School of Art & Design

Art & Design Course guide 2020

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Contents We are innovators. We are We’re committed to preparing you for your creative career. With strong ties communicators. We are to the creative industries and a vibrant Art & Design 5 radicals. worldwide network of graduates, we’ll Fashion Communication We are one of the world’s leading art give you what matters most – relevant, and Promotion 6 and design schools and we have been hands-on, professional opportunities and experience. Fashion Management 10 influencing, inspiring and innovating for over 175 years. We are guided by Through guest lectures, live projects Fashion Marketing our past, focused on our future, and and competitions, you’ll learn the and Branding 14 proud to be shaping what comes next. importance of collaboration and International Fashion Business Located right in the heart of one of establish your own support network of (one-year top-up) 18 the UK’s most exciting cities, we are industry professionals. surrounded by – and contribute to – Fashion Design 22 You’ll have the opportunity to work an originality, energy and imagination with top brands like Adidas, Burberry, Fashion Knitwear Design that makes Nottingham a very special Calvin Klein and Getty Images. You’ll and Knitted Textiles 26 place to live, work and create. also have the chance to collaborate Textile Design 30 From nurturing talent to daring with prominent local creative partners research and collaborations that like Nottingham Contemporary, Costume Design and Making 34 are shaking up the industry, we are Lakeside Arts, and the world-famous Design for Film and Television 38 breaking convention, and challenging Nottingham Playhouse. the very ideas of what is possible for Theatre Design 42 You’ll experience new cultures through an art and design school. study trips, placements and the Decorative Arts 46 Inspired by a love for our craft, we are opportunity for international exchange. It’s a living and learning experience Fine Art 50 committed to pushing its boundaries into new territories. If this sounds like like no other. From Tokyo to Paris and Animation 54 you too, then come and tell your story Milan to New York, you’ll have the with us. chance to visit some of the world’s Graphic Design 58 most vibrant creative capitals. You will be part of a community of Filmmaking 62 thousands united by passion, drive and Photography 66 hard work. You will feel the guidance that comes from the decades of experience of our subject experts and the buzz of infinite possibility of those just taking their first steps. We are all contemporaries, collaborators and change-makers. And together we can turn what we love into how we live. We are the School of Art & Design at Nottingham Trent University and we are what we create.

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4 5 Fashion Communication and Promotion BA (Hons) Image: Alexa Boldy, BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Promotion

This creative course mixes design and theory, focusing on the visual communication of brands. The emphasis is on storytelling, building innovative messages and narratives for products and services across the global fashion and lifestyle industries.

Information About this course research, development, launch and promotion of a new fragrance. UCAS code: WN2M Develop visual communication skills across a range of creative media, Identify an opportunity within the Study mode: Full-time including photography and styling, perfume sector in order to develop a completely new product. You’ll Starting: September art direction and graphics, print and digital design, film, interactive design the bottle, reach the consumer, Course duration: Three years media, 3D and retail design. Explore create the narrative, and craft the advertising campaign. Learn from Entry requirements: how brands communicate through branding, advertising, digital and experts, as representatives from • A-levels – BBB (or equivalent); or social media, visual merchandising, industry judge your work. You will also complete a reflective journal and • an Art and Design Foundation retail environments, events and submit a portfolio of work, which will Diploma plus one A-level or experimental marketing. Learn to use include visual and written reports and equivalent; and software such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, so you can develop your consumer profiles. • GCSEs – English and Maths or creative ideas to communicate with Science grade C / 4. consumers. Year Two In Year Three, you’ll showcase your work at our Degree Show, Nottingham, Communication and Message (60 credit points) “I love how broad and with the chance to be selected for Develop your knowledge in the creative the course is. exhibiting at Graduate Fashion Week, London. communication of fashion and lifestyle You learn so many different in the global environment. You will skills and really develop as a We’re ranked fourth in the UK for look at trends in relation to a broader creative. From fashion films Fashion and Textiles (Guardian cultural context, and you’ll learn about University League Tables 2019). to branding, styling, and the link between branding, advertising, PR, and the visual message. You’ll work pitching marketing ideas, What you’ll study on a variety of briefs, including live we get to work on a huge projects. variety of projects.” Year One Promotion and Context Arooj Aftab, (60 credit points) BA (Hons) Fashion Communication Fashion Landscapes Image: Jay Harris, BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Promotion and Promotion Explore how fashion information (60 credit points) is communicated to audiences in Start to develop your visual awareness different contexts. You’ll also continue skills, and be introduced to a range to develop your visual media skills in of subjects and skills concerning software and photography to support the creative and fashion landscape. your visual presentation and design Through individual and group work layout. you will conduct a brand visual analysis, present your findings, and create a brand zine. You will consider self-promotion through platforms like blogs and Instagram. You will also submit a digital portfolio of your work.

Creative Connections (60 credit points) Complete a city research project based on an optional trip to New York (or another city of your choice); a brand advertisement analysis; and the

6 7 Final Year Your final degree mark will be based Technology (FIT). In Year Two, you’ll 100% on your final year work. get to visit events and trade fairs, Negotiated Projects such as Première Vision in Paris, (120 credit points) Bread & Butter in Berlin, or Pitti Filati Work placement opportunities in Florence. In your final year, you During this module you’ll work on may have the opportunity to visit an individual and team negotiated We actively encourage you to international fashion city, such as projects. Your individual project will be undertake work experience alongside Tokyo. You’ll also get the chance to visit self-devised, and you’ll choose your your studies. Our Employability companies to learn about the global team project from a number of live team is on hand to support you – market. Recent examples include the projects on offer. through workshops, drop-in sessions and other activities – in applying headquarters of Boots, L’Oréal, ANN In phase one you’ll start to negotiate for placement and professional INC in New York, and Jimmy Choo in your project ideas, and undertake a practice opportunities. Recent work To kyo. range of activities that will allow you placements include Schön magazine, This course has exchange agreements to apply the skills and knowledge Nicole Farhi, Company magazine, with a number of institutions around you’ve acquired during the course. For Maverick Publicity, Heat magazine, the world, including the Fashion the live project you’ll select a project ASOS, and Bauer Media. Institute of Technology in New York, and a team, meet your clients, and University of Lapland in Finland, and start contextual research and idea more. You can apply to go on exchange development. Connecting with industry in Year Two for one semester. In phase two you’ll focus on the We bring the industry to you through concept and execution of your live projects, flexible work experience, project. Your individual project will be visiting industry experts, competitions Facilities and equipment supported with dedicated tutorials, and careers guidance, all enhancing You’ll be based in the Barnes Wallis lectures and seminars. During your your employability. Former editor of building in the heart of the City live project you’ll have interaction and British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, Campus, with its modern teaching feedback from the client. recently visited NTU’s School of Art & rooms, collaborative working spaces Design to talk to students about her and Mac suite. Exhibit your work as part of our 25-year career at the magazine. Degree Show, and contribute to You’ll have the opportunity to use the PR, marketing, promotion From Year One you’ll have the the photography and film studios on and communication, and event opportunity to work on live projects campus. Our Masters students are management. You’ll showcase an with real clients. Our students have also based in Barnes Wallis, providing online digital portfolio with your best recently worked with All Saints, opportunities for mentoring our work from the course, and selected Topshop, Stephen Jones Millinery, undergraduate students. creative visual outcomes from your Unilever, BMW, Reiss, Levi, Boots, and final year. Speedo. Career prospects Entering industry competitions will How you’ll learn help you to gain experience and to Our graduates go into roles such network. Our students have been as art direction and styling, digital Teaching and learning experiences successful in the competitions communication and web design, will include lectures, demonstrations, such as Graduate Fashion Week’s PR and event management, workshops, seminars, tutorials, team Boohoo.com Fashion Innovation retail environment and visual and individual work. Award, L’Oreal Brandstorm, River merchandising, forecasting and trend Island Rocks, and more. prediction. Recent destinations include Alfred Dunhill, Boots, Office Shoes, Assessments Ozwald Boateng, Stephen Jones Assessment is 100% coursework. International exchanges Millinery and the Sunday Telegraph. You will receive feedback throughout and study trips each module and will be awarded a We provide you with opportunities grade. Depending on the module, you to visit major fashion capitals to gain may be assessed through illustrated an international perspective. In Year To find out more about this course reports, creative outputs, team project One, this includes an optional five-day visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and work, a reflective learning journal, and study trip to New York, with a visit search for Fashion Communication. presentations. to Manhattan’s Fashion Institute of

