FA6028 - Final Major Project 1

The module focuses on honing your unique voice as a future fashion communicator. You will be supported across a series of workshops to explore concept development, practical and digital skills, and creative writing. You will be initially asked to uncover a specific focus of interest, supported in tutorial and workshop tasks. You will then develop your project using the professional level application of relevant software (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite), while experimenting with creative writing exercises positioned to demonstrate the potential and possibilities of communication. Discussion and critique from staff and peers will help progress your work leading to a final outcome.

The module will be workshop and tutorial based. Direction as to skills and work will often be delivered at the start of weekly sessions before you continue to engage with research, discussion, and production of work. Formative feedback will occur regularly as you build your project across the module. You will also receive tailored technical delivery and/or support, focusing on both digital and practical skills. You will engage in the studio environment, working alongside peers to assist in the development of your skillset as communicators. Opportunities to engage with technical staff will be available inside and outside of scheduled sessions.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:

Show expertise in the skilled use of applications, methods and processes to deliver outputs to a professional standard.



Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

Develop innovative communication centred solutions through the synthesis of observation, investigation, speculative inquiry, visualisation and making.



Exhibit judgment and strategy in the selection and application of appropriate design/communication approaches, research and development methods throughout all stages of your process.



Demonstrate an advanced ability to be independently experimental and evidence your ability to communicate complex concepts and ideas.



Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

Demonstrate decision-making, effective time management, and exploration of independent resources for a self-directed learning journey linked to your own personal and professional development.

FORMATIVE: Formative feedback will be delivered across the module. This can be verbal and/or textual and will be aligned to workshop activities.

SUMMATIVE

A Creative Publication (Zine) to be submitted physically and/or digitally. (LO1, 2)

A 1,500 word creative writing portfolio submitted digitally. (LO4)

A Research and Development File including Personal Development Planning (LO3, 5)

N/A

N/A

This module offers you an exciting opportunity to reflect on your personal lived and embodied experience to produce a creative Zine, showcasing your visual image making and creative writing skills. You will engage in experimentation with a range of visual methodologies and transdisciplinary ideas and practices associated with design, publishing, image and text, to create a professional level piece which may explicitly and/or implicitly inform part two of your final major project. It is an opportunity to be truly creative, refine your skills, and express your unique voice as a future fashion communicator. Alongside this, you will research and conceive aesthetic concepts that will inform the development of your professional portfolio through personal development planning, allowing you to situate your practice within your chosen sector.