Course Title: Analyse textile design influences

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2010

Course Code: VART5903C

Course Title: Analyse textile design influences

School: 350T Fashion & Textiles

Campus: Brunswick Campus

Program: C5213 - Diploma of Textile Design and Development

Course Contact : Julia Raath

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259201

Course Contact Email:julia.raath@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 100

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Part time students should seek academic advice prior to enrolling in this course

 You are strongly advised to be  concurrently enrolled in  the following courses;

Analyse use of Colour in Textiles (VART 5905C), 

Assist in the the development of Textile Designs (VART 5904C) and Operate computing technology (6060C).

Course Description

Covers the skills and knowledge required to research and analyse various influences on textile design and production.
We will be looking at what influences textile design, from historical textiles and cultural influences to contemporary social trends, art, fashion, technology, and environmental change. The unit includes applied research and analysis of the design process, construction techniques, colour, textile products and future directions in textiles as well as the principles and elements of design.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	LMTTD4007A Analyse textile design influences
Element:	1. Analyse key influences on textile designs.
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Significant historical events that have influenced textile design are identified and their effects analysed 1.2 Significant cultural influences on the development of textile design are identified and their effects analysed 1.3 Contemporary influences on textile design are analysed 1.4 Characteristics represented in textiles are identified. 1.5 Changes to production processes, including the effects of new and emerging technologies on textile designs are analysed.
Element:	2. Identify features of the design process.
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Steps in responding to a design brief are identified. 2.2 Commercial considerations in producing a design are identified. 2.3 Elements of design are identified. 2.4 Principles of design are identified.
Element:	3. Source information on textile designs and products.
Performance Criteria:	3.1Possible sources of information on textile designs and products are identified and means of accessing information determined 3.2 Information gathering tools are used according to OH&S practices 3.3 Information is assessed for reliability to inform design processes
Element:	4. Analyse textile construction techniques.
Performance Criteria:	4.1 Purpose and key features of textile product are identified 4.2 Desired effects of design features are described. 4.3 Production techniques applied to create design features are described. 4.4 Use of production techniques in contemporary designs is identified.
Element:	5. Identify characteristics of colour and prepare colour chart.
Performance Criteria:	5.1 Colour is investigated and dimensions are identified. 5.2 Relationship between value and intensity is identified and a colour chart is painted. 5.3 Colour wheel is prepared according to colour mixing principles. 5.4 Shade scale is prepared according to colour mixing principles. 5.5 Colour matching for production is implemented. 5.6 Colour charts are inspected or checked against quality standards. 5.7 Any changes or adjustments are carried out as required. 5.8 Documentation relating to colour charts is completed.
Element:	6. Analyse influences on future directions in textiles.
Performance Criteria:	6.1New or emerging textiles are identified and features, benefits and likely uses examined 6.2 Trends and influences are analysed to identify possible changes in textile production and demand 6.3 Sources of information relating to future directions and innovations in textile design are identified and accessed to maintain currency of industry knowledge

Learning Outcomes

This course gives students the opportunity to undertake practical, oral and written assessment tasks to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to:

• analyse key influences in textile design
• identify the principles and elements of design
• gather information using a range of sources, tools and technology
• analyse and evaluate information
• analyse influences on textile production techniques
• relate findings to future directions in textile design
  

Details of Learning Activities

Weekly presentations on design influences are followed by workshop activities, industry related excursions and visits from relevant guest speakers. Students will keep a reference journal, participate in group discussions, undertake their own research into textile design influences and give an oral presentation of their findings to the group. Students will interview a contemporary designer of their choice, participate in detailed textile observation and analysis and undertake reflective writing. Future directions in textiles are explored and presented as a Techno Textiles Wiki. Principals and Elements underpinning design are explored in class exercises in this course and in linked courses. Colour wheel paint ups, practical problem solving and the creation of story and concept boards are also undertaken in linked courses VART 5905C and VART 5904C.