8 9 Fashion Management BA (Hons)

Combine your interest in the manufacturing process of fashion with business management skills. This degree focuses on the management of the entire fashion chain, from design development and product sourcing; to manufacturing, sales and marketing; to the end consumer.

Information About this course the commercial fashion environment, researching the influence of luxury UCAS code: 4J38 or JW42 with a To give you exposure of current designers and brands and how these placement practices within industry, you’ll work impact on mainstream fashion. You’ll on live projects with brands such as be taught to communicate your Study mode: Sandwich or full-time John Lewis and Boden and will benefit research through a range of computer- Starting: September from guest lectures with professionals aided design skills relating to visual from companies such as Boohoo, communication, layout, and image Course duration: Three years or four ASOS, Tommy Hilfiger and newer manipulation. years with a placement innovative entrepreneurs. This is Entry requirements: supplemented with relevant industry visits such as trade shows, head office, Year Two • A-levels – BBB (or equivalent); or factories and exhibitions. Fashion Buying and Merchandising • an Art and Design Foundation Showcase your work at our Degree (40 credit points, all year) Diploma plus one A-level or Show, Nottingham, with the equivalent; and Develop the principles of fashion opportunity to take part in Graduate buying and merchandising in the • GCSEs – English and Maths or Fashion Week and international context of today’s rapidly changing Science grade C / 4. exchanges. We’re ranked fourth in the retail environment. You’ll look at UK for Fashion and Textiles (Guardian international retail opportunities and University League Tables 2019). the range of building and management techniques for in-store and online. With “Completing a year in What you’ll study an emphasis on interpreting analytical industry gives you confidence. and trend information to tailor a range A highlight of my time at for the fashion consumer. Alongside Year One this, you’ll learn how to develop global ASOS included seeing a dress sourcing strategies considering that I was involved in at the Fashion Textiles Product key areas such as speed to market, design stage going live and (60 credit points) sustainability and ethics. becoming a best seller!” Learn about all aspects of garment and fabric technology and gain a Management and Employment Olivia Lague, practical understanding of how (20 credit points, first half of year) BA (Hons) Fashion Management garments are constructed. Investigate This module is about supporting you the performance and properties of to get a placement or work experience textiles and clothing, developing your from our global network of fashion understanding of the global fashion contacts. Develop your business supply chain and sustainability, profile on LinkedIn, experience mock alongside relevant new technologies in interviews and assessment centre

the industry. exercises. Learn about employment Image: Florentine Deekeling, BA (Hons) Fashion Management law, professional attributes, skills and Fashion Management and Marketing individual development needed in the (40 credit points) fashion and textiles industry. Learn about the procedures involved with the design, production and retail Fashion Marketing and of fashion, and the roles of the key Communication people who manage these processes. (20 credit points, first half of year) You’ll also be introduced to the basic Explore marketing and promotional principles of consumer behaviour, strategy in the context of the management and marketing in relation fashion industry. You’ll consider to the fashion industry. the wider external environment, and international issues of digital Design and Visual Communication fashion marketing in a global context. (20 credit points) Investigate consumer behaviour Gain an understanding of how fashion and gain knowledge of marketing trends and forecasting translate to promotion theory and practice.

10 11 Product Technology Fashion Management Connecting with industry (20 credit points, second half of year) (60 credit points) Our students have worked on live Develop your understanding of the Developing intrapreneurship, creativity projects with John Lewis, Boden, and quality and ‘fit for purpose’ of fashion and commercial awareness in the ASOS. The projects offer the students garments and related products, context of the fashion arena. Learn opportunity to complete work exploring issues such as sizing and to evaluate fashion organisations experience to enhance their learning fit, safety standards for clothing, and how they strategically operate experience. You’ll have the opportunity and legislation in the retail industry. and innovate. Focusing on evaluating to listen to guest speakers from You’ll also learn about the purpose contemporary management theory, industry experts. Recent guests have of fashion product technology and you’ll also learn how to recommend visited from companies such as ASOS, the impact within the fashion buying improvements that can be feasibly and Bonmarché and Sainsbury’s. cycle. Assessment for this module is creatively implemented. by exam. The course also has links to the Association of Suppliers to the British How you’ll learn Research Project Clothing Industry (ASBCI), the Textile (20 credit points, second half of year) Teaching and learning experiences Distributors Association (TDA), and This module is designed to prepare will include lectures and briefings, the Chartered Institute of Marketing you for your final year dissertation. seminars, tutorials, practical fashion (CIM). Develop academic research and and textile workshops. You’ll work on communication skills with the live projects and be expected to deliver opportunity to personalise your topic verbal and visual presentations. You’ll International exchange and area by integrating and exploring the also have the opportunity to attend study trips learning and knowledge gained from study trips, conferences, trade fairs We provide you with opportunities to your previous experiences. and events. visit major fashion capitals including Paris, London, New York and Florence. Year Three Assessment This course has exchange agreements with a number of institutions around Optional Placement Year Assessment is by coursework and the world, such as the Fashion Institute an exam. You will receive feedback The placement year will give you the of Technology in New York, Amsterdam throughout each module and will be chance to experience the commercial Fashion Institute and more. awarded a grade. Depending on the world first-hand. You can work with module, you may be assessed through one or more companies in the UK reports; assignments; an exam; Facilities and equipment or overseas. Many students say a presentations; and a dissertation. placement year really boosts their You’ll be based in the Barnes Wallis confidence, and helps their final year Your final degree mark will be based building at the heart of the City studies and graduate employability. 100% on your final year work. Campus, with its modern teaching Some placements even lead to rooms, collaborative working spaces graduate job offers. You’ll also have and Mac suite. the opportunity to gain an extra Work placement opportunities qualification – a certificate or diploma You can choose to take a year-long Career prospects in professional practice. work placement during your studies. A placement year will give you the Graduates go into fields such as buying and merchandising, marketing Final Year opportunity to gain real, hands-on experience and valuable skills for the and PR, eCommerce, supply chain management, product development, Dissertation (60 credit points) future. garment and fabric technology and Building on your research project Recent placements include ASOS, global sourcing. Recent graduate skills complete an investigative Wrangler and Kipling (Belgium), River destinations include ASOS, Dunelm, study into a subject of your choice Island, Stella McCartney, Calvin Klein, Mulberry, Ted Baker and River Island. relating to the global fashion arena. Tommy Hilfiger, Puma and Alexander You’ll negotiate your chosen research McQueen. subject with your personal tutor and To find out more about this course produce a research methodology visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and report, a presentation, and a written search for Fashion Management dissertation.

