Fashion as Design
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Fashion as Design at Coursera Overview
Duration | 20 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Fashion as Design at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 4 of 4 in the Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 20 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Fashion as Design at Coursera Course details
- Among all objects of design, our clothes are the most universal and intimate. Like other kinds of design, fashion thrives on productive tensions between form and function, automation and craftsmanship, standardization and customization, universality and self-expression, and pragmatism and utopian vision. It exists in the service of others, and it can have profound consequences?social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental.
- Fashion as Design focuses on a selection of more than 70 garments and accessories from around the world, ranging from kente cloth to jeans to 3D-printed dresses. Through these garments, we?re going to look closely at what we wear, why we wear it, how it?s made, and what it means. You?ll hear directly from a range of designers, makers, historians, and others working with clothing every day?and, in some cases, reinventing it for the future. Studio visits, interviews, and other resources introduce the history and development of each garment and their changing uses, meanings, and impact over time.
- Course Learning Objectives:
- Develop critical tools to appreciate and contextualize fashion design?from everyday clothing to couture garments?through many different perspectives.
- Trace the history, development, and impact of garments over time, and explore how they may be reinvented.
- Investigate garments through multiple lenses including politics, identity, and economics.
- Understand more about the lifecycle of clothing, from its design and production to its marketing, distribution, and consumption.
- Better comprehend the choices you make about fashion with respect to the visual language of dress, individual and collective identities, and issues such as labor practices, sustainability, and body politics.
Fashion as Design at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction
Why do we wear what we wear?
Welcome to Fashion as Design
Who's Afraid of Fashion? by Paola Antonelli
Additional Readings & Resources
Tell Us About You
Heroes
How do clothes make heroes?
On Site in Los Angeles: Recreating Bruce Lee's Tracksuit
Curator Stephanie Kramer on Sports Jerseys
Guy Baldwin, International Mr. Leather 1989, on Leather Pants
Designer Richard Malone on the Jumpsuit
Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond on the Hoodie
Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond, Abecedarium Presentation on the Hoodie
On Site in London: Designing a MarsBoot with Liz Ciokajlo
A Close Look at the Items: Sports Heroes
A Close Look at the Item: Subcultural Heroes
A Close Look at the Items: Military and Political Heroes
A Close Look at the Items: Celebrity and Pop Heroes
Bandana Tewari, Vogue India, on the Sari
Malika V. Kashyap, Border&Fall, on the Sari
A Close Look at the MarsBoot Prototype
Additional Readings & Resources
Heroes
Silhouettes
How do clothes shape the body?
On Site at MoMA: Designing Mannequins with Tae Smith
Curator Valerie Steele, Abecedarium Presentation on the Little Black Dress
Fashion Historian Francesca Granata on Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body?and Become One
Linda Loppa on the Tabi Boot
Designer Janie Bryant on the Pencil Skirt
Mickey Boardman, PAPER magazine, Abecedarium Presentation on the Muumuu and Caftan
A Close Look at the Items: Shape
A Close Look at the Items: Conform
A Close Look at the Items: Augment
Designer Norma Kamali on the Sleeping Bag Coat
A Close Look at the Items: Free
Fashion Historian Lauren Downing Peters and Co-founder of Universal Standard Alexandra Waldman on Non-Sample Size Clothing
Additional Readings & Resources
Silhouettes
Coutures
What goes into making what we wear?
On Site in London: Making a Bespoke Savile Row Suit with Anderson & Sheppard, Part I
On Site in London: Making a Bespoke Savile Row Suit with Anderson & Sheppard, Part II
Designer Carlo Brandelli on the Suit
Designers Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg on the Kinematics Dress
On Site in New Jersey: Designing 3D-Printed Dresses with threeASFOUR
A Close Look at the Items: Crafting
A Close Look at the Items: Producing
Jason Schott, Schott NYC, on the Biker Jacket
A Close Look at the Items: Growing
A Close Look at Design Collective threeASFOUR
Additional Readings & Resources
Mid-course survey
Coutures
Lifecycle
What is the lifecycle of our clothes?
On Site in San Francisco: Levi's Wellthread Design Team Meeting
On Site in San Francisco: Historical Jeans in the Levi's Archive with Tracey Panek
On Site in San Francisco: The Future of Denim Case Study with Paul Dillinger
Curator Emma McClendon, Abecedarium Presentation on Jeans
Designers Carmen Artigas and Mary Ping, Abecedarium Presentation on Rana Plaza
Curator Michelle Millar Fisher and Historian Francesca Granata on Premaman
Maxine Bédat, Zady, Abecedarium Presentation on E-Commerce
Conversation with Designer Pia Interlandi on the Little Black Death Dress
A Close Look at the Items: Jeans and White T-Shirt
A Close Look at the Items: Anew
Cheng Kang, Woolrich, on the Plaid Flannel Shirt
Designer Wei Hung Chen on the Modular Dress for Pregnant Women Prototype
A Close Look at the Items: Forever
A Close Look at the Little Black Death Dress Prototype
Additional Readings & Resources
Lifecycle
Modesty
How do we use clothes to cover and reveal?
Designer Hana Tajima on the Turtleneck and Hijab
Grace Ali, OF NOTE Magazine, Abecedarium Presentation on the Veil
Historian Leila Ahmed on the Hijab
A Close Look at the Items: Head and Neck
Rabbis Jodie Siff, Charles Savenor, and Melissa Buyer-Witman on the Kippah
A Close Look at the Items: Swimwear
Curator Glynis Jones on Speedo
A Close Look at the Items: Legs
Designer Miguel Mesa Posada on the Harem Pants Prototype
Designer Zhijun Wang on the Sneaker Mask
Additional Readings & Resources
Modesty
Expression
What do we say with what we wear?
Conversation with Artist Amanda Lopez and Designer Tanya Melendez on Door-Knocker Hoops
Photographer Tom Gould on the Lo-Life Crew
Curator Stephanie Kramer on the Slip Dress
Model Hari Nef, Abecedarium Presentation on Unisex Fashion
Photographer David Godlis, Abecedarium Presentation on Dr. Martens
Historian Christopher Richards on Kente Cloth
On Site in New York: Designing a 21st-Century Biker Jacket with Asher Levine
A Close Look at the Items: Appropriate
A Close Look at the Items: Subvert
Jessica Barber, CALVIN KLEIN, on the Slip Dress
A Close Look at the Items: Message
Designer Peter Saville on the Graphic T-Shirt
A Close Look at the Items: Identify
Valarie Benning on New Breed's Dashiki Fashions
A Close Look at the Biker Jacket Prototype
Additional Readings & Resources
Funding & Credits
End-of-course survey
Expression
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