| CODE | AAH3141 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Decorative Design Workshops | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Art and Art History | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is structured to give the candidate a practice-based design and decorative arts experience, which aims to be grounded in an art-historical understanding and familiarity with milestone developments in design and the decorative arts in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Candidates are required to build their own portfolio and personal journal of conceptual drawings and ideas which stem from their engagement with past practices but reinterpreting them to create a design-based installation, reflecting skills, knowledge and ideas developed during both lectures and pracrice-based workshops. The fine arts project is developed from a topic of the candidates’ own choice, based on personal experiences or other sources, concepts and narratives, such as literature, film, theatre, opera, etc. Study-Unit Aims: This study-unit aims to: - assist students to engage with design ideas and the works of major designers and design practitioners of the modern and contemporary period; - to support students to develop a corpus of works inspired by modern and contemporary design practice and skills and ideas resulting from a number of design workshops, such as glass and textiles; - make the student aware of the fundamental concepts and processes in design and their application in the production of a meaningful installation project which reflects current fine arts practices. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - develop modern and contemporary design ideas into an installation project which engages with a specific theme through textiles and glass; - critically engage with concepts in design practice and develop them into a contemporary discourse; - develop ideas inspired by design practice into a fine arts project. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will have: - familiarised themselves with major design ideas and absorbed them into their fine arts practice; - attained specific knowledge and developed a critical engagement pertaining to workshop practices such as glass and textiles; - developed a corpus of design-inspired works and developed a fine arts project in the form of a design-based installation inspired by personal experiences, concepts and narratives. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Martha Mitchell et al, Stained Glass Basics, Sterling Publishing Inc, New York, 1997. - Tom Lipton, Metalworking – Doing it Better: Machining, Welding, Fabricating, Industrial Press Inc., New York, 2013. - Philippe Garner, The Contemporary Decorative Arts from 1940 to the present day, Phaidon Press Ltd, Oxford, 1980. - David Raizman, History of Modern Design, 3rd Edition, Laurence King Publishing, 2023. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Mark Sagona |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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