Creative Experimentation: Pre-collection (Textile Design)

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• design and create an assessment output that demonstrates creative problem-solving and effective communication techniques

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced textile design investigations, risk-taking and the testing of innovative solutions, developing a skilled design identity for the contemporary textile design market
• Evidence focussed visual and material research and the application of new ideas as they relate to your professional studio practice

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use inclusive, ethical and sustainable practices to design and evaluate an assessment output evidencing project management techniques and research methods

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• creative engagement with key ideas and debates in textiles and their professional contexts and challenges.

Through this core module, you will be supported as you further enhance your textile design skills, including cross-techniques and embellishment, whilst working towards a cohesive and innovative Pre-Collection. You will apply the knowledge you gained in Semester 1 to evolve your investigations through advanced creative experimentation.

You will be expected to take additional responsibility for your own learning through this negotiated project, aligned to your personal interests, motivations and career ambitions.

• Tutor briefings
• Presentations
• Group and one-to-one tutorials
• Critical Reviews/Formative Feedback
• Introduction to professional and academic research skills
• Design and technical workshops
• Input from visiting lecturers/industry guest speakers

Learning Activities include:

• Independent learning, including reflection on verbal and/or written feedback
• Independent research and investigation
• Fabric and materials research
• Workshop-based learning
• Digital and studio practice
• Peer-group learning
• Class discussions

Formative

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

Critical review

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: All feedback is intended to support you and to allow you to critically reflect on your own work and that of your peers. No marks are awarded for formative feedback.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

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.