Module Descriptors
DECORATIVE FLORAL DESIGN
SUPA50060
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Jane Askey
Email: J.Askey@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 8.4
Independent Study Hours: 141.6
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- CWK - A&D weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
Coursework (as detailed in Module Information Pack)
Drawings and design exploration using a variety of media and techniques [Learning Outcome 1]. Research file, referencing the commercial market as appropriate to your work [Learning Outcome 2]. Professionally presented final collection of work [Learning Outcome 3].
Drawings and design exploration using a variety of media and techniques [Learning Outcome 1]. Research file, referencing the commercial market as appropriate to your work [Learning Outcome 2]. Professionally presented final collection of work [Learning Outcome 3].
Module Indicative Content
There will always be a demand for the floral design. You will be introduced to both historical and contemporary use of floral decoration in fashion, ceramics, furnishing etc. Drawings and studies focusing on and around plant forms and flowers will increase your appreciation of the structure and form of the subject matter before being translated into design ideas and concepts. Final designs will then be introduced and appropriate markets identified, taking colour and scale into consideration.
Module Texts
Essential/ Subject Specific
20th Century Pattern Design, Mitchell Beazley 2002, Lesley Jackson, 1-840000-371-5.
Elizabeth Blackadder, Scholar Press 1999, Duncan MacMillan, 0-7546-0063-7.
Bloom Book: Horticulture for the 21st C, Paris Flammarion 2001, Li Edekoort
Active Design for Print Design planning, Vol 1 flowers, Vol 2 flowers.
A range of books, subject-specific periodicals and journals including Bloom, newspaper and other related articles, as well as texts relating to the design process and the promotion of design relevant to your course of study should be employed as negotiated with the module manager - together with any subject-specific visual, audio or audio-visual evidence to support your work.
You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University; keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in your subject.
20th Century Pattern Design, Mitchell Beazley 2002, Lesley Jackson, 1-840000-371-5.
Elizabeth Blackadder, Scholar Press 1999, Duncan MacMillan, 0-7546-0063-7.
Bloom Book: Horticulture for the 21st C, Paris Flammarion 2001, Li Edekoort
Active Design for Print Design planning, Vol 1 flowers, Vol 2 flowers.
A range of books, subject-specific periodicals and journals including Bloom, newspaper and other related articles, as well as texts relating to the design process and the promotion of design relevant to your course of study should be employed as negotiated with the module manager - together with any subject-specific visual, audio or audio-visual evidence to support your work.
You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities available within the University; keeping abreast of current developments through appropriate periodicals and being aware of the work of major practitioners in your subject.
Module Resources
Appropriate design studio, with sink.
Non-specialist computing facilities for email, internet access, word processing, database, spreadsheet and basic presentations will be available through the University's "Information Services" on-campus facilities - the exception being the "studio browsers" which are located in base rooms/studios and will provide mainly email and internet access which are provided by the Faculty.
Specialist skills "modulettes" will be assigned to this module. A comprehensive list of the modulettes is available from the Faculty Office, together with the current operational parameters for the modulettes (instruction description, maximum group size, time allocation, level etc). Some modules will have will have more than one modulette assigned to it and this information will also be held by the Faculty Office.
Non-specialist computing facilities for email, internet access, word processing, database, spreadsheet and basic presentations will be available through the University's "Information Services" on-campus facilities - the exception being the "studio browsers" which are located in base rooms/studios and will provide mainly email and internet access which are provided by the Faculty.
Specialist skills "modulettes" will be assigned to this module. A comprehensive list of the modulettes is available from the Faculty Office, together with the current operational parameters for the modulettes (instruction description, maximum group size, time allocation, level etc). Some modules will have will have more than one modulette assigned to it and this information will also be held by the Faculty Office.
Module Learning Strategies
1 hour whole group briefing/lecture - 2 hours,
30 min briefing whole group - 1 hour,
technical instruction/demonstration -2 hours,
mid-module formative feedback - 20 mins,
1 hour small group tutorials (6 students max) - 2 hours,
individual studio tutorials - 1 hour.
Total - 8 hours 20 mins.
30 min briefing whole group - 1 hour,
technical instruction/demonstration -2 hours,
mid-module formative feedback - 20 mins,
1 hour small group tutorials (6 students max) - 2 hours,
individual studio tutorials - 1 hour.
Total - 8 hours 20 mins.