Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successfully completing this course, students should be able to design woven fabrics with advanced jacquard structures, such as different multi-layered and double faced structures, for industrial production. Students should be able to design usable woven fabrics and evaluate their design decisions in the light of sustainable production. The more credits they complete, the broader and deeper their knowledge of the subject should be.

Credits: 10

Schedule: 12.01.2022 - 01.06.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Hilkka-Maija Fagerlund

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Learning activities: Lectures, demostrations, group and individual tutorials, group meetings and critic session on the last contact teaching day

    Design assignment: Students design a collection of woven fabrics, which can include patterned jacquards as well as plains and textures, and realize it in weaving workshop and on industrial machine. Technical details of each fabric should be documented in product cards, and one copy of each product card with a small sample of fabric should be given for weaving workshop archieves. Students decide the focus of their collection according to their own  projects and interests. In addition to samples, students have the possibility to produce bigger pieces of fabric for their project.

Assessment Methods and Criteria
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Grounds for evaluation: participation and design assignment

    Evaluation criteria for design assignment: understanding, documentation and creative use of woven structures and materials, creativity of the design, the usability of the fabrics in their intended use, artistic expression, coordination of the collection

Workload
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    Depends on the number of credits:

    2 cr = 54h

    10 cr = 270h

    lectures and tutorials: 28h for all students, 80% attendance required

    group meetings and tutorials: 5h - 15h depending on the number of credits, 80% attendance required

    critic: 4h for all students completing 3 cr or more, attendance required

    time to think: 5h - 30h depending on the number of credits

    self-guided activities: 15h - 195h depending on the number of credits

    students have the possibility to meet teacher for individual tutoring for 0,5h-3h: 50h of teacher´s work

    Note: If student is participating on the course for second time, they do not need to participate on lectures.

DETAILS

Study Material
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    2 cr can be completed free of charge, but to complete the course with more credits, students should buy the needed (yarn) material themselves. 

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    12 Responsible Production and Consumption

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information
  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    80% attendance in contact teaching required.

    The whole 10 cr course can not be taken several times, but these 10 credits can be divided for several years

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Spring III-V

    2021-2022 Spring III-V

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=MUO-E1037

    Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

    Max. 20 students taking the course for first time + max. 5 students taking it for second time

    Min. 8 students

    In WebOodi

    Priority:

    1) Students from Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design (MA) and Fashion and Design majors (BA) who have the course in their personal study plan and who need it to be able to work on their thesis project or other relevant project related to woven fabrics.

    2) Textiles - Material and Structure - minor students who have the course in their personal study plan (after taking Woven Fabrics Studio - course)

    3) Exchange students in Fashion or Design (after taking Woven Fabrics Studio - course)

    4) Other participants according to the relevance of their projects

    Participation is confirmed by the student´s presence on the first lecture.

    Course plan as a pre-assigment should be submitted via email to responsible teacher at the same time with registration.

    TC-2 and dobby looms in Weaving workhsop as well as the industrial weaving machine are reserved for this course during periods III-V, so all students working on a project including design and production of woven fabrics during that time, must participate on the course.