12 13 Fashion Marketing and Branding BA (Hons)

This degree focuses on marketing and brand strategy in the fashion and lifestyle industry. Explore how brands become distinctive and desirable, discovering how they identify their unique selling points to position themselves in the market, and communicate with customers.

Information About this course strategic marketing and brand management tools. You’ll also learn UCAS code: WN25 Get a taste of the industry by how brands make themselves more completing live projects with global distinctive in order to stand out from Study mode: Full-time brands such as Gymshark, the crowd, as well as the role of digital Starting: September Boohoo.com, Boots No7, Lacoste, marketing and the integration of social Sunspel, Next and Dior and by media strategy. Course duration: Three years attending guest lectures from industry Entry requirements: experts such as Angelique Green of The Mighty Shed. Hone your Adobe Year Two • A-levels – BBB (or equivalent); or InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop Marketing Strategy and • an Art and Design Foundation skills and develop your creative ideas Communication Diploma plus one A-level or to communicate with consumers. (60 credit points) equivalent; and In Year Three, you’ll showcase your Explore business, brand and marketing • GCSEs – English and Maths or work at our Degree Show, Nottingham, strategy and work on exciting, real- Science grade C / 4. with the chance to be selected for life briefs set by visiting industry exhibiting at Graduate Fashion Week, experts. Cover the different methods London. of marketing communication, and the use of marketing media and language “Our lecturers are very What you’ll study to appeal to different target audiences. dedicated, professional, and You’ll also look at different channels helpful, and they also have a of communication – from traditional Year One (print media and TV) to digital lot of experience working in marketing and social media – and how the industry. If you have any Visual and Cultural Influence these influence brand decision-making questions, they’re always quick (40 credit points) and consumer buying behaviour. to get back to you.” Learn about fashion and the trends in our society that influence what, where Brand Environment Mina Berntsen, and how things are sold. You’ll look at (60 credit points) BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding how interconnected media such as There are two parts to this module. music, film and photography inform The first part – Fashion Business fashion and lifestyle brands. You’ll also Solutions – is compulsory. You’ll Images: Sophie Ottewell, BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding analyse the role of key signifiers such simulate industry practice by as colour, fonts and typography in completing a fashion marketing and branding, with a focus on semantics branding challenge. Your emphasis will and semiotic analysis. be on innovation and developing new skills in creativity and idea generation. Principles of Fashion Marketing Students recently completed a live and Branding new product development project with (80 credit points) Boots No7 skincare. You’ll explore the global market, The second part is an independent looking at the cultural and social project where you can choose from trends that influence the fashion two options. Option one is a nine- industry. You’ll be introduced to the week work experience placement, fundamentals of marketing and which will allow you to apply your identify business opportunities theory to real-life business situations through market research and trend and provide solutions whilst gaining forecasting to determine brand first-hand experience of the roles and success. Create sound marketing responsibilities within the fashion proposals and strategies that will industry. You will receive a Placement enable you to identify influential Certificate in Professional Practice.

14 15 Option two is Brand Development Work placement opportunities International exchanges and and Communication. This will study trips introduce you to collaborative and You’ll have the opportunity to interdisciplinary working. During this complete a nine-week work placement In Year One you’ll have the opportunity option, you’ll work with partners from in the second half of Year Two. You’ll to go to New York, with a visit to different disciplines, such as design, be responsible for securing your Manhattan’s Fashion Institute of to create strong strategic and creative placement, but you’ll receive advice Technology (FIT). In Year Two, you’ll brand marketing and promotion and support from course tutors and get to visit some of Europe’s major solutions to bring a product or service the University’s Employability team. fashion capitals such as Paris, Rome to market. The course has an established network and Milan. In your final year, you could of industry partners that it works with, visit an international fashion city such and new placement opportunities as Tokyo. Final Year become available each year. Recent placements include ASOS, Jimmy This course has exchange agreements Strategic and Creative Solutions Choo, Whistles, Look magazine, with a number of institutions around (120 credit points) Topshop and Christian Dior Parfums. the world, such as the Fashion Institute Work on a personal self-devised of Technology in New York, Amsterdam project where you create a brief in an Fashion Institute, and more. You can area of interest, usually something Connecting with industry apply to go on exchange in Year Two for one semester. relevant to your future career. This The course is committed to offering doesn’t necessarily have to be an you experiences that will enhance academic report – you could set up your understanding of the industry. Facilities and equipment new businesses, create a website, Live projects and opportunities to or work in event or exhibition visit companies and trade fairs are an You’ll be based in the Barnes Wallis management. The module is totally important part of this, and together building in the heart of the City flexible so you can tailor it to your with support from course staff and Campus, with its modern teaching strengths and interests. NTU’s Employability team, they will rooms, collaborative working spaces prepare you well for employment. and Mac suite. How you’ll learn Students have recently completed live You’ll have the opportunity to use the photography and film studios on the Teaching and learning experiences will projects with Boots No7; Gymshark, campus. Our Masters students are include lectures, seminars, tutorials, Boohoo.com, and Sunspel. also based in Barnes Wallis, providing workshop and presentations. You’ll Recent guest speakers have included: opportunities for mentoring our be encourage to work as part of a undergraduate students. team and take part in peer and self- • Andy Rubin, Chairman of Pentland evaluation. You’ll have the opportunity brands. Pentland have a portfolio of to take part in live projects with sports and fashion brands including Career prospects industry and attend study trips. Speedo and Berghaus. Graduates often go into fields such • Nick Beighton, CEO of ASOS as brand management, digital Assessment • Angelique Green, CEO of The Mighty marketing, insight manager, media Shed planning and buying and PR. Recent Assessment is 100% through • Alexandra Shulman, former Editor graduate destinations include Adidas, coursework. You’ll receive feedback of British Vogue. Pentland, ASOS, Jamie Oliver, Sweaty throughout each module and will be Betty, Harrods, River Island, Wallis, awarded a grade. Depending on the Entering industry competitions will Selfridges, Boux Avenue, Marks & module, you may be assessed through help you to gain experience and to Spencer, Next, New Look, and Cath presentations, team project work, network. Our students have been Kidston. marketing reports, visual essays, or a successful in competitions such as final year project. Graduate Fashion Week’s Barclay’s Business Award, ASOS Future Talent Your final degree mark will be based Communication Award, The New 100% on your final year work. Business Award and more.

To find out more about this course visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and search for Fashion Marketing.

