MA Fashion Knitwear Design - MA

Master

In Nottingham

£ 7,800 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    1 Year

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Our MA Fashion Knitwear Design course will encourage you to innovate through experimental research and practice to develop a forward-thinking and challenging approach to realise advances and new directions in fashion knitwear. Through working closely working closely with dedicated expert academic, technical and research staff, you'll enhance and develop new and advanced specialist knowledge and skills for knitted textiles and fashion knitwear design.
With more than 30 years’ experience and an international reputation for excellence in fashion knitwear design, we will support you through flexible and responsive teaching and learning, helping you to explore and challenge the limits of fashion knitwear design.

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Location

Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Work in our outstanding knit facilities, with access to hand flat and power knitting machines, including Shima Seiki and Stoll
Have space to work in our dedicated postgraduate studio, alongside other MA Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Design students
Benefit from the professional expertise of our academic staff, researchers and visiting designers such as Orsola de Castro, Juliana Sissons, Jo Cope, David Telfer, Moxham, and Christopher Raeburn
Work with fellow students, practitioners and academic staff from different cultures and backgrounds
Have the opportunity to visit London and join European study trips to Florence, Antwerp and Paris
Have the opportunity to apply for specialist bursaries including ‘The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters’ and sponsorship of yarns through links with industry and individual networking opportunities
Be selected to exhibit at New Designers in London and have an opportunity to be selected for TexSelect (formerly Texprint)
Opt for an additional advanced research module if you’re thinking of progressing to PhD or Professional Doctorate study
Work with fellow students, practitioners and academic staff from different cultures and backgrounds

This course leads to a wide range of career opportunities including:
knitwear / knitted textiles designer
product developer
sourcing manager
technologist
buyer, merchandiser
production manager
trend forecasting
styling within companies and brands.

2.2 honours degree in a related subject.
Applicants with non-standard entry qualifications and / or relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis.

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Subjects

  • Textiles
  • Design
  • Art design
  • Knitwear Design
  • Art
  • Art and design
  • Advanced Art and Design
  • Advanced Art
  • Fashion Knitwear Design
  • Fashion Knitwear
  • Designers
  • CAD
  • 3d design

Course programme

Year One

You can opt to complete this module as either 180 credit points, or as 160 credit points with an additional module in Advanced Art and Design Research worth 20 credit points.

Fashion Knitwear Design

(180 credit points or 160 credit points)

Working with your allocated supervisor, and through discussion with your peers, you’ll develop ideas for your project, creating a project proposal outlining your personal and project aims.

Subject specialist and mixed-discipline tutorials will be used to invite debate and provide a platform to critique the theories and practices you’re interested in. You’ll also be encouraged to evaluate the development of your research and use of methods, your personal engagement and your reflective practice, all of which will inform your project and contribute to discussions about your fellow students’ projects.
As part of your learning you’ll keep evidence of your reflective practice, through recording, analysing and evaluating your ideas, and by considering ways in which your project might progress.

You’ll submit your project proposal at the first interim evaluation presentation in November and receive feedback from your supervisor. You’ll continue to update this proposal before submitting a final version in April. You’ll also be encouraged to apply critical evaluation skills evidenced through reflective writing, which should form part of your final submission in a journal, sketchbook, or blog.

Throughout the module, you’ll experience a series of multidisciplinary fashion, textiles and knitwear design lectures and seminars on themes to support the development of scholarly, critical, and practical knowledge and skills at postgraduate level. This will include lectures delivered by academic staff, postgraduate researchers, MA alumni, designers, industry specialists and other professionals.

You’ll have health and safety inductions in our fashion knitwear design resources, including the flatbed and advanced power knitting (Shima Seiki and Stoll) technology available. This will be followed by practical Dubied flatbed and computer-aided design (CAD) knit workshops.
You’ll also have the option to join other related fashion and textiles inductions, where appropriate, relating to the emerging focus of your project. Inductions into our resources are complemented by workshops in visual research and in 2D and 3D design development, encouraging experimentation in your area of interest in fashion knitwear design.

In February and April, you’ll present your work to date in formal verbal and visual presentations to the course leader, supervisors, and your peers. You’ll effectively articulate, critically analyse and reflect upon your progress through examples of theoretical research, practical design work, and reflection on your developing fashion knitwear design practice. You’ll also be asked to submit your work to date, including evidence of reflective practice, an understanding of research methods, and project development work.

During the module, you’ll also consider options for sharing your fashion knitwear concepts, designs and prototypes in public forums through exhibition briefings and professional practice lectures and seminars. This will provide you with opportunities to present and critique your work, and that of others, in order to support you in the successful and professional resolution of your project. Portfolio tutorials will support you in resolving the visual communication of your project in a format that reflects your individual philosophy and identity as a fashion knitwear designer.
Independently organised activities within your peer group, both inside and outside the University, can also be planned in this module to encourage the dissemination of your work in a manner that benefits you and your project. Towards the end of the module, you’ll be invited to join promotional events such as New Designers (London) and a Masters exhibition (NTU) to present your innovative designs to industry and the general public. You’ll also have the opportunity to prepare and deliver a final presentation summarising the outcomes of your MA project.

Optional research module

(20 credit points)

Advanced Art and Design Research

This module exposes you to a range of different research methods across diverse practice-led research projects and research-led practices within Art & Design. If you are interested in pursuing your practice in the form of a PhD this course will give you the tools to prepare for this.

MA Fashion Knitwear Design - MA

£ 7,800 VAT inc.