FA2S53 - Fashion Engineering 3 – Phigital Fashion 01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2026 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: FA2S53
Module Title: Fashion Engineering 3 – Phigital Fashion
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Fashion, Marketing and Photography
Faculty Sub Group: Fashion (old)
Module Leader: Joanne Terrar Young
Module Team: Torunn Kjolberg, Steven Wright, Fiona Howells, Jayne Barne
First Intended Intake: SEP 2023 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
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Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2023
Valid To 31 Aug 2026

Module Aims

  1. Provide an opportunity for students to challenge and extend their design and construction skills through the integration of digital and physical techniques.
  2. Provide students with an opportunity to experience working with and communicate industry specific advanced technical techniques.
  3. To allow students to plan and project manage their own process.

Content Summary

This module extends the skills and knowledge of technical process introduced at level 4, developing advanced technical skills from both digital and physical viewpoints. Via a series of focused workshops students will develop the technical skill to translate a digital garment into a physical one.

This module will provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate planning and time management as they extend their skills within garment construction, fully exploring the process of moving between digital and physical environments.

Emphasis is placed on the analysis and application of skills and knowledge in response to the demands and expectations of technical developments within industry production practice.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 8
Seminar 12
Practical classes and workshops 15
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 65
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Evidence skills in the technical realization of a digital design through to physical outcome.
LO2 Evidence planning, project management and communication of technical processes

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Project Output 1 The coursework will consist of a process journal that will document the student's learning journey via a series of focused workshops used to support the realization of a technical project. 0 N/A 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Project Output 1

Reading List

1. Anderson, R. 2018 Making the cut. London: Thames and Hudson.
2. Aldrich, W. 2008. Metric pattern cutting for Menswear. 5th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Aldrich, W. 2008. Metric pattern cutting for Womenswear. 5th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwel.
4. Campbell, H. 1980. Designing Patterns- A Fresh Approach to Pattern Cutting. London: Nelson Thomes.
5. Jeffrey, M. and Evans, N. 2011. Costing for the fashion industry. Oxford: Berg.
6. Kershaw, G. 2013. Pattern cutting for menswear. London: Laurence King.
7. Lo, D.C. 2011. Pattern cutting. London: Laurence King.
8. Nakamaichi, T. 2010. Pattern Magic. London: Lawrence King.
9. Nakamaichi, T. 2011. Pattern Magic 2. London: Lawrence King.
10. Nakamaichi, T. 2016. Pattern Magic 3 London: Lawrence King.
11. Sorger, R. and Udale J. 2006. The fundamentals of fashion design. Lausanne: AVA Academia.