16 17 International Fashion Business (one-year top-up) BA (Hons)

International Fashion Business has been designed to help you identify your strengths so you can tailor your work to your career aspirations. You may choose to investigate areas such as setting up your own business, sustainable fashion or innovative fashion concepts.

Information About this course and how brands select effective channels of communication to engage UCAS code: W232 Enhance your potential in the with their target consumer. international fashion industry on this Study mode: Full-time one-year top-up degree. Experience an Lifestyle and Trend Prediction Starting: September international perspective on how the (20 credit points) fashion industry works, investigating Explore how trends are identified, Course duration: One year areas such as fashion buying, brand how brands interpret and adapt Entry requirements: marketing and promotion, lifestyle and them for market, and how they are trend prediction, and fashion ethics communicated to the consumer. • completion of Year Two of a fashion and sustainability. Throughout the Knowing how to initiate trend research, or textiles-related degree course; or course, you’ll work on a combination of manage a creative project and create • completion of a HND course in visually creative and written projects. a professionally presented assignment fashion or textiles; or You’ll gain an understanding of fashion within a team develops key skills • completion of a Foundation degree business practice enhancing your required in industry. This module in a related fashion or textiles professional fashion communication provides you with an opportunity to discipline. skills, and will work on live projects work in a team and experience team and competitions in collaboration with dynamics. You’ll develop your creative brands such as Wedgewood, Next and visual communication skills through Whistles. computer-aided design software such “This course is really as Adobe PhotoShop and Illustrator. great for increasing your What you’ll study employability prospects as February – July it provides you with in-depth October – February Fashion Concepts and Innovation insight into the different Projects industry sectors, including Fashion Buying (60 credit points) buying and merchandising, (20 credit points) This module gives you a unique marketing and branding, Focus on the role of a fashion buyer, opportunity to discover, investigate, Image: Esme Alexandria Benson, BA (Hons) International Fashion Business and trend prediction.” and the visual and business skills and negotiate, and then focus on an area knowledge required. You’ll explore of personal interest. It begins with Tamsin Johnson, the key processes involved in fashion themes such as potential career paths, BA (Hons) International buying, global sourcing, and sample new contemporary creative concepts, Fashion Business and selection procedures. or a specialised professional direction within the subject of fashion business. Develop the research skills associated with fashion buying; combining A series of supporting lectures creativity, commercial acumen and workshops and seminars will enable trend awareness to create a buying you to gain an overview of the strategy and a product proposal for a contemporary topics and trends fashion brand. relative to international fashion business. As the module progresses, Fashion Brand Marketing you’ll develop your own research and Promotion strategy through tutorial sessions, (20 credit points) culminating in a final body of work. Central to this module are two key areas. The first is marketing and research skills, which focus on understanding consumer behavior and motivation to buy. The second is media, image, and creating a brand identity. Evaluate the power of imagery

18 19 How you’ll learn Study trips Teaching and learning experiences will We provide you with opportunities include lectures, seminars, tutorials, to visit major fashion capitals to gain creative workshops, and a personal an international perspective, such as development plan. You’ll also benefit Copenhagen, Florence and New York. from visits to industry head offices You’ll also go on research visits to and retail stores and fashion trade cultural and retail destinations in the exhibitions. UK, such as London and Liverpool.

Assessment Facilities and equipment Assessment is 100% coursework, You’ll be based in the Barnes Wallis combining creative and written building at the heart of the City work. Depending on the module, you Campus, with its modern teaching may be assessed through written rooms, collaborative working spaces and visual research, proposals and and Mac suite. These facilities are evaluations, dissertation or alternative also dedicated to students studying project, reports, or visual and verbal BA (Hons) Fashion Management, presentations. BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding, and BA (Hons) Fashion The majority of assessments are for Communication and Promotion. you to complete on your own. One is a group project. You’ll have the opportunity to use the photography and film studios on the campus. Our Masters students are Connecting with industry also based in Barnes Wallis, providing This course has developed strong opportunities for mentoring our collaborations with industry partners undergraduate students. at local, national and international levels. Recent visitors have included: Career prospects • Carol Rose, an expert in sustainable Graduate roles include buying, fashion life cycle solutions merchandising, digital marketing, • Matthew Dixon, Director of Hudson design, visual merchandising and Walker International account management. You may also • food futurologist, Dr Morgaine Gaye wish to pursue further education or self-employment. Recent graduate • Andrew and Iain Foxall, Foxall Studio, roles and destinations include; Acardia London Group, ASOS, Next, Adidas, Holt • Marketing Consultancy, BDA London Renfrew, Sainsbury’s and Calvin Klein. • representatives from Wedgewood, Next, and Whistles • visiting alumni who come to share their industry experience. You’ll have the opportunity to work on live projects and competitions with brands and organisations within the fashion and related industries.

To find out more about this course visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and search for International Fashion.

20 21 Fashion Design BA (Hons)

On this renowned fashion design degree, you will develop skills in fashion drawing and illustration, design innovation, creative pattern cutting, garment manufacture, market awareness, sustainability and the latest digital technologies.

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UCAS code: W230 We are nationally and internationally Fashion Context: Market and recognised for the quality of our Study mode: Full-time Innovation creative and industry-ready graduates, (100 credit points) Starting: September with our students regularly winning Through live projects with industry, coveted awards at events such as you will engage with team work, Course duration: Three years Graduate Fashion Week. We are also developing your interpersonal skills, ranked fourth in the UK for Fashion Entry requirements: understanding commercial challenges and Textiles (Guardian University and design responsibilities, as • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and League Tables 2019). well as enhancing your verbal and • GCSEs – English and Maths or You will showcase your final year visual presentation skills. You will be Science grade C / 4. work either on the catwalk or in a encouraged to take an enterprising Other requirements: product exhibition at our Degree Show, and creative approach in response Nottingham, with the opportunity to to a number of industry-led design • Portfolio and interview be selected for the catwalk show and projects at various levels of the global work displayed at Graduate Fashion fashion design market. Simulation of Week (GFW), London. a real working environment builds on existing knowledge and skills acquired “I would recommend fashion in your first year, introducing you to the What you’ll study design because there is day-to-day commercial challenges and room for you to explore what opportunities that graduates face in Year One industry. Exploring the global market you like, and it is flexible though varied research methodologies, enough for you to focus on Fashion Process: Concept and Form technologies, values and ethics will things you hope to achieve (100 credit points) inform design solutions relevant to as a designer.” During the first year, you will be diverse consumer groups. Sola Olowo-Ake, introduced to fundamental aspects of You will have the opportunity to BA (Hons) Fashion Design the fashion design process with the present work to a panel of industry aim of developing skills and confidence representatives where you will receive in the principles of the design process. feedback to enable you to progress This includes concept initiation, your work. This will give you an insight research, 2D / 3D translation, into industry current practices and the structural / form experimentation, work ethic required. design development, colour analysis, drawing, illustration, pattern cutting, Design, Culture and Context 2 garment construction and associated (20 credit points) technologies including CAD. In the first half of the year, you will focus on how the commercial context Design, Culture and Context 1 affects design culture. You will (20 credit points) consider the role played by design in This module will encourage you to the creation of desire in trend-driven test your research, presentation and consumer culture in an era of mass Image: Takato Wako, BA (Hons) Fashion Design written skills, and to be socially and production and consumption. In the culturally aware when considering second half of the year, you will focus your own environment and design on creating a negotiated individual decisions. You will learn about brief in preparation for your final year the power of images, objects and project. materials in visual and material culture, and develop an understanding of how these can inform design in communicating ideas.

