52. Course: BA (Hons) Textiles
Year: Three
Unit: BA8: Final Project 2
Project Title
Resolution, consolidation, innovation
Project 1 of 1 within this unit
Start Date: 10/12/12
Study Hours: 680
Submission Dates: 25/01/13 Research Report
19/04/13 Extended Research Report ( if applicable)
17/05/13 Studio practice
53. This project sees the culmination of your final year of
study and allows you to bring your Final Project to
resolution. You will take forward the ideas developed
in BA7, and use your skills and knowledge to produce
resolved work that shows attention to detail and a
comprehensive understanding of your subject. You
may want to continue with particular concepts that
you were investigating in BA7 or you may wish to use
the skills you have developed in order to produce a
series of mini projects that are appropriate to your
interests.
54. This project sees the culmination of your final year of
study and allows you to bring your Final Project to
resolution. You will take forward the ideas developed
in BA7, and use your skills and knowledge to produce
resolved work that shows attention to detail and a
comprehensive understanding of your subject. You
may want to continue with particular concepts that
you were investigating in BA7 or you may wish to use
the skills you have developed in order to produce a
series of mini projects that are appropriate to your
interests.
55. This project sees the culmination of your final year of
study and allows you to bring your Final Project to
resolution. You will take forward the ideas developed
in BA7, and use your skills and knowledge to produce
resolved work that shows attention to detail and a
comprehensive understanding of your subject. You
may want to continue with particular concepts that
you were investigating in BA7 or you may wish to use
the skills you have developed in order to produce a
series of mini projects that are appropriate to your
interests.
56. culmination
Final Project to resolution. You will
take forward ideas
use your skills and knowledge to produce resolved
work
attention to detail
comprehensive understanding of your subject.
57. The project enables fine-tuning of the research report
developed in draft form in BA7 into a thoroughly
researched, analysed and well-organised document
that clearly communicates the issues under
investigation associated with your subject.
58. The project enables fine-tuning of the research report
developed in draft form in BA7 into a thoroughly
researched, analysed and well-organised document
that clearly communicates the issues under
investigation associated with your subject.
59. fine-tuning of the research report
thoroughly researched,
analysed
well-organised document
60. Studio Practice:
Your studio practice will be determined by the direction
of your intended project. Careful planning and
management of your project are essential in order
for you to complete a successful project, including
acquiring appropriate materials and booking
resources such as workshops. Your ability to assess
risks and use safe working practices is essential.
61. Studio Practice:
Your studio practice will be determined by the direction
of your intended project. Careful planning and
management of your project are essential in order
for you to complete a successful project, including
acquiring appropriate materials and booking
resources such as workshops. Your ability to assess
risks and use safe working practices is essential.
63. Business and Professional Skills:
This project will include sessions on self-promotion,
career opportunities and interview preparation. Your
independent research report may be wholly or
partially concerned with investigating contextual
issues concerned with your studio project.
Contextual Studies:
Your independent research report may be wholly or
partially concerned with investigating contextual
issues concerned with your studio project.
64. Business and Professional Skills:
This project will include sessions on self-promotion,
career opportunities and interview preparation. Your
independent research report may be wholly or
partially concerned with investigating contextual
issues concerned with your studio project.
Contextual Studies:
Your independent research report may be wholly or
partially concerned with investigating contextual
issues concerned with your studio project.
65. Business and Professional Skills:
sessions on self-promotion
career opportunities
interview preparation
investigating contextual issues
Contextual Studies:
investigating contextual issues
66. what do you need to do?
A body of studio work and supporting evidence
of research. This will be negotiated with tutors
in response to your declaration in your
learning agreement.
A written critical evaluation (500-1000 words).
A research report (5000 words).
67. LO7:
Demonstrate consistent We will be looking for
understanding and detailed methodical and reliable
knowledge of the key references to and analysis of
characteristics and the key concepts, issues and
boundaries of subject methods of subject
practice discipline throughout your
studio work, research report
and written evaluation
68. LO8:
Show evidence of sustained We will be looking for a
critical engagement with an focused approach
issue or question relevant to to researching, analysing and
your subject, referencing the communicating including
bodies of knowledge posing relevant research
that support and challenge questions, showing depth
your discipline, and and breadth in your range of
communicating your research sources,
findings through appropriate utilising appropriate
written and visual research methods
communication presented and producing both a final
in the form of a research body of studio work and a
report. related Research Report.
69. LO9:
Demonstrate awareness of We will be looking for
debates within and around indications that you have
subject practice, related your project to
acknowledging pluralistic contemporary
and open-ended approaches debates in the subject and
to the development of that you have looked
specialist skills and broadly at your subject in
knowledge. relation to the wider social,
cultural and economic
climate. We will be looking
for approaches that suggest
originality and innovation.
70. LO10:
Demonstrate the capacity to We will be looking for an
manage your learning, using organised approach to
a range of approaches and planning and managing your
resources identified through time and the resources
independent research into required to successfully
your subject. complete the project. We
will be looking for signs that
you have been learning
independently by taking
ideas, techniques and
research beyond those
suggested by the tutor
71. LO11:
Apply subject skills and We will be looking for
knowledge to develop and documentation of your
extend projects beyond decision making;
initial findings and solutions developmental, selection
towards resolved outcomes. and editing processes; and
evaluation of the successes
and failures that lead to
your final resolved studio
work.
72. LO12: We will be looking for easily
Communicate effectively to accessible, well organised
a range of specialist and and clearly labelled material
non-specialist audiences in all of your submission. We
using means appropriate will be looking at how easily
to your practice. we are able to follow your
ideas and the relationships
and approaches you have
taken. We will be looking at
the communication methods
you have used and your
decisions regarding their
appropriateness to your
audience
79. Project outline
• You can approach this one week task from any
angle.
• As individuals you must work out what your
strengths are and use these within the group.
• As a group you must define your own
parameters and notions of success.
80. research testing sampling designing finished pieces
81. Requirements
As a group your body of work will include
(minimum).
• primary research
• to include examples of appropriate market
research for the work and the theme.
82. Requirements
As a group your body of work will include
(minimum).
• Initial ideas
• at least 100.
83. Requirements
As a group your body of work will include
(minimum).
• samples/sampling
• which shows evidence of skills, knowledge of
process’s alongside coherent and rigorous
thinking and reflection.
84. Requirements
As a group your body of work will include
(minimum).
• final work (minimum)
• 4 completed pieces that work as a collection.
• 3 colour-ways or variations for each piece
submitted.
• 1 in-situ to scale contextual modelling for one
of the designs submitted.
• 1 ‘storyboard’ to include the development of
your work and appropriate market research.
85. Deadline
Your work will be presented to the group at
the beginning of next week in the form of a
pitch.
10.30 - 10 12 12
We will use the Learning outcomes for the
unit to judge the work.
86. Deadline
Each group will have 15 minutes to present
their ideas in any format plus 10 minutes
questions from the whole group.
87. Deadline
The work will be assessed and your individual
engagement and involvement in the task
noted.
88. Deadline
The group will determine who is the most
successful.
Peer assessment -
A structure for assessing will be devised
through the workshop with the whole group
on Monday – 10 12 12.
