DFB310 Fashion: Collaborative Project
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| Unit code: | DFB310 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | DFB210 and DFB211 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2027, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | DFB310 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | DFB210 and DFB211 |
| Coordinator: | Lydia Pearson | lydia.pearson@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit develops previous fashion studio knowledge, and together with DFB320 and DFB330, forms the final year of the Bachelor of Design Fashion program. It advances your individual fashion design practice while situating it within the realities of the commercial fashion environment.The unit focuses on the development of advanced skills in research, communication, and design realisation within a supported studio setting, allowing you to continue refining your individual design aesthetic while gaining insight into the collaborative nature of the fashion industry. Your work will be strongly supported by staff as you explore your individual design aesthetic.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Research and synthesise advanced concepts and develop innovative approaches to build an individual fashion design identity.
- Demonstrate creative, experimental and analytical ways to explore and resolve complex fashion design problems.
- Apply advanced communication elements, principles and processes to a professional fashion design context.
- Explore advanced theoretical, industry and cultural perspectives on fashion including sustainable practices.
Content
This unit builds upon the understandings acquired in previous Fashion Design Studio units and provides content such as:
- exploration of individual design identity
- critical research and reflection on creative work
- realisation of design ideas for fashion
- portfolio development
- digital fashion tools
- pattern making
Learning Approaches
This unit allows you to combine fashion theory and practice in a studio based learning environment. Studio classes will provide you with practical experiences to explore the connection between design and fabrication. Your work will be strongly supported by staff, and built around studio-driven ideation, experiments, and critique-driven collaboration with classmates. There will be opportunities for class discussion and informal peer critique. Lectures will provide an additional framing of contemporary practice and raise pertinent issues to consider in your own practice and project development. A range of online supporting resources will be used for fashion fabrication and fashion design theory.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways:
- formative exercises discussed in class
- comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets
- criteria sheet grading
- feedback from peers.
Assessment
Overview
In this unit there are two assessment pieces, the first one in early semester and the second at the end of semester. In each assessment task, you will individually develop a response to build an individual fashion design identity.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Design - Diverse Design Perspectives
Based on knowledge acquired in previous design units, you are required to research, develop and present a body of work drawing on diverse design perspectives. You will do a short presentation of your work to an industry panel.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Future-Facing Creative Work
This assessment requires you to broaden your design perspective and present a future-facing original design project.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no set texts for this unit.
Resource Materials
Other
Basic equipment provided,all optional equipment and materials at student's discretion.
Risk Assessment Statement
All students and staff are required to complete Tier 1 of CIESJ Student HSE Inductions for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.
Tier 1 Visit and review all sections of the health, safety and environment
If requiring access to Z5, 10, 11, 12, 13 (Kelvin Grove) workshops, you must complete Tier 2 - Workshops HSE induction
Where substantial computer-based work is required, you are recommended to take regular rest breaks when engaging in prolonged computer-based work, and ensure that your workstation is set up for optimal comfort to prevent strain or injury.
Further information can be found on the unit Canvas.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.DE43 Bachelor of Design
- Recognise the consequences of design and its impact on the world, with respect to open, ethical and inclusive core design values acknowledging global, cultural and / or indigenous contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Evaluate and translate conceptual and critical design methodologies and tools and transfer to new and complex challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Communicate coherently, independently and/or collaboratively using a range of media to convey and share design knowledge and ideas to diverse audiences in a range of contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Use transdisciplinary methods to effectively work in diverse teams to address real-world challenges.
Relates to: ULO2, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Employ iterative approaches for open, collaborative and experimental design solutions using an entrepreneurial mindset.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Exercise self reflection, resilience, adaptability and self-direction and leverage failure in order to unlock new ideas, approaches, and ways of doing and knowing.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Independently demonstrate an ethical, sustainable and holistic approach to design, that critically considers impact.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work
DE45 Bachelor of Design - International
- Recognise the consequences of design and its impact on the world, with respect to open, ethical and inclusive core design values acknowledging global, cultural and / or indigenous contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Evaluate and translate conceptual and critical design methodologies and tools and transfer to new and complex challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Communicate coherently, independently and/or collaboratively using a range of media to convey and share design knowledge and ideas to diverse audiences in a range of contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Use transdisciplinary methods to effectively work in diverse teams to address real-world challenges.
Relates to: ULO2, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Employ iterative approaches for open, collaborative and experimental design solutions using an entrepreneurial mindset.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Exercise self reflection, resilience, adaptability and self-direction and leverage failure in order to unlock new ideas, approaches, and ways of doing and knowing.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Independently demonstrate an ethical, sustainable and holistic approach to design, that critically considers impact.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work
DV99 Bachelor of Design
- Recognise the consequences of design and its impact on the world, with respect to open, ethical and inclusive core design values acknowledging global, cultural and / or indigenous contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Evaluate and translate conceptual and critical design methodologies and tools and transfer to new and complex challenges.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Communicate coherently, independently and/or collaboratively using a range of media to convey and share design knowledge and ideas to diverse audiences in a range of contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Use transdisciplinary methods to effectively work in diverse teams to address real-world challenges.
Relates to: ULO2, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Employ iterative approaches for open, collaborative and experimental design solutions using an entrepreneurial mindset.
Relates to: ULO3, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Exercise self reflection, resilience, adaptability and self-direction and leverage failure in order to unlock new ideas, approaches, and ways of doing and knowing.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work - Independently demonstrate an ethical, sustainable and holistic approach to design, that critically considers impact.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Design - Diverse Design Perspectives, Future-Facing Creative Work