Teaching Schedule

	Analyse textile design influences SEMESTER ONE.	* This is a year long subject. Semester Two will be uploaded in June.
Session	SEMESTER ONE Learning Activities	SEMESTER ONE Assessment Tasks
Session 1	Introduction to the course and its place in the design process. Explanation of assessment requirements. Presentation: Geometric Textile Design: Historical and Cultural context. Brainstorm Design influences. Discuss and define ‘Analysis’. Textile Observation Exercise.
Session 2	Introduction of  Research project and overview of past approaches. Avenues for Research: Research sources and methods - tips and requirements. Advanced Research Session with campus librarian. Task – Choose a historical, traditional, or cultural Design Influence.as a research topic.
Session 3	Design Principals and Elements: Application for Textiles Industry Visit
Session 4	Presentation: Colour in Textile Design: Colour’s significance as a signifier. Task– Research Project: Utilising the sources and approaches we have discussed in our last two weeks, source visual images and references for the major research project.	Research Project Consultations: * Individual Consultations regarding progress with research project. Students must confirm topic and discuss progress.
Session 5	Avenues for Research: Collections: Presentation of available collections, and examples of historical textiles as a design source for contemporary projects. Industry Visit
Session 6	Tribes: Material Identity. Textiles as signifiers of Cultural and Subcultural Identity. Exercise: Brainstorm Tribes and Sub-Cultures: Identify social and sub-cultural influences on textile design development and analyse their effects. Tribes Research excursion.
Session 7	Flower Power: Historical and Cultural context for Floral Textile Design. Identifying characteristics (nationality, lineage, status, religion, etc.) represented by Symbology of flowers. Analysis of floral design styles – historical – small/large scale, stylised, graphic, techno. Task– Research Project: Continue work sourcing visual images and references for the oral presentation and handout.	Research Project Consultations: * Show Evidence in Journal of planning and organisation, collection of resources and research undertaken.
Session 8	Australian Textile Origins: Indigenous Textiles, ancient and current. Discussion of cultural protocol and copyright. Industry Visit to view indigenous textiles.
Session 9	Textile History 101: Textiles of the ancient world. Task: Research events and innovations that shaped the world of textiles.	Colour Wheel work due for assessment in Colour and Design classes (to be co assessed for this subject).
Session 10	Textile History 2: Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Research project: Development of presentation and handout. * Individual Consultations regarding progress with research project.
Session 11	Textile History 3: Post Industrial Influences. Industry Visit
Session 12	World Textiles overview 1: Traditional textile design, techniques and processes, trade and exchange, products, purposes, uses and significance. Research project: Development of presentation and handout. * Individual Consultations regarding progress with research project.
Session 13	World Textiles overview 2: Traditional textile design, techniques and processes, trade and exchange, products, purposes, uses and significance. Research project: Development of presentation and handout. * Individual Consultations regarding progress with research project.
Session 14	Colour of Place: Place as an influence on design. Student Presentations	20 minute Oral Presentation with Powerpoint or Keynote, examples and class handout.
Session 15	Student Presentations	20 minute Oral Presentation with Powerpoint or Keynote, examples and class handout.
Session 16	Student Presentations	20 minute Oral Presentation with Powerpoint or Keynote, examples and class handout.
* Notes	This is a year long subject. Teaching schedule for Semester Two will be uploaded in June. * This teaching schedule may be subject to change: In order to reflect current practice, learning activities including industry visits/excursions will change from year to year. This allows us to make best use of changing exhibitions and visiting practitioners or specialists.	All work due for Final Assessment week 17.

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

* Texts listed are an overview only. Additional Texts will also be suggested according to individual research topics and industry excusions.

5000 years of textiles Jennifer Harris, British Museum Press in association with the Whitworth Art Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 2004 World Textiles: a concise history Mary Schoeser, Thames and Hudson, London: 2003 World Textiles: a visual guide John Gillow and Brian Sentence, Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1999 The Cambridge History of Western Textiles D Jenkins, Cambridge University Press, New York: 2002 A History of Costume in the West Francois Boucher, Thames and Hudson, London, 1987 The Melbourne Design Guide. Ed. Viviane Stappmanns and Ewan McEoin. Pub Lab.3000 2006 Handmade in Melbourne. Jan Phyland and Janet De Silva. Pud GSP Books. 2006 Designation. Pub. Ripe off the Press 2006 Ways of Seeing John Berger, Penguin, London Spirit Country Jennifer Isaacs, Hardie Grant, Sth Yarra Art Almanac – this is an excellent monthly guide to exhibitions in Melbourne and Victoria. Available at art supply shops and newsagents Craft Almanac – online bulletin of Craft Victoria Some examples of Magazines and Journals  – Artlink Art Monthly ART Asia Pacific Art and Australia Un magazine Eyeline Object Magazine Artichoke Surface Design Textile Fibre Forum Parkett Magazine Craft Arts International Frieze

References

Other Resources

Students will require a pencil, pen and their journal in all classes. A camera is often useful but not essential.

We will discuss the variety of other resources available to you for your projects in our avenues for research classes.

Overview of Assessment

To achieve successful completion of this course students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of Competency.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including a journal containing planning, organisation and self directed research material, oral presentations, digital presentation files, preparation of a handout containing images, written synopsis and bibliography, written quiz, practical problem solving exercise, interview of a contemporary designer, concept and story boards.

Please note that some of these tasks and activities will be undertaken in the linked courses mentioned under co-requisites and assessed in collaboration with staff delivering these courses.

Students are advised that they may to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.

Assessment Tasks

• Major Research Project (Into a Historical, Traditional or Cultural Design Influence) consisting of:
   Research undertaken in Journal
   Evidence of Planning and Organisation
   Handout produced for Class
   Written Synopsis, Bibliography and Self Reflective Writing
   Powerpoint or Keynote Presentation file
   Oral Presentation
• Design Elements and Principals Exercise
• Colour Wheel -(Assessed in Colour Semester 1 )
• Contemporary Designer Interview Project
• Techno Textiles Wiki
• Concept and Story Boards - (Assessed in Present and Promote Textile Design Concepts Semester 2 )
• Reference Journal

* Note that this is a full year course. The assessment tasks listed are spread over the two semesters.

Assessment Matrix

Element	Major Research Project:	Design Elements and Principals Exercise	Colour Wheels	Contemporary Designer Interview Project	Techno Textiles Wiki	Concept and Story Boards	Journal
1 Analyse key influences on textile designs	x			x	x	x	x
2 Identify feature of the design process		x		x		x
3 Source information on textile designs and products	x						x
4 Analyse textile construction techniques				x		x	x
5 Identify characteristics of colour and prepare colour chart			x			x
6 Analyse influences on future directions in textiles	x				x	x	x

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