Location:

London, United Kingdom; Copenhagen, Denmark

Program Type:

Study Abroad

Degree Level:

Undergraduate

Term:

Summer

Program Overview

Program Description:

This course is intended to explore the contemporary digital print fashion world and to exploit the essence of both cities and schools involved, offering a wide perspective and different approaches in order to create your personal projects. Creativity, research, and lab work will combine with encounters and project revisions that will enrich your personal approach to fashion design Course Dates: London 4 July - 8 July 2016 Copenhagen 11 July - 15 July 2016 (Travel days: 9 - 10 July)

During this course you will learn research techniques employed by students of the two leading colleges delivering the course (Central Saint Martins in London and KADK in Copenhagen) to create a wealth of visual material for your projects. During the course you will produce 6 printouts or fabric samples of your designs which you will then incorporate into a line of 6 outfit designs, three of which will have placement prints engineered to fit your shape. You will also leave with three final illustrations for your portfolio.

Course Objectives: The advancements of digital printing and textile development allow designers to further their visions on fashion. Digital printing will continue to impact the look and economics of fashion and is poised to become the primary method of printing for the 21st century. This programme is aimed at current fashion students or new professionals who wish to broaden and enrich their Digital Print Fashion design experience in two great fashion and lifestyle capitals. Learning Outcomes: -Developing research skills to produce design solutions which make an imaginative use of colour and imagery. -The ability to communicate ideas using drawing and other visual forms appropriate to the Fashion Print field.

Setting Description:

Central Saint Martins and KADK London and Copenhagen, are two dynamic fashion and lifestyle capital cities that provide ideal summer study abroad locations to compare and contrast the exhilarating design culture of northern Europe. Copenhagen, the European green capital in 2014, is a standard bearer for cool Scandinavian design, new Nordic cuisine and cosy interiors, that wins many quality of life surveys.

Cost:

gbp1750 tuition only