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Whitecliffe Fashion Show 2009
Fashion offers a dynamic means of personal expression and an influential and creative medium that constantly re-examines boundaries. The Fashion Design major focuses on design development and research, pattern drafting and garment construction following industry methodology.
Workshops under the Fashion Design major include fashion technology, pattern drafting and garment construction, design and concept development, tailoring, experimental dyeing and fabric manipulation techniques. Studies in fashion history, theory, illustration and professional practices complement the practical studio aspects.
Assignments include a modern reinterpretation of a historic design, window dressing, Air NZ Fashion Week backstage work, internships and extra exhibitions, with students showcasing their work on the catwalk at the annual Whitecliffe Fashion Show.
Year 1 BFA
Programme Summary: The Certificate is based around three practical core subjects of Objective Drawing, Expressive Drawing and Design. Students are required to do one term each of Photography and Photoshop. Students must also complete courses in Cultural Studies and Visual Theory. Visual theory introduces the vocabulary of art theory and art history and ways of looking at art and design. Cultural studies looks at origins and ethnicity and how this feeds into creativity. The remainder of the programme is made up of four one week intensive workshops and four electives which students may choose from a extensive list of courses in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Fine Arts, and Photography, Film & Video. During this year, students must decide which of the four disciplines available that they wish to major in for their Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Year 3 BFA: Graphic Design
BFA Graphic Design Major: This course prepares students for a career in Graphic Design, an industry that offers a broad range of creative and commercial possibilities. Students explore both traditional and digital media and engage in research, problem solving and visual communication. A diverse range of creative projects challenge and develop the students conceptual ability, theoretical knowledge and technical skills. Students are encouraged to present and contextualise their work within the historical development of design and contemporary practice.
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