Sustainable Futures Major Project - TMA1448

Assessment 1: Project work

Presentation of proposed direction for the major project, which includes: aims, methods, proposed outputs, rationale for project outcomes and time management/project planning.

Project work

Assessment 1: Portfolio

Portfolio

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

Written Assignment

This project provides you the opportunity to consider the values underpinning global textile practices and identify ways to transform the associated industries, their craft, design and new technologies. In this Major Project you will interrogate new paradigms of practice associated with technological, theoretical and design contexts and the processes of the creation and manufacture of textiles and surface design. 
As a culmination of your research and development you will look for opportunities to design by facilitating change and create alternative sustainable textile or surface products or experiences.  This project provides an opportunity for in-depth research into your area of interest and the development of methods that support this. You will work to research, develop, critically reflect, refine and communicate both your methodological approach and your conclusions.
You will undertake a comprehensive research project of your own choice to critically engage with emerging issues that will affect the future of textile practices and material innovation. You will build upon your project proposal to develop a final stage framework to realise your outcomes, this may include a group project, subject to negotiation with your specialist supervisor.  This in-depth research project will act as a vehicle to realise new ideas in narrative and expression through materials and new approaches to design thinking.  
The realisation of innovative and rigorous concept for textile and surface design, should be underpinned by sustainable and ethical approaches to social, cultural, ecological and professional contexts. This may include new material developments founded on advanced resources for knitted technologies, weave, embroidery and digital/analogue print, and/or  advanced 3D technologies, and surface manipulation.  Design ideation should be supported through digital platforms, advanced textile technologies, and thinking through textiles for diverse contexts and market sectors. 
You will present your ideas through an integrated design portfolio that may include, drawing, design and sample development, 2D/3D fabric simulations, finished materials, textile or surface product, technical specifications, digital media and written text.

School of Arts and Humanities

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Bryan-Wilson, J. (2017). Fray: Art + textile politics. London; Chicago; The University of Chicago Press.
Gordon, B. (2013). Textiles: The whole story: Uses, meanings, significance. London: Thames &amp; Hudson.
Hemmings, J. (2015). Cultural threads: Transnational textiles today. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Irwin, K. (2015). Surface design for fabric. New York, New York: Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
Jefferies, J., Wood Conroy, D., &amp; Clark, H. (2016). The handbook of textile culture. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Quinn, B. (2013). Textile visionaries: innovation and sustainability in textile design. London: Laurence King Publishing.
Schoeser, M., &amp; Boydell, C. (2002). Disentangling textiles: Techniques for the study of designed objecta. London: Middlesex University Press.
Valentine, L., Ballie, J., Bletcher, J., Robertson, S., &amp; Stevenson, F. (2017). Design thinking for textiles: Let's make it meaningful. The Design Journal, 20, S964-S976. doi:10.1080/14606925.2017.1353041

Textile Design

TMA1448 - Sustainable Futures Major Project

Sustainable Futures Major Project

be able to conceptualise and initiate new textile or surface ideas showing understanding of sustainable and ethical textile practices and originality in the application of subject knowledge to produce comprehensive designs which satisfy the objectives of the brief in a highly resolved manner. 

be able to systematically plan, organise and project manage your outcomes, using appropriate formats.

be able to assess the currency, relevance and suitability of your project (individual or group) within the global textile arena

be able to evaluate and apply a comprehensive range of visual, oral and written media to test, analyse and critically appraise and explain design proposals and to communicate ideas and information in a sophisticated and appropriate professional manner. 

be able to systematically appraise and demonstrate how textiles and material knowledge is advanced through research and development to produce original outcomes.

be able to critically evaluate and apply selected textile techniques and approaches to new product innovation. 