Liverpool John Moores University – Fashion & Textile Design
14-12-2006
Liverpool John Moores University
Fashion & Textile Design BA (Hons)
Introduction
Cultural diversity is a feature of life in Liverpool. Imagery and inspiration plucked from all over the globe jostle for attention in the work of the students on the Fashion and Textile Design degree route. Canines and crinolines, bondage and brocade, feathers and flowers, are a few of the many and diverse influences used by the students of this highly individual course. Liverpool’s house style is pure energy, diversity and originality. Ideas flow freely in the creative city that has so many connections with artists, musicians and poets. The Liverpool course encourages this individualism and energy, polishing and adding professional know-how to the final product
Course content
This programme at Liverpool is diverse, free-ranging, broad in scope and allows a large degree of individual expression and creativity. It differs from many other courses because of its broad parameters. The route has a particular identity, which is most clearly defined in the students it attracts, and people external to it. It is highly creative, has energy, flexibility, breadth and freedom of approach which encourages diversity, individuality and dynamism. It provides a framework inside which students are prepared to enter the fashion/textiles and related industries. Fashion or Textile Design are taught as disciplines underpinned by the methodology of their design processes. This involves problem identification, exploration, research and information gathering in a divergent way, examination of design constraints leading to a synthesis and design solution. The course provides a framework for an intellectually searching and demanding educational experience while raising visual awareness, critical faculties and aesthetic sensibilities. Technical skills are taught under the major headings of Fashion and Textiles. Students are encouraged to work across the skill areas as the demands of their work dictate, taking maximum advantage of the interchange of ideas across the areas of the courses and the Art School.
Applications
Applications for fashion and textile design, fine art, graphic arts, interior design, multimedia arts, product design and digital modelling at Liverpool John Moores University may be submitted through UCAS by ‘Route B’. Three of your six choices may be used for ‘Route B’ applications, and these should be listed in order of preference, as they are passed to institutions in a sequential order. The closing date for ‘Route B’ applications is 24 March, to allow students the opportunity to collate a portfolio of work, which you will need to show to an admissions officer if you are called for interview.
Further information concerning applications to art and design programmes is available in the UCAS handbook.
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