Assessment 1 Portfolio (80%) (Learning Outcomes 1 - 4)
An individual portfolio of work comprising:
• Product development, (technical packs, patterns and toiles)
• Final outcomes

Assessment 1 Reflective Journal (20%) (Learning Outcomes 4 & 5)
A reflective journal critically recording the production process, culminating in a summative evaluation of the FMP (outcomes against proposed intentions)

This module is the second of two-sequential final major project modules and is your opportunity to build on the research, concept and product development that you have already undertaken. This is where you will resolve your design intentions for an individual fashion industry-based brief directly associated with your progression aims, and the work you create here will contribute to your portfolio and self-promotion activities.

Through the development of ideas, you will overcome production challenges, refining your work to achieve professional standard fashion artefacts that communicate your intentions. This will enable you to present a cohesive collection of innovative pieces that address the requirements of the market at which they are aimed.

Multi-disciplinary methods as a means of visual communication will be explored, and you will consider how the outcomes of this module will feed into the work you are undertaking in the module of Portfolio and Promotion, and how they will be received by industry practitioners and your target market.

The production of final artefacts will be documented and evidenced for assessment. Part of the work will be in the evaluation and reflection upon the whole of the FMP, and making reference to your personal improvements, strengths and weaknesses in relation to your approach to the brief.

1. Systematically select manufacturing processes and confidently use skills that you have developed to produce fashion related artefacts
Learning
Application

2. Respond to challenges creatively and professionally when working to an industry-based brief Problem Solving

3. Demonstrate your ability to build professional relationships that support the advancement of the production process, leading to the realisation of proposed intentions
Working with Others

4. Communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences
Communication

5. Use critical self-evaluation to demonstrate a clear understanding of your learning progress throughout your experience and to inform further development
Reflection

Learning in this module will be facilitated through engagement in an individually managed industry-based brief and the emphasis will be on independent study, where you will use appropriate strategies that suit your ambitions.
You will also take part in:
• Supervised practical development
• Health and safety briefings
• Reflective practice
• Tutor-led discussions
• Progress tutorials

Specialist industrial sewing and pattern cutting equipment
Other specialist university workshops and studio’s
Adobe Design suite
University Library
Word-processing facilities
Internet
Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment will support this module where relevant.

At this stage in the programme you will determine your own reading list appropriate to your proposal.
However, the following books that you have used throughout your studies will be helpful:
DIEFFENBACHER, F. (2013) Fashion Thinking: Creative Approaches to the Design Process. London: AVA Academia
MBONU, E. (2014) Fashion Design Research. London: Laurence King