academic year 2010-2011 - Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Fashion Design – Fashion Context
At the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, the fashion specialisation
explores people and fashion in their ever-changing context.
Every new approach forms a challenge for the lecturers. The
department has an open structure and focuses on a student’s
individual abilities. In the first specialisation year, the
foundation is laid for the student’s further study. In the
second specialisation year, the students expand their
knowledge in a more individual programme based on their
individual interests and abilities.
During the study programme, students will also be able to
undertake a work placement.
During the graduation project, attention will be paid to both
the student’s autonomous vision and his/her ability to apply
this in practice.
Courses offered:
Design
Experimental design
Research and concept development
Textile design
Fabric development
Realisation: classical and experimental techniques
Pattern drawing
Moulding and draping
Sewing, knitting and printing techniques
2D visual communication
Model drawing
Fashion drawing
Technical drawing
Art and fashion theory
Studium Generale
Design and collection development
Studium Generale
Fashion theory and thesis
Graduation project
Jewellery design
During the Jewellery design study programme, in addition to
developing a basic knowledge of traditional gold & silver
smithing, students will learn to apply these and other
techniques and individually develop their own visual language.
Students can experiment freely while receiving individual
supervision. This will enable them to develop their own
personal perspective on jewellery. The student’s inspirational
foundation is his/her own cultural baggage.
During the first and part of the second specialisation year,
the student will work primarily on assignments, thus gaining
content-related, formal and technical experience. During the
final examination year, the students will work on a concept
they have chosen themselves, the iconographic, philosophical
Students’ Charter Fine Arts and Design Gerrit Rietveld Academie
2010-2011
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