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-301 | Contact Time: 12 Hours per week | Credits: 6 | Studio

In this course, thematic exercises are designed to make students visualise how ‘idea designs’ are developed into full-scale professional textile designs incorporating printing, weaving and other surface techniques. A series of designs are developed on paper, using computer-aided design software. This course provides an opportunity to understand and develop concepts by exploring various art and design methods. Students modify and construct methods through their own research within class projects, a process which aids their conceptual growth.

Course Code: TFA-302 | Contact Time: 12 Hours per week | Credits: 6 | Studio

This course provides an opportunity to understand and develop concepts by exploring various art and design methods. Students modify and construct methods through their own research within introduced projects that enhance conceptual growth as well as the reflective process. Students are exposed to the term ‘fibre art’ and its practices around the globe. The course also addresses the industrial parameters of techniques for creating students’ design on textiles. The design work follows international and local trends and color forecasts. Mandatory internships in the textile industry are a highlight of this course.

Course Code: TFA-231 Contact Time: TBD Credits: 2

The internship programme at School of Visual Arts and Design is a 2-credit course, harnessing a bridge to link theory, studio and experience its culmination into professional practice. The idea is to place students in the industry to experience the professional environment and learn to apply and connect academic learning to outcomes in the industry. The students would be required to hone their professional skills and build corporate acumen by forming linkages with the industry in a supervised environment. The supervision will come both from faculty at and experts from the art and design industry to ensure the application of ideas and concepts in the real world.

Course Code: TFA-401 | Contact Time: 18 Hours per week | Credits: 9 | Studio

In this course students work on exploring and investigating areas of interest using qualitative methods to identify their research gap. The industrial placement (as part of the summer programme preceding this semester) helps them mature their design ideas into pragmatic solutions. This course will help develop students’ analytical thinking through observation, and augment their experience and the research conducted. It will allow them to streamline their entire creative process and ultimately equip them to select and discard ideas; the most important aspect of critical thinking.

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 accessories.

Course Code: TFA-402 | Contact Time: 24 Hours per week | Credits: 12 | Studio

In this course, students work on an independent yet supervised Thesis Project. Building upon research conducted in the previous semester, students refine their final thesis question. The most important aspect is for students to be aware of the role they have to play in society as ‘Socially Conscious Thinker Designers’ and how through their design contributions they can contribute to society. Students are encouraged to work on themes that deal with sustainable trends and social issues to make contributions as designers. The idea is to empower the students to develop their design philosophy

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-201 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

This thematically approached course is an introduction to surface and enhancement techniques along with building on prior foundations of design. The emphasis is on how distinct materiality can be used to develop innovative solutions. Students are introduced to hand and machine knitting, Batik, exposed screen-printing, and exploration of embellishment on fabric along with other surface embellishment techniques.

Course Code: TFA-213 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

In this course students will learn through thematic projects to develop a textural catalogue expressing and exploring fibre as a narrative. Students will learn surface development techniques such as up-cycled sustainable textures, hand and machine embroidery, embellishment, tie & dye, silk painting, knotting, knitting, felting, and open screen- printing. By means of a series of projects derived from visual research, students will learn how to create novel surfaces in plain weave and imagery through off-loom tapestry.

Course Code: TFA-214 Contact Time: 6 hours per week Credits: 3 I Studio

In this course, students will learn how craft traditions reflect the very essence of socio-cultural profiles of this region. By interacting with craftspeople through workshops, this course will facilitate in understanding the context of the craftspeople and play a role in developing sustainable linkages with the community. Students will understand the role they have to play in giving back to the community by providing design support and developing sustainable and ethical relationships with craft practices.

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.