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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Reconstructing the Garment

  • Unit Code

    FAS2101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the relationships between cloth, garment and the body. It supports the development of the design skills, construction techniques and technology that enables the investigation of this relationship in a creative and innovative manner using deconstruction and reconstruction of found garment to explore form, scale and material. It will explore notions of the garment though experimenting with elements of form and function in relation to the body.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from FAS2102, FAS2105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create an original garment/s by deconstructing or reworking a 'found' garment.
  2. Develop a body of research from a 'found' garment.
  3. Discuss ideas of 'found' /recycled elements in relation to fashion and/or art.
  4. Discuss the relationship between form, function and non-function in garments.
  5. Formulate a research information and ideas into a written proposal and timeline.
  6. Recontextualise a garment by altering its material, function and /or functional elements.
  7. Use relevant digital technologies to research and present information on a designer or artist in relationship to their own work methodology and cultural context.

Unit Content

  1. Addition, removal or repositioning of functional elements and exchange of materials.
  2. Change of form and function of original garment.
  3. Deconstruction of pre-existing 'found' garment.
  4. Discussion on relevant critical local and international designers/collections.
  5. Presentation of work through oral discussion and appropriate use of digital technology.
  6. Self directed body of work.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, demonstrations and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative Workfound garment research30%
Creative Workself-directed project50%
PresentationResearch presentation20%

Text References

  • Derycke, L. (1999). Belgian fashion design. Ghent, Belgium: Ludion.
  • Gan, S. (1997). Visionaire's fashion 2000: Designers at the turn of the millennium. London: Laurence King Pub.
  • Scarffer, C. (1993). Couture sewing techniques. USA: Taunton Press.
  • Jones, T. (2003). Fashion now: I-D selects the world's 150 most important designers. London: Taschen.
  • Wilcox, C. (2001). Radical fashion. London V&A.
  • Frankel, S. (2002). Visionaries: Interviews with fashion designers. London: V&A.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Communications and Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Reconstructing the Garment

  • Unit Code

    FAS2101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the relationships between cloth, garment and the body. It supports the development of the design skills, construction techniques and technology that enables the investigation of this relationship in a creative and innovative manner using deconstruction and reconstruction of found garment to explore form, scale and material. It will explore notions of the garment though experimenting with elements of form and function in relation to the body.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from FAS2102, FAS2105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create an original garment/s by deconstructing or reworking a 'found' garment.
  2. Develop a body of research from a 'found' garment.
  3. Discuss ideas of 'found' /recycled elements in relation to fashion and/or art.
  4. Discuss the relationship between form, function and non-function in garments.
  5. Formulate a research information and ideas into a written proposal and timeline.
  6. Recontextualise a garment by altering its material, function and /or functional elements.
  7. Use relevant digital technologies to research and present information on a designer or artist in relationship to their own work methodology and cultural context.

Unit Content

  1. Addition, removal or repositioning of functional elements and exchange of materials.
  2. Change of form and function of original garment.
  3. Deconstruction of pre-existing 'found' garment.
  4. Discussion on relevant critical local and international designers/collections.
  5. Presentation of work through oral discussion and appropriate use of digital technology.
  6. Self directed body of work.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, demonstrations and workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Creative WorkFound garment research40%
Creative WorkSelf-directed project40%
PresentationResearch presentation20%

Text References

  • Evans, C. (2003). Fashion at the edge. London, United Kingdom: Yale University Press.
  • Brand, J., Teunissen, & van der Zwaag, A. (Eds.). (2006). The power of fashion: About design and meaning. The Netherlands: Terra and Art EZ Press.
  • Scarffer, C. (1993). Couture sewing techniques. USA: Taunton Press.
  • Jones, T. (2003). Fashion now: I-D selects the world's 150 most important designers. London, United Kingdom: Taschen.
  • Wilcox, C. (2001). Radical fashion. London, United Kingdom: V&A.
  • Frankel, S. (2002). Visionaries: Interviews with fashion designers. London, United Kingdom: V&A.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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