FA6019 - FMP Realisation

In this practical module, you will be based in our fashion studios, workshops and digital labs. Experiential learning allows you to learn through making. You will be expected to observe, investigate, and engage in speculative inquiry, visualisation, and making. Curiosity and risk-taking will be rewarded. Building on your knowledge and technical skills to date, traditional, new and emerging technologies will be used to develop and realise outcomes.

You will work professionally with our technical team to communicate your design ideas through specification drawings, 3D illustrations and appropriate sampling. This professional approach to studio practice, engaging in a design thinking dialogue with academic tutors, technicians and peers, will enrich your experience and lead to more exciting outcomes and a higher level of skill development.

As a final-year student, you will be expected to work proactively and independently in the fashion studios and workshops and through self-directed study, making the most of the access available to the workshops outside of timetabled sessions with academic tutors. You should engage with the University Library and the research resources available. You should take ownership of your final major project and make links to future career goals, communicating professionally with peers and staff to help you productively achieve your ambitions. This module prepares you for employment by allowing you to gain specialist skills, professional attributes, and entrepreneurial capabilities.

Your module tutors will be your main source of support for your academic development. Through a mix of lectures, seminar discussions, practical workshops, and tutorials, they will provide you with the support you need to pass and succeed in each module.



At the outset of your module, you will receive a module briefing that will explain all learning outcomes and requirements. Crucially, it will also include a detailed timetable explaining the planned delivery of the module, workshops, and opportunities for support, including tutorials. You will meet your module tutors on a weekly basis.



During your modules, you will be expected to present work for feedback through group discussion with your peers, tutors, external collaborators, or stakeholders. You will also receive more individualised tutorial feedback prior to your submission to help improve your work.

In addition to your module tutors, you will be supported by various others and university services:



The Faculty provides a wide range of technical expertise to support your study. Technicians aligned with your modules will be able to provide technical instruction and demonstration of equipment and software required to complete your project work.

Library staff will provide induction sessions to introduce you to essential study skills, IT skills and information retrieval skills.

On live projects with external collaborators (or stakeholders), you may receive specific project feedback and professional career advice.

Visiting lecturers and professionals will give you greater contextual awareness and inspire you.

Academic Language Skills modules are available to help students at the Northumbria Campuses whose first language is not English or who have no experience studying in English in the UK.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:



1. Propose and evaluate responsible fashion outcomes using human or planet-centred design principles.



2. Show expertise in the skilled use of applications, tools, methods, and production processes to professional standards.



Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:



3. Develop, record, and analyse innovative design solutions through the synthesis of observation, investigation, speculative inquiry, visualisation, and making.



4. Critically review your personal development and design outcomes. Suggest any areas for self-improvement or future exploration.



Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):



5. Demonstrate design decision-making, effective time management, and exploration of independent resources for a self-directed learning journey.



6. Effectively present creative and complex design solutions to professional standards as evidenced through development and realisation of outcomes 2D/3D.

Formative Assessment

You will have the opportunity of continuous formative assessment through verbal feedback in studio sessions, self-assessment, and peer reviews.

Formative assessment will indicate the level at which you are currently achieving the relevant MLOs and offer an opportunity to discuss progress and ensure the right support is in place to achieve your goals. Formative assessment allows you to apply the feedback to your existing work and improve your competencies before your final summative assessment.

Summative Assessment

During the assessment period in weeks 9 and 10 of this module, you will prepare, present, and submit work for summative assessment. This module has one component:

100% Project Work

MLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

A body of practical realisation work in 2D/3D appropriate to your FMP concept as negotiated with the academic team. You will be asked to creatively document, present and reflect on your process and final product, evaluating your consideration of human or planet-centred design principles and areas of personal development.

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In your Final Major Project Realisation module, you will apply the research and concept generation from Block 1 to realise a range of appropriate creative and complex fashion outcomes to professional standards. Understanding of responsible design practices and relevant commercial contexts in line with your personal practice ambitions will underpin this work. Products may include but are not limited to garments, accessories, technical sportswear, lingerie, or swim, childrenswear or lifestyle products such as pet wear. Students may develop or invent a design solution proposed through prototyping or sampling. You are not limited to designing 3D or fabric outcomes. You could use publications, film, or new emerging media or platforms to realise evidence of brand and product concepts. Building on your knowledge and technical skills to date, traditional, new, and emerging technologies will be used to develop and realise outcomes.