of electricity use. This survey begins by looking at a number of functional products that are currently on the market, and then turns to consider a range of alternate approaches taken in research, art and critical design. The second half of the paper can be considered as a form of contextual review, as a survey of different approaches artists and designers employ to address a specific issue in and through practice. This ranges from pragmatic design to critical and radical interventions
Design and Ethics: Reflections on Practice
No full textThis book is an multi disciplinary approach to design thinking across the fields of Architecture, Communication Design, Fashion, Graphic Design, Urban Design and Philosophy
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