Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After successfully completing the course, the student is able to:

• Understand functional wear design principles across various contexts;
• Demonstrate co-innovation, cooperation, and effective communication with external stakeholders;
• Develop and present a functional design collection tailored to meet customer requirements;
• Apply a user-centric design approach to prioritize user comfort, functionality and aesthetic appeal;
• Analyze how user needs, ergonomics, and technical requirements interact within the design process.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 25.02.2025 - 20.05.2025

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Ilona Hyötyläinen

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:

  The course includes lectures, demonstrations, workshops, tutoring sessions, and interactions with external stakeholders. Students create functional design collections based on a customer's design brief, collaborating with external stakeholders. Contents vary from one implementation to the next depending on the the external stakeholder and the scope of the collaboration project. Students are familiarized with in the functional aspects of clothing, materials and manufacturing techniques. Lectures and demonstrations covers sportswear and accessories, workwear, children’s wear, functional materials and functional details. Students are introduced to principles in functional clothing and material design and emphasizing the link between user needs, ergonomics, technical requirements and aesthetic appeal. Working with stakeholder introduces students to commercial field and professional way of working.   FaCT students: the course is recommended to be combined with one of the advanced workshop courses: MUO-E1062 Advanced Knits and Knitwear Workshop, MUO-E1063 Advanced Printed Fabrics and Finishes workshop, MUO-E1065 Woven Fabrics and Jacquards Workshop. MUO-E1061 Advanced 3D shaping workshop.  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Assignments. 100% active attendance, of which 20% can be covered with additional assignment.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Course workload 6 ECTS = 162 h. Participation in 80% of the contact teaching is mandatory.

  • Contact teaching: 60 h
  • Independent studying: 70 h
  • Time to think: 31 h
  • Course evaluation: 1 h 

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Provided in MyCourses

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring IV - V
  2025-2026 Spring IV - V

  Registration:

  Registration in SISU. Min. 6 students, max. 12.

  Priority order:

  1. Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design MA students;
  2. Exchange students in FaCT;
  3. Other MA-students in the Department of Design.

  Otherwise, 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-at-aalto-arts  

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