MA Fashion Textiles Technologies
University of the Arts London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
12 months
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
MA Fashion Textiles Technologies
This experimental and interdisciplinary course focuses on the creation of innovative textiles surfaces and constructions for fashion. Through exploration of traditional craft and digital processes alongside investigation into new material and fabric constructions you will lead the textile industry from within.
This experimental and interdisciplinary textiles course will focus on the creation of innovative textiles surfaces, constructions and structures for fashion. Through deep understanding, thorough testing and exploration of traditional craft processes alongside investigation into new material and technological fabric construction innovations, you’ll produce outcomes that demonstrate the future of fashion textiles. The aim is that you will utilise design process to make use of technologies to develop textiles in a variety of creative ways.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
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Curriculum
Course units
- Research Methods (shared unit)
- Material and Process
- Collaboration and Development
- Electives (shared unit)
- Master’s Project (shared unit)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Masters graduates have an acknowledged advantage in the employment market, obtaining work in a wide range of vocational and academic fields related to fashion, including working as a Marketing Executive, Brand Manager, Marketing Communications Manager.
The MA also provides an excellent preparation for higher level research degrees (MPhil or PhD), with an increasing number of graduates undertaking research in fashion related subjects, in practice or theory or entering into education as lecturers.
Program delivery
What to expect
- Digital and craft technology: Technical textiles education is well-established at LCF, with courses being run since the college’s inception over 100 years ago. This new course will build upon this legacy and upon the success of our well-established BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles course with its three specialist areas of knitting, print, and embroidery, all of which benefit from the most extensive range of digital and craft industrial technology in the UK.
- A holistic, analytical approach: In this course, you’ll be encouraged to imagine the future of your craft and your role as a designer by exploring its past and present. In addition to rigorous research and analysis into technical areas, you’ll consider the cultural, social, and environmental impact of fashion textiles at a global level.
- A sustainable focus: New research-led, practice-based design methods devised to enhance sustainable and circular practice in the fashion and textile industry will be supported by LCF’s Digital Anthropology Lab, Centre for Sustainable Fashion (CSF), and the Active Materials and Systems research group (AMSR) and the establishment of the new lab.
- Collaborative working: Collaboration with industry partners, LCF researchers and/or fellow students is embedded into the course, and will be central to your learning experience.
Industry experience and opportunities:
The course benefits from a strong collaborative focus with opportunities with related industries and cross-discipline design courses within the School of Design and Technology. Live briefs will form an integral part of this master’s course enhancing students’ professional skills and employability potential. Students are also encouraged to engage in extra-curricular national and international competitions and opportunities.
Guest speakers from LCF’s research team and associated communities of practice and from industry will support the course including alumni from the BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles course at LCF, many of whom have established their own successful businesses or are in placed within key textile companies.
Exploring the entrepreneurial resources available in the university such as SET can also support students to frame ideas towards a business proposition. Enterprise is further supported via integration with the LCF’s Graduate Futures team.