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Overview
Under the expert guidance of your tutor you'll be guided through creating a range of bags, with coordinating purses or wallets, from design concept to production.
Once confident in the basics of designing and researching, you'll be given a variety of projects to work on involving designing bags for different lifestyles and occasions. Looking at various different case studies you'll start to investigate the importance of critical paths as well as how to analyse and interpret future trends.
What you will learn
You will start to consider more advanced shapes, styles and construction as well as the importance in matching these to your target audience. To add to your design range you'll also produce mood and design boards as well as creating industry specification drawings to help communicate your collection effectively.
During this Bag Design and Production course University of the Arts London (UAL) you'll be guided on fabric selection, trims and fixtures. You'll also discuss the importance of branding and how best to brand your collection.
Programme Structure
The course includes:- Trend research and preparing design/mood boards
- Identifying your customer base
- Researching materials and their practicality, including leather alternatives, with Reference to sustainability
- Discussion on Leather/fabric and hardware suppliers
- Sourcing and ethical business practices
- Working drawings from initial concept to prototypes
- Technical spec sheets and material specifications – including how to talk to Samplers
- Looking at New Technologies and their impact and application to bag
- Analysing collections for production and marketability
- How to translate and evolve your collection season to season in line with your brand
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 14 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Fashion, Textiles and Luxury Goods Fashion Design View 152 other Short Courses in Fashion, Textiles and Luxury Goods in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
In order to fully participate in the practical exercises please bring the following materials/equipment to the first class:
Week 1:
- Notebook and pen/pencil
- Laptop/iPad/tablet
Week 2:
- Magazine tears, photos and research materials
- USB stick
- Fabrics
- A4/A3 sketchbook
- 3 x A3 polyboards
- Pen and pencil
- Glue stick
- Scalpel and blades
- Laptop/iPad/tablet
Tuition Fee
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International
1350 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1350 GBP for the full programme during 14 days. -
National
1350 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1350 GBP for the full programme during 14 days.
Living costs for London
1137 - 2157 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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