Design Technologies: Textiles

Elective Unit

Prerequisites

Although there are no prerequisites for this course, having completed Year 8 or Year 9 Textiles is advantageous.

Course Description

This course builds skills and knowledge by engaging students in delving deeper into their critical and conceptual design thinking. Students will develop a theme that is personal and create a garment that conveys their identity and culture. The course will promote innovation and experimentation with emerging technologies, processes, techniques and materials through the creation of prototypes and a collection of finished products.  Students will develop effective organisational and time management skills, as well as risk management and product evaluation.

The course will culminate in a celebration of learning in the Term 4 Fashion Showcase. This event will enable students to develop their technical skills and knowledge as well as expose them to relevant work-related skills such as collaboration, communication, organisation and evaluation.

Essential Questions

• How does identity and culture impact design?
• What is the role of the designer?
• How can design be inclusive through working with an end-user?
• How do designers develop effective evaluation skills and establish clear planning and reviewing strategies during the design process?

Areas of Study

Design Production

• Students learn to investigate, define, design/ideate, produce and evaluate to achieve a final outcome. They experience effective decision-making and problem-solving, project management and team collaboration.
• Students identify their client/end user and their needs, they establish a design brief (statement of intent), research support material, design a range of options for consideration by the client/end user, evaluate possibilities, develop a production plan, consider safety issues and establish constraints. Finally, they make the negotiated product/s.

Design Folio

• A Design Folio operates in conjunction with the production work. It records and showcases the student's ability to communicate visually through research and development, trials and testing of materials, tools and equipment and present clear evaluations of the design thinking journey.