BA (Hons) Textile Design Bachelor's degree at Loughborough University

Support the development of core digital competencies for the creative production of visual outputs. Introduce core industry standard digital production skills.

Encourage wide exploration and development of ideas through in-depth visual and contextual research to generate ideas in response to a design brief. Develop knowledge of textile fundamentals, materials and processes to enable effective exploration, visualisation and communication of ideas. Develop skills in recording and presenting technical information to further creative and technical enquiry.

Introduce students to a wide range of historical and cultural contexts relating to textile design. Guide students in the development of skills required to research and write academically and to provide the foundations for good academic practice. Encourage independent exploration of a wide range of topics related to textile design.

Develop upon the core digital competencies learnt in Creative Production 1 for the creative production of discipline-specific visual outputs. Introduce advanced industry standard and bespoke digital production skills.

Enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the broad context for textiles; the advantages and relevance to diverse product categories and the opportunities for new, original outlooks and themes. Enable students to review present and emerging trends relating to textiles, fashion, interiors and other related industries. Source, identify and experiment with a range of textile related materials and contextualise these through the effective use of digital presentation methods.

Develop imaginative, experimental and informed future-focused approaches to textile design which explore the broader contextual and advanced opportunities in the field. Implement creative thinking and making strategies and examine areas for progression in the social, environmental and technical development of textile fields. Gather and present critical information and research insight for trends, colour, materials and sustainable practices and proposals linked to real world topics.

Develop contextual research skills to identify and communicate industry focused textile design outcomes. Build upon problem-solving research skills to develop sustainable strategies relevant to the sector. Extend textile industry awareness to critically evaluate and develop future thinking solutions tailored to a specific target market. Develop professional presentation and digital skills to communicate a research journey and outcome.

Develop an understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods and the application of data to inform design practice. Explore the role of material development in shaping the future of the textile and design industries. Understand and conduct ethical and responsible research.

Prepare students for a career in textile design and the creative industries and consider how to create an appropriate profile and promote themselves in a professional and career context. Enable students to gain an insight into the broad opportunities and issues relating to the professional practice and enterprising activities they could pursue. Enable students to explore, evaluate and use information, resources, ideas and resources from different topics.

Introduce a range of emerging design approaches that are applicable to the future of textile design. Develop a set of core design values and principles relevant to sustainable futures. Enable the application of conceptual design skills and imagination to the possibilities of textiles whilst developing a personal design identity. Work collaboratively to generate plausible scenarios for future textile design strategies.

Translate visual and contextual research to produce specified textile outcomes. Effectively utilise CAD software and digital design processes to create a textile collection response to a design brief. Apply digital skills to enable effective exploration, visualisation and communication of ideas.

Give students an awareness and understanding of arts management as a discipline, in the context of arts organisations and the creative industries. Provide students with a context in which to explore ideas and practices related to professional environments they may wish to progress to post-graduation. Present students with the opportunity to evaluate and apply information, resources and ideas to a scenario relevant to their career futures.

This module highlights the social production of art. It explores the extent to which art and cultural production contributes to protest movements and activates social and political transformation. Addressing historical and contemporary connections between art and activist practices, it will provide students with an understanding of the complex relationship between art, politics and wider social movements. In addition to facilitating the development and contextualisation of their own socially-eng

Explore how creative interventions can transform how spaces function. Develop theoretical and practical understanding of how creative practitioners can actively work to inform placemaking.

Raise student's awareness of identity and representation issues in character designs. Equip students with transferrable character design skills that could be applied to a wide range of creative arts subject disciplines.

Understand the core principles of human-centred design and fashion design, and how they apply to clothing and wearable products. Develop effective communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills in multi-disciplinary teams for the successful execution of fashion design products for a specific consumer. Compile a portfolio showcasing individual and team contributions to clothing/wearable product designs, highlighting the integration of human-centred design principles and fashion design p

Develop the students' capabilities in co-designing products with generative AI (GenAI). Including project framing with Large Language Models (LLMs), using image-GenAI and other more advanced 3D model and video tools, and the ethical implications of their use. Upon completion of the module students will have gained an appreciation for what GenAI tools are available and which are currently popular in product and industrial design, foresight into how they are developing and what their future capabi

Introduce enterprise and entrepreneurial skills and practices for creative applications such as pitching, developing market insights and understanding a target audience. Build team working skills to collaboratively work with other creatives with different skill sets and backgrounds. Identify and realise an enterprise concept based on group research findings and personal reflection.

BioDesign and novel bio-material development are emerging growth sectors in creative industries, and are areas of inspiration and innovation across multiple fields, contexts, and applications- from product and packaging design to fashion, textiles and fine art. Explore key theories underpinning ethical and responsible design with and inspired by natural and novel bio-based materials and more-than-human stakeholders. Explore hands-on material innovation, experimentation, and development and build

Develop students' capacity for critical and contextual enquiry into objects as dynamic agents that convey meaning, function, and cultural sentiment across temporal and geographical contexts. Build self-directed, research-led practice in which students construct and communicate knowledge through an investigative framework of their own design. Sharpen critical awareness of the conditions, social, industrial, ecological, and discursive, through which objects are produced, circulated, and interprete

Enable students to understand the capabilities and limitations of humans in interaction with designed products and systems.