DFB208 Fashion Textiles
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| Unit code: | DFB208 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,356 |
| International unit fee | $4,668 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2025, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | DFB208 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinator: | Zoe Mellick | zoe.mellick@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit covers applied textile design in the past, present and future. It will explore the cultural, social and industrial significance of textiles. The unit will provide opportunities to learn about the techniques involved with textile production. You will draw on this to experiment with and design textiles in line with industry trends and challenges, and explore avenues in speculative design into textile futures.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate textile techniques and a variety of approaches to textile experimentation.
- Reflect on textile experiments to inform and challenge textile design development.
- Research textile designs and theoretical, industry and cultural design perspectives.
- Create new textile design concepts and prototypes for the future.
- Communicate elements, principles and processes specific to textile design for a professional audience.
Content
This unit will cover:
- technical knowledge on textiles
- textile experiments
- the role of textiles and the relationship between craft and technology
- conceptual and critical thinking applied to textile trend forecasting
- weaving, surface design and embellishment techniques
- sustainable choices for textile design
- design and portfolio work
- textiles research
- theoretical, industry and cultural design perspectives
- Indigenous approaches to textiles
- digital tools for textile design
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- practicals
- studios
- online learning materials and readings
This unit draws mainly on apparel (fashion) based textile knowledge. The unit will be delivered in an integrated practical environment, which will include lectorial style delivery of unit content, workshops and student driven design projects. You will also learn through engaging in a variety of online activities, online self-directed learning, and weekly research and readings that are designed to support your learning experience.
You will be supported to develop a portfolio showcase piece that could be used as part of your professional profile.
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 online criteria sheets
- criteria sheet grading via Canvas.
Assessment
Overview
This unit has two summative assessment tasks, with the first assessment acting as a proposal for the second assessment.
1. The Reflective Journal will allow you to demonstrate knowledge of applied textiles and technology, informing your project proposal. The purpose of this task is for you to experiment with a wide array of textile approaches. Through this assignment, you will have the opportunity to showcase your creativity, technical expertise, and reflective skills, all of which are essential in the fashion industry. This task requires strong organisation and writing skills, as well as the ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner.
2. The Textiles Futures Portfolio builds on assessment 1, allowing you to translate and apply your knowledge on applied textiles and technology into speculative design outcomes. This assessment will provide an opportunity for you to showcase your technical skills, creativity, and ability to reflect on your work, all of which are important in the fashion industry. You will also have the opportunity to explore the intersection of fashion and technology, which is becoming increasingly relevant in today's fashion landscape.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Reflective Journal Textiles
Assessment: Textile Futures Portfolio
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.
Requirements to Study
Costs
There will be some costs incurred with the purchase of materials for the practicals.
Resources
There are no set textbooks for this unit. Please refer to the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
As part of the practicals in this unit, there are some health and safety risks with textile experimentation. There will be videos and guidance for managing the hazards. Risk assessments will be undertaken by teaching staff. You will also need to do an induction and risk assessments for the workshops.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.KK43 Bachelor of Creative Industries
- Demonstrate broad and coherent theoretical and practical knowledge required for creative enterprise, career development and interdisciplinary collaborations, supported by depth in at least one creative disciplinary area.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Reflective Journal Textiles, Textile Futures Portfolio - Demonstrate well-developed cognitive and ideation skills to identify, analyse and evaluate opportunities to address authentic complex problems.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Reflective Journal Textiles, Textile Futures Portfolio - Demonstrate technical expertise to support skills and knowledge within the Creative Industries.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO2, ULO4, Reflective Journal Textiles, Textile Futures Portfolio - Communicate effectively in a range of forms across multiple media modes, for sharing and disseminating knowledge, skills and ideas, and collaborative practice and navigation of social networks.
Relates to: ULO4, ULO5, Reflective Journal Textiles, Textile Futures Portfolio - Apply and adapt creative disciplinary knowledge and skills with agility in a range of industry, community and intercultural contexts.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Reflective Journal Textiles, Textile Futures Portfolio - Embody social and ethical responsibilities and exhibit well-developed judgement with resilience, integrity, curiosity and responsibility.
Relates to: ULO3, ULO4, Reflective Journal Textiles, Textile Futures Portfolio - Practise self-management of career and learning with enterprise and an entrepreneurial outlook, including the building of personal and professional relationships and partnerships.
Relates to: ULO5, Reflective Journal Textiles, Textile Futures Portfolio