22 23 Final Year Fashion Design students have recently Melbourne Institute of Technology in Image: Lydia Jackson, BA (Hons) Fashion Design completed work placements with Australia, and more. Fashion Realisation: Research, Urban Outfitters, River Island, H&M, Design and Technology Paul Smith, ASOS, Vivienne Westwood, Facilities and equipment (120 credit points) Topshop, Victoria Beckham, Ralph Lauren, and more. This year-long module includes a You will be based in the Bonington fashion design and a research project. building, a dedicated art and design hub. You will have access to fashion For the fashion design projects, Connecting with industry you will produce an extensive body studios with industry-standard pattern of 2D and 3D work, with sustained This course collaborates with industry cutting tables and garment production investigation into toiling, fabrication, at local, national and international machinery, laser cutting and engraving print, garment construction, CAD, and levels. Live projects and competitions equipment, a digital print facility, a design responsibility. You will choose will give you the opportunity to have print room for screen-printing, transfer to focus either on a catwalk collection exposure to real-life design situations. printing and computer suites. or a fashion product exhibition. For the Our students have taken part and research project, you will explore and enjoyed success in a range of top Career prospects research a relevant aspect of design, industry projects, awards and completing a written dissertation. competitions, including: 100% of students from this course are in employment or further study • live project with Oasis inspired by within six months of graduating How you’ll learn The Nottingham Lace Collection (DLHE 2016/17). Career destinations On this course, you will spend your saw our students’ designs launched have included a range of fashion- time in creative studio environments. in stores and online related roles across the world such Teaching and learning experiences will • Winners of the TU Menswear as designers, product developers, include studio workshops, lectures, Scholarship Award, Tessuti Sports garment technologists, creative tutorials and peer group activities. and Leisurewear Award, Fashion pattern cutters, digital designers, You will also benefit from live projects, Marketing Award at Graduate buyers, merchandisers and fashion study trips, and visual presentations. Fashion Week stylists. Recent graduate destinations included Paul Smith, ASOS, Burberry, Recent visiting speakers have included River Island, H&M, Coach, Victoria Assessments the Creative Director of Graduate Beckham, Ted Baker, Daks, Sunspel Fashion Week, Martyn Roberts, and Urban Outfitters. Assessment is 100% through renowned fashion journalist, Hilary coursework. You will receive feedback Alexander OBE and Senior Director throughout each module and will of Talent Acquisition for Ralph Lauren be awarded a grade. Depending on USA who visited to give students a the module, you may be assessed GFW Masterclass. Former editor of through 2D visual research and design British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman, also development work, 3D development visited to talk to students about her work and final product, portfolio work, 25-year career at the magazine. evaluations, reports, essays, and a dissertation. International exchanges and Your final degree mark will be based 100% on your final year work. study trips Recent study trips for this course have Work placement opportunities included Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Year One) and Paris Fashion Week You will be encouraged to undertake (final year). short periods of work experience To find out more about this course alongside your studies. Course tutors You can apply to go on exchange in visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and and the University’s Employability Year Two for one semester. The course search for Fashion Design. team will be on hand to offer advice has exchange agreements with a and support on how best to approach number of institutions around the Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice companies, and get the most from world, such as the Fashion Institute to download portfolio and interview your experience. of Technology in New York, the Royal information.

24 25 Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles BA (Hons)

This highly respected degree offers you full creative control over the design and creation of both fabric and garments. You’ll develop the sought-after skills, in both traditional and contemporary, innovative digital knit processes, that are in high demand in the fashion industry.

Information About this course Year Two

UCAS code: 4W28 full-time, W222 You’ll have access to specialist Context: Design and Industry with a placement state-of-the art digital equipment (100 credit points) alongside traditional hand techniques Study mode: Sandwich or full-time Through different creative projects and gain skills in knitted fabric you’ll develop a further awareness Starting: September design innovation, garment shape of the practice of design within the development, construction and global fashion knitwear industry. Course duration: Three years or manufacture. four years Gain experience of computer-aided You’ll showcase your final year work in design (CAD) and computer-aided Entry requirements: either a catwalk or static show at our manufacture (CAM), and you’ll develop • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and Degree Show in Nottingham, and may a range of skills to communicate your be selected to exhibit at events such design ideas professionally. Start to • GCSEs – English and Maths grade as Graduate Fashion Week and New prepare for your placement year, with C / 4. Designers. sessions covering CV building, letters Other requirements: of application, interview techniques, We’re ranked fourth in the UK for and portfolio development. • Portfolio and interview Fashion and Textiles (Guardian University League Tables 2019). Design, Culture and Context 2 (20 credit points) What you’ll study In the first half of the year you’ll “I love being in control of consider the role played by design in my fabric, and this course the creation of desire in trend-driven Year One enabled me to design both the consumer culture. In the second half, focus on creating a negotiated fabric and garment, giving me Fundamentals: Design and individual brief in preparation for your Technology complete control of the entire final year project. design process. Completing (100 credit points) a year in industry was the Learn the basic principles of creating Image: Jacaranda Brain, BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles fabrics and garments through knit and Year Three best decision I ever made. I we’ll introduce you to a wide range ended up completing three of specialist equipment to develop Optional placement year placements, in New York and your practical skills. Through studio The placement year will let you apply London.” workshops and tutorials, build your what you have learned so far. You’ll skills further in visual research, idea get to experience the realities of Jacaranda Brain, generation, colour, fabric creation, the commercial world and gain an BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design 3D form, fashion styling, and fashion understanding of different industrial and Knitted Textiles illustration. practices. Your placement must be between six and 36 weeks long, Design, Culture and Context 1 working with one or more companies (20 credit points) in the UK or overseas. You’ll also Test your research, presentation and have the chance to gain an extra writing skills, and think about being qualification – a certificate or diploma socially and culturally aware when in professional practice or for overseas considering your own environment work placement an international and design decisions. Learn about the certificate or diploma in professional power of images, objects and materials practice. in visual and material culture.

26 27 Image: Amy McCann, BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles

Final Year Work placement opportunities International exchanges and study trips Resolution: Theory and Practice You can choose to take a year-long (120 credit points) work placement in the third year of Recent study trips and visits for this your studies. A placement year will Complete a range of projects guided course have included the Victoria give you the opportunity to gain real, by your own career aspirations. & Albert Museum in London, Pitti hands-on experience and valuable Choose one of two pathways: either Filati yarn and fabric trade fair in skills for the future. Our students say a Fashion Collection pathway where Florence, Italy, and the opportunity to it’s helped them build their confidence you’ll create a garment collection for be selected to attend SPINEXPO in and develop a network of contacts. a catwalk show, or a Fashion Textile Shanghai. Placement students have been offered pathway where you’ll create a display graduate level jobs before they return This course has exchange agreements of knitted textile fabrics, garments for their final year. with a number of institutions around or products. Produce an individual the world, including Hong Kong research project demonstrating your Our students have recently worked Polytechnic University, Donghua skills in analysis, communication, with a range of design companies University Shanghai, Amsterdam presentation, and independent during their work placement year. Fashion Institute, RMIT, and more. You thinking. Showcase your work at our These include: can apply to go on exchange in Year Degree Show in Nottingham, and • Hugo Boss, Switzerland Two for one semester. have the opportunity to be selected to present your work at Graduate Fashion • Marc Jacobs, New York Week in London. • Julien MacDonald Facilities and equipment • Brilliant Global, Hong Kong You’ll be based in the Bonington How you’ll learn building, a dedicated art and design If you choose not to do the placement hub. You’ll have access to a dedicated You’ll spend most of your time in a year, you’ll be encouraged to take studio for creative workshops, creative studio environment. Teaching up to two weeks of work experience knitwear hand flat workshops, with and learning experiences will include alongside your studies in Years One Dubied and domestic machines, creative approaches through project and Two. Support is on hand from our knitwear make-up and industrial work, live projects, knitting and Employability team, who can help with workshops, digital knit and seamless manufacturing workshops, seminars, your CV, and give you interview advice. 3D technology, dye facilities, print and and more. You will also benefit from embroidery workshops, a yarn and study trips, peer and self-evaluations, Connecting with industry fabric store, and more. and studio and IT workshops. Benefit from our excellent connections with the fashion and textile industry, Career prospects Assessments through guest lectures, bursary and Graduates go into fields such as sponsorship opportunities, industry Assessment is 100% through design, product development, styling competitions, international study coursework. You will receive feedback and promotion and global sourcing. trips, and support with securing your throughout each module and will Recent graduate destinations include optional placement year. be awarded a grade for your work. Hugo Boss, Nike, Calvin Klein, John Depending on the module, you may We work with a number of professional Smedley, ASOS, Boden, Oasis, and be assessed through presenting organisations, including the Worshipful Next. and evaluating research; design Company of Framework Knitters; development; technical knowledge; The Textile Society; British Fashion and final practical outcomes. In some Council Colleges Committee; ASBCI modules, assessment includes essays, (Association of Suppliers to the British presentations, and an individual Clothing Industry); Society of Dyers research project. and Colourists; and the UK Fashion & To find out more about this course Your final degree mark will be based Textile Association. visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and search for Knitwear. 100% on your final year work. We have recently worked on live

projects with companies including Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice

Erdem, Ascena, Knoll yarns, Boden, to download portfolio and interview SPINEXPO and Next. information.

28 29 Textile Design BA (Hons)

Accredited by the Chartered Society of Designers, this course is one of the few textile design degrees in the UK that allows you to explore the different areas of textile design before specialising in the creative areas of textile print, embroidery, weave, knit and multi-media, as your work develops.

Information About this course objects and materials in visual and material culture, and find out how UCAS code: W221 On this course you will investigate these are central to the way textile fundamental principles in colour, form, designers work. Study mode: Full-time scale, pattern and composition and Starting: September learn traditional and digital techniques, working with industry-standard digital Year Two Course duration: Three years machinery. Directions: Market and Process Entry requirements: There is an opportunity to apply for (100 credit points) • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and an educational scholarship with The Develop more awareness of the Worshipful Company of Weavers; • GCSEs – English and Maths or practice of design within the a charitable organisation which Science grade C / 4. international textile industry. Complete exists to support the weaving and three different projects that focus Other requirements: textile industry now, and in future on different aspects of the design generations. • Portfolio and interview process, deepening your knowledge In your Final Year, you may apply for in your specialised area of print, a yearlong paid graduate internship embroidery, weave, or knit. You will in New York working for the ASCENA have the chance to investigate other brands. You’ll exhibit your work in areas of the industry, including interior “This course offers you all of your Final Year at our Degree Show in and lifestyle trends, ethical fashion, and trend tracking. Engage with the ingredients to become a Nottingham, and could be selected for New Designers, London. industry through live projects, work young professional designer. experience, and an overseas visit to an I came out of university with We’re ranked fourth in the UK for international trade fair. a fantastic portfolio of work, Fashion and Textiles (Guardian University League Tables 2019). Design, Culture and Context 2 a positive attitude to gaining (20 credit points) a career in design, and an What you’ll study In the first half of the year you ambitious mind.” will explore how the commercial Anna Hague, context affects design culture. You’ll BA (Hons) Textile Design Year One consider the role played by design in the creation of desire in trend- Fundamentals: Materials and driven consumer culture, the need Concepts for sustainability in an era of mass (100 credit points) production and consumption, and the You’ll be introduced to the different responsibility to make design a force areas of the textiles industry through for positive change. In the second workshop rotations in embroidery, half of the year, you will focus on print, weave, knit, and multimedia. creating a negotiated individual brief in Cover the design fundamentals and preparation for your Final Year project. explore principles such as colour, form, pattern, composition, and scale. This Image: Emily Rowland, BA (Hons) Textile Design module will form the foundation of all your design work in Year Two and Final Ye a r.

Design, Culture and Context 1 (20 credit points) Course Accreditation You’ll be encouraged to test your research, presentation and writing skills, and to be socially and culturally aware when considering your own environment and design decisions. You’ll learn about the power of images,

30 31 Final Year Our Textile Design students have You’ll also have the opportunity to use recently gained work experience with resources from across the School of Resolutions: Practice and Context companies such as Paul Smith, Aston Art & Design and the wider University, (120 credit points) Martin, Whiston & Wright, George, including photography studios, lock John Lewis, Wallace and Sewell, Margo stitch machines, ceramics facilities, Complete projects that relate to your Selby, Julien Macdonald, Roksanda, and 3D resources in printing, casting, career aspirations, developing work Hand & Lock, Joules, Fat Face and moulding, and woodworking. that shows your personal interests and Romo. strengths for your portfolio. You’ll also be encouraged to get involved with Career prospects external competitions, trade fairs, and Connecting with industry live projects. An individual research Overall, our students are in demand project will let you explore an aspect of We continue to develop strong links by industry with 100% in employment design that interests you, and you can with industry through our alumni or further study within six months of present this as a dissertation or as a and staff contacts. Live projects, graduating (DLHE 2016/17). They go visual product. competitions and professional bodies into a variety of exciting roles including are central to the course, giving you designing, buying and merchandising, exposure to current practices within global sourcing, textiles product How you’ll learn industry. Working on live projects development, styling and trend with industry can often lead to prediction, and marketing. Recent You’ll spend most of your time in a opportunities for work placements, graduate destinations include Ted creative studio environment. Teaching and the chance to see your designs go Baker, House of Holland, DFS, New and learning experiences will include into production. Look, Laura Ashley, Liberty London, lectures, tutorials, studio workshops, Adidas, Next, Paul Smith, Romo, and self-directed study. You’ll also Final year students have undertaken Baxter Fawcett and Topshop. benefit from textile demonstrations sponsored projects, in collaboration and workshops, study trips, seminars, with SPINEXPO, to design and produce and presentations. trend-leading work to be exhibited at the spring / summer show in Shanghai, Paris and New York. Assessments Assessment is 100% through coursework. You will receive feedback International exchanges and throughout each module and will be study trips awarded a grade. Depending on the In Year One, you’ll visit a UK destination module, you may be assessed through such as Manchester or London. In a portfolio, sketchbooks, presented Year Two, you’ll have the option to visit and resolved projects, technical and an international trade fair such as contextual research, a reflective Première Vision in Paris. learning journal, essays, presentations, and an individual research project. This course has exchange agreements with a number of institutions around Your final degree mark will be based the world, including RMIT in Australia, 100% on your final year work. and more. You can apply to go on exchange in Year Two for one semester. Work placement opportunities You’ll be encouraged to undertake Facilities and equipment work experience alongside your Our Textile Design students are based studies. You’ll be supported with in the Bonington building, a dedicated To find out more about this course access to our database containing a art and design hub. You’ll have visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and range of contacts for potential work access to dye facilities, laser cutting search for Textile Design. placements. We’ll also give you tips on and engraving facilities, digital print how best to approach companies and facilities, fabric printers, embroidery Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice designers, and get the most from your machines, weave and knit rooms, to download portfolio and interview experience. and more. information.

32 33 Costume Design and Making BA (Hons)

This specialist design for performance degree focuses equally on developing both your costume design and costume making skills. You’ll learn how to translate your creative ideas into professional costumes for theatre, film and television, dance, opera and other performance areas.

Information About this course of the object itself, highlighting the value of contextual understanding in UCAS code: W451 You’ll become a versatile designer / performance costume. maker as a result of developing skills Study mode: Full-time in areas such as corsetry, pattern Starting: September cutting, tailoring, millinery, costume Year Two props, puppetry, fabric knowledge, Course duration: Three years and print and dye. You’ll also explore Costume Design and Making: Explorations Entry requirements: visual research, character analysis, contemporary design development (100 Credit Points) • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and and innovative 2D to 3D realisation. Challenging project work will • GCSEs – English and Maths or strengthen your personal approach 95% of our students would Science grade C / 4. to the effective communication of recommend studying at NTU (National experimental costume design and Other requirements: Student Survey 2018). construction. Deepen your artistic and • Portfolio and interview intellectual enquiry through reflection What you’ll study and peer collaboration. Hone advanced design, textiles and construction techniques supporting your 2D and Year One 3D expression of character and visual “If you are undecided about storytelling using both physical and Costume Design and Making: digital means. This may include whether you want to be a Introductions specialist skills workshops, such as designer or maker, this course (100 Credit Points) tailoring, corsetry and laser cutting. will help you develop skills Develop an understanding of and Create and continually evolve your in both areas and ultimately skills as a costume designer-maker outward facing professional identity help you discover where your by going through the process of and / or online presence. You will research activity, analysis of narrative have the opportunity to undertake strengths and weaknesses and character, ideas generation and periods of work experience to increase are. It will also open your visual expression in both 2D and 3D. your awareness of different costume eyes to other unknown work Evolving your design work and visual contexts and identify future areas of possibilities that exist in language using physical and digital specialisation / personal direction. the industry.” media and develop your construction abilities by making both samples and Contextual and Critical Studies 2 Sophie Anagnostopoulou, (20 Credit Points)

fitted garments that demonstrate your Image: Sophie Anagnostopoulou, BA (Hons) Costume Design and Making BA (Hons) Costume Design and Making understanding of 3D period shapes. Broaden your knowledge of and You will learn technical terminology, engagement with global and ethical costume design processes, debates within performance and pattern making, and methods of performance analysis, developing a costume construction giving you questioning and responsible approach an understanding of what costume to your own costume thinking. Explore designers and makers do and how they the cultural relevance and working do it to professional standards. practices of a range of performance genres. Expand your critical knowledge Contextual and Critical Studies 1 and understanding of the role that (20 Credit Points) costume and costume practitioners This module introduces dress history can play within performance and and its relevance to performance society by examining a variety of costume. You will develop a critical cultural contexts in which performance Course Accreditation knowledge and understanding of the is made / written, produced and role that dress can play within society performed. Emphasis is placed on by examining cultural contexts across considering what costume can do a variety of time periods and locations. and mean for a production team, You will consider the complexity of performers and an audience. how a worn item can permeate cultural life and have significance beyond that

34 35 Final Year Work placement opportunities International exchanges and study trips Costume Design and Making: You’ll be encouraged to undertake Exposition (120 credit points) short periods of work experience Recent trips have included a backstage alongside your studies. Course tutors Your final major project encourages tour of the Nottingham Theatre Royal, and the University’s Employability you to focus on your personal direction the V&A Museum in London, Newstead team will be on hand to offer advice and career aspirations. Through studio Abbey’s costume collection, and the and support. practice and staff guidance, you will National Theatre Open Day. Students engage in reflective exchange that Recent placements have included: have also been to watch Birmingham echoes professional working practices Royal Ballet’s Cinderella, designed by • Scottish Opera and facilitates both personal growth John Macfarlane, and Dr Frankenstein and transferable and practical skills • Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Crucible Theatre. acquisition. You are encouraged • Royal National Theatre costume hire This course has exchange agreements to show initiative, risk-taking and • Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) with a number of institutions around innovation in your 2D and 3D practical costume department the world, including the Royal work, supported by clearly articulated Melbourne Institute of Technology in • V&A Museum, London. and contextualised written work Australia and Hong Kong Polytechnic which communicates a personal and University. professional vision. By co-ordinating Connecting with industry extended bodies of knowledge, understanding and skill in your final Live projects or competitions Facilities and equipment could offer you the chance to gain year, you prepare for entry into the You’ll have access to design studio professional experience and raise your performance / cultural industries or space and workshop, life drawing room profile. Organisations and programmes postgraduate education. Undertake and industry-standard sewing rooms, the course has collaborated with a range of activities in preparation plus computer suites. You’ll also have include: for a concluding public presentation the opportunity to use resources from of your work, which will provide a • Scottish Opera’s Leverhulme across the School of Art & Design platform for your ongoing personal • The Linbury Prize including printing workshops, the and professional development. digital fabric printing facility and the • Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith dye lab. There are also metal and wood How you’ll learn • BBC Design Trainee Scheme workshops, moulding and casting • MAD (Make and Design) UK facilities, photographic studios with On this course, you will spend your Performance Costume competition backgrounds and lighting. time in creative studio environments. Teaching and learning experiences • The Costume Society’s Student will include independent projects Award, Pattern of Fashion Award, Career prospects and Museum Placement Award. and research, lectures and seminars, 90% of our graduates in employment workshops and tutorials. You’ll also You’ll also be encouraged to or further study within six months of benefit from study visits and will participate in national competitions graduating (DLHE Survey 2016/17). be encouraged to keep a reflective and costume events, seeking out Recent graduates are working as journal. opportunities to work with local freelance costume designers, trainee cultural centres. costume designers, and wardrobe assistants for a range of theatre, film Assessments Industry experts who have recently and television productions Assessment is 100% through lectured on this course include: coursework. You will receive feedback • television costume designer, Debbie throughout each module and will O’Brien be awarded a grade. Depending on • specialist costume designer / To find out more about this course the module, you will be assessed maker, Ivo Coveney visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and through presentations, design and search for Costume Design. 3D development, prototypes and final • Downton Abbey costume cutter, product, portfolio work, essays, and be Sarah Humphrey Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice expected to complete a dissertation. • Society of British Theatre Designers to download portfolio and interview Your final degree mark will be based Chair, Fiona Watt. information. 100% on your final year work.

36 37 Design for Film and Television BA (Hons)

Created in close collaboration with the film and television industry, this course will prepare you for a successful career as a production designer, art director or other art department role. Learn a wide range of art department skills including set design, visualisation, draughting, and more.

Information About this course you’ll have developed this into a 2,500 word illustrated essay. Throughout UCAS code: W280 The course’s industry connections this module, you’ll develop a reflective result in exciting guest lectures, journal to consider film viewings, what Study mode: Full-time live projects and work experience you learned, and your observations Starting: September opportunities. You’ll study in facilities from a production design perspective. that reflect the latest industry Course duration: Three years standards, learning from staff who Year Two Entry requirements: have industry experience. Both these modules run for the whole • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and In your Final Year, you’ll showcase your work at our Degree Show in year. • GCSEs – English and Maths or Nottingham, with the opportunity to Science grade C / 4. exhibit at a national or international Exploring Design for Film and Television Other requirements: show. (100 credit points) • Portfolio and interview This is a very popular course – 100% Further develop the skills gained in of design for film and television Year One through a range of design students would recommend studying projects. These will cover designs at NTU (National Student Survey for period-accurate props, light 2018). entertainment, close-up design “In my opinion, placements detail, promotional music videos, are one of the best aspects What you’ll study and working from a script. Build your of the course. It gives you professional portfolio and continue the opportunity to work to develop your professional practice Year One journal from Year One. alongside industry professionals and gain a Both these modules run for the whole Contextual Studies 2 year. valuable insight into what (20 credit points) to expect after university.” Introduction to Design for Film and Explore and experiment with the analysis of moving image texts; Alfie Burt, Television techniques or sociological factors BA (Hons) Design for Film (100 credit points) influencing production, genres or and Television You’ll be introduced to production practitioners; critical approaches to design practices and vocabulary within the study of the moving image; and film and television. Complete a range the history and future of film and of challenging, real-situation-based television. Research a personal topic design projects that will allow you to that you’ll present to your fellow develop skills and understanding in students at the start of the module and illustration and visualisation, model develop into a 3,500 word illustrated

making, lighting, storyboarding, Image: Julia Bull, BA (Hons) Design for Film and Television essay by the end. technical drawing, life drawing, key computer software, working from script, and location scouting and Final Year surveying. You’ll also start to assemble a portfolio and a professional practice Design for Film and Television: journal. Exposition (120 credit points) Contextual Studies 1 Demonstrate skills, competencies, and (20 credit points) an understanding of film and television Develop your skills in researching and industry production design practice Course Accreditation analysing visual material in the context to a professional level. Equip yourself of film and television. Negotiate a with a final professional portfolio, CV, topic related to film and television that and personal marketing materials. you’ll present to your fellow students Complete a short film design project, at the start of the module. By the end, two personal negotiated projects

38 39 (to demonstrate a range of genres), Come Dancing, DCI Banks, Victoria Facilities and equipment include: a written dissertation of 5,000 2, EastEnders, Hollyoaks, Downton • two dedicated design studios words, and a professional practice Abbey, and Peaky Blinders. journal. You’ll also exhibit your work • TV studios with green-screen in a final year Degree Show – a great facilities Connecting with industry opportunity for you to invite your • Mini-Cam (for models) industry contacts to view your work. You’ll have the opportunity to engage • Water jet and laser cutting and with industry through real-situation engraving technology design projects and lectures from How you’ll learn • 3D prototyping from polymer to guest speakers. Industry professionals powder printing On this course, you’ll spend most that have recently visited to share their of your time in a creative studio knowledge and experience include: • construction workshops environment. Teaching and learning • IT facilities • Oscar-nominated production experiences will include group and designer, Maria Djurkovic (Tinker • industry-standard software independent projects; demonstrations; Tailor Soldier Spy, Billy Elliot, The including Vectorworks, PhotoShop, lectures and seminars. You’ll also Imitation Game) and SketchUp. benefit from study visits and work experience and be expected to keep a • BAFTA award winning Production You’ll also have the opportunity to use reflective journal. Designer Charles Wood (Guardians resources from across the School of of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange) Art & Design and the wider University, • TV production designer Simon including equipment such as metal Assessments Kimmel (The New Paul O’Grady wood workshops; rubber, resin and Assessment is 100% through Show, Test the Nation, Top Gear) plastics development equipment; and photographic studios with coursework. You will receive feedback • storyboard artist Jim Cornish (Harry backgrounds and lighting. throughout each module and will be Potter, The Dark Knight, Skyfall) awarded a grade. Depending on the • lighting designer Mike LeFevre (The module, you may be assessed through Andrew Marr Show, Globe Theatre, Career prospects peer assessments and presentations; and the Royal Opera House). portfolio work; essays; and be Our graduates go on to work in roles expected to complete a dissertation. such as production designer, art director, art department assistant, Your final degree mark will be based International exchanges and study trips model maker, draughtsperson, graphic 100% on your final year work. designer, concept / storyboard artist Study destinations have included: and set dresser. Recent graduate destinations include Vanity Fair, Work placement opportunities • Harry Potter film studios, London Electric Dreams, Victoria, Fantastic This course has a strong industry • Luc Besson studios, Paris Beasts and Where to Find Them, and focus. You’ll be encouraged to • Cinecittà Studios, Rome The Legend of Tarzan. undertake work experience alongside • Barrandov Film Studios, Prague your studies to get a taste of real life in the film and television industry. • Babelsberg Film Studios, Berlin. The course has a large range of This course has exchange agreements industry contacts and can offer with a number of institutions exciting work placement opportunities around the world, such as the Royal on major TV and film productions, Melbourne Institute of Technology in both location and studio-based, within Australia, Kyoto University of Art and professional art departments for Design, and more. organisations like the BBC, ITV, and To find out more about this course Pinewood Studios. Facilities and equipment visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and Our Design for Film and Television search for Design for Film. You’ll be based in the Waverley building students have recently gained – a beautifully restored, listed building Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice experience working on a wide variety with real design heritage – the original to download portfolio and interview of productions, including Star Wars, home of the Nottingham School of Art. information. The Bad Education Movie, Strictly

40 41 Theatre Design BA (Hons)

Explore all aspects of contemporary theatre design practice, including: set and costume design and realisation; construction; digital technologies and design; light design and audio visual; site-specific design; puppetry; heritage installation; and design for community and education.

Information About this course for investigating your own research project, which will pave the way to UCAS code: W460 Throughout your degree, you’ll learn further research in Year Two and your how to develop your creative, technical, final year. You’ll develop your ability to Study mode: Full-time communicative, collaborative and communicate ideas in written, visual Starting: September organisational skills. We have strong and verbal form, which will enhance links with performance, heritage, your design work. Course duration: Three years educational and arts organisations, Entry requirements: and professional theatre companies, who we regularly collaborate with. Year Two • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and Showcase your work at our Degree Both these modules run for the whole • GCSEs – