Beaconhouse National University (BNU)

Course Code: IDE-201 | Contact Time: 3 Hours Per Week | Credits: 3 | Theory

This course is an introduction to progression of change in human thought and modes of being. It focuses on developments beginning in the late 1700s till present, although the content often cuts across linearity. The course foregrounds intellectual development mentioned above but in conversation with social, political, economic and technological shifts which influence the creation of new world orders. It is proposed that such intellectual threads may be grasped from the territories of many disciplines thus providing a deep but flexible grounding of theory to practice.

Course Code: IDE-202 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

From the shifting coordinates of art, design and other creative fields, what does it mean to be “practicing” today? What are some actions and indications of it? This course tackles these questions from an interdisciplinary context, borrowing from poetics, functionality, and research. Students begin to define the idea of practice for themselves through rigorous coursework in which they are asked to consider this question from varying lenses. As a result, they are expected to understand production as having relevance in more than one arena including aesthetic, cultural, social, utilitarian and political.

Course Code: TFA-230 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

In this course, students from Textile, Fashion and Accessory work on open-ended projects. Tasks are designed through identifying meaningful ideas which help students to respond to complex notions such as identity, communication and others. The multidisciplinary nature of this course actively engages students, allowing all textile, accessory and fashion students to interact with each other. This leads to a unique dialogue that encourages sharing of ideas and culminates in diverse design trends. Idea and concept development are the focus of this course to develop an individualized signature style.

Course Code: TFA-230 Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

In this course, students from Textile, Fashion and Accessories work on open-ended projects. Tasks are designed through identifying meaningful ideas which help students to respond to complex notions such as identity, communication and others. The multidisciplinary nature of this course actively engages students, allowing all textile, accessories and fashion students to interact with each other. This leads to a unique dialogue that encourages sharing of ideas and culminates in diverse design trends. Idea and concept development are the focus of this course to develop an individualised signature style.

Course Code: TFA-305 | Contact Time: 12 Hours per week | Credits: 6 | Studio

The focus of this course lies in gaining knowledge of current and emerging Accessory Design practice and understanding core design principles pertaining to accessories, such as scale, proportion, balance, flexibility, form and color. There is an emphasis on research and material exploration, encouraging students to challenge a variety of themes in intellectual and creative ways resulting in conceptually driven, technically resolved, contemporary design outcomes.

Course Code: TFA-306 | Contact Time: 12 Hours per week | Credits: 6 | Studio

This course offers a platform for students to begin developing their own unique style and creative vision. Accessory Design will be explored in an interdisciplinary fashion by investigating the notion of narrative through materials, forms and wearability. By employing a combination of primary and secondary research methodologies and advanced fabrication techniques, students will gain a more profound understanding of complex themes in context to local and international accessory design practice.

Course Code: TFA-405 | Contact Time: 18 Hours per week | Credits: 9 | Studio

This course allows students to explore their individual areas of interest through vast research thereby expressing their unique identity through self-directed research and projects. Students draw from their past experiences, personal narratives or commentaries on social, cultural or political notions by adopting a multidisciplinary approach to idea-generation. Students acquire invaluable experience by working for a leading accessory or design house in the form of an intensive, mandatory 6-week internship during the summer as part of their professional training. Students are encouraged to take their choice of topics into the final semester.

Course Code: TFA-407 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

Current local as well as international trends and pioneers in fields of contemporary design will be introduced in this course in response to changing global trends with a focus on ‘green’ design solutions. The course aims to formulate critical design questions reflecting on work done by artists and designers with a view to consider possible research questions, theoretical frameworks and approaches. The course will help develop an ability to critique and evaluate contemporary design beyond textile, fashion or accessory.

Course Code: TFA-406 | Contact Time: 24 Hours per week | Credits: 12 | Studio

This course is a culmination of a student’s 4-year degree programme learning. An individual portfolio is developed based on the topics that interest them, and are taken forward from the previous semester. This is aided by close supervision of tutors and a panel of advisors for the Thesis Exhibition. Students write a project proposal focusing on a specific area of interest and develop a body of work at a professional level.

Course Code: TFA-408 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

This course aims to equip students to enter the professional world beyond the shelters of academia while training them in academic report writing, CVs and resumes, cover letters, teamwork, leadership and networking. The course responds to the changing dynamics of the design world thus facilitating students to build original and effective communication strategies through insights of the industry. Students would be able to construct their professional identity through visual essays, websites, blogs, and portfolios in digital and hardbound formats shared through relevant art and design platforms.

Course Code: TFA-210 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

Textile art, one of the oldest forms, at its inception was more focused on utilitarian purposes. Fibre has, over centuries, refined its usage, context and language. This course will explore the journey fibre has undertaken to become a material that becomes a narrative for stories. It will consider the fibre artist as a thinker designer who sensitive to the environment and the is context they inhabit. This course will delve into the takes by revisiting the very notion of fibre as a material.

Course Code: TFA-211 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

In this course students develop an advanced application of fundamental skills in fashion drawing. It teaches fashion hand drawn techniques mainly from live fashion models. It will focus on body proportions, body details, and body proportions and then move on to concentrating on the stylised fashion figure, allowing students to synthesise and create their own ideas. It provides a platform to learn various skill sets, ranging from illustration to fashion drawing and encourages students to experiment and develop creative responses.

Course Code: TFA-212 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

This course uses contemporary digital technologies to realise textile, fashion and accessories ideas into marketable accomplishments. The course will serve as a maker-space to visualise and apply digital solutions to create high-performance pieces. It introduces new approaches to create responsive and adaptive digital assemblies. Students will be encouraged to collaborate and make links with the appropriate audiences and industries.

Course Code: TFA-219 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

In this course, students will learn the mechanics of style and fashion and its application in the industry. The course aims to form fashion stylists who can conceptualise creatively

in terms of fashion trends and functional approaches in the fashion industry by analysing prior trends and predicting new ones. The main focus of the course is to develop students’ ability to identify, collect, assemble, communicate and present fashion and style trends as a forecaster and stylist within the dominion of the fashion industry.

Course Code: TFA-220 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

This course explores advanced levels of three-dimensional object drawing that will enable designers to translate their unique vision and ideas into a comprehensive visual understanding with an emphasis on anatomy, perspective and materiality. Students will explore advanced rendering techniques using a variety of mediums including watercolors, acrylics, markers and mix-mediums that will enable them to communicate their designs as vivid and detailed illustrations that effectively communicate elements like materials, texture and print. The course provides and essential guide to product development and fabrication for designers and that encompasses a variety of spectrums including textiles, home ware, accessories, and fashion.

Course Code: TFA-221 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

3D Digital Design is an advance learning module for 3D Prototyping, CNC/RP processing and animated design forms. By using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Blender, This course is focused on teaching students how to use digital tools and software to create designs for textiles and fashion. By integrated learning of fashion, accessories and technology enrich the command upon new age style. The course is engaged with the aesthetics of the tech-savvy contemporary age. It mainly emphasis on the production of the sample prototypes through the application of advanced technological skill. The course also covers topics such as preparing files for print and production. Students will learn Vector-based illustrations and patterns and will learn transformation of 2D design into 3D digital ideas.

Course Code: TFA-208 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

This studio-based course uncovers the basic techniques, materials and processes within the broad historical context of metalworking. Studies in product types, weights, measurements, workshop tools and equipment form major components of the course. Students are exposed to a variety of themes and ways of perceiving metal objects and form sensibilities in understanding and tackling different types of metals as they translate various concepts and narrations into prototypes and eventually, finished forms.

Course Code: TFA-209 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

This course explores the dynamic world of fashion & textile accessories and apparel ornamentation. Students will be exposed to a variety of materials, techniques and processes such as handbag making, millinery and head-gears that will enable them to design and construct fashion accessories fit for the ramp and will equip them with the knowledge and skills required to provide a new dimension to the current fashion industry.

Course Code: TFA-217 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

This course exposes students to materials used in the fabrication of accessory design products. Students explore a variety of conventional techniques, qualities and designs related to accessory design which helps them transform traditional practices into contemporary forms and outlook. The course also explores alternative materials used in accessory products such as rubber, synthetics, woods and metals, as well as cement. This course requires studio experimentation culminating in a project that explores materials and contemporary techniques with meaningful narratives.

Course Code: TFA-218 | Contact Time: 6 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Studio

In this course students will design and execute experimental and non-traditional home accessories working with the guidelines of essential tools of the trade and accessory embellishment. Discussion of innovative design ideas is emphasized, as well as the use of alternative materials and methods to create new conceptions in the world of home accessory design. Students will also explore various contemporary finishing techniques and learn through making prototypes. Moreover, they will critically consider ideas of the domestic in relationship with the objects they produce.

Course Code: TFA-224 | Contact Time: 3 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Theory

In this course students examine how the politics of adornment has uniquely created its own philosophy, attempting to provide not only a core but a profound explanation of the world around. It unfolds through the lens of gender, cultural norms and perception. The course particularly discusses the transformed meaning of adornment in present society, researching contemporary contexts and building new ones beyond the preconceived notions and inevitably addressing global dimensions of such through comparative case studies between developments in Asia and Europe.

Course Code: TFA-229 | Contact Time: 3 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Theory

In this course students will develop an understanding of significant movements and traditions with reference to everyday accessories interlinked with utility and function of objects. Notions such as space, chromatic organisation, visual effects, and various psychological phenomena will be explored. Emphasis will be placed on the social, economic, cultural, and physical influences that have affected the design of the built environment allowing students to make connections within and across disciplines.

Course Code: TFA-225 | Contact Time: 3 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Theory

This course aims to enlighten students on the changing dynamics of the world in regard to social justice movements and the impact of these developments on global shifts of values. The idea is to develop an understanding of equitable practices and an awareness of structural inequalities that are worsened by unconscious prejudices and bias. The course, thus, facilitates students in maintaining a balanced and empathetic perspective. In a rapidly changing world, it is important to take note of how we perceive societal norms and periodically reassess whether these could be fairer.

Course Code: TFA-226 | Contact Time: 3 Hours per week | Credits: 3 | Theory

In this course, students are exposed to strategy, branding and entrepreneurship amongst other concepts of marketing improving their ability to make effective decisions, including assessing opportunities and developing strategies and implementation plans. This course helps students understand the value of a brand, and how to build, manage, and protect it. It also explores how digital and social media have created new opportunities and risks for brands. Through essentials of entrepreneurship, they are exposed to the dynamics of an entrepreneur’s route; from the birth of ‘the idea,’ to generating funds and getting a grip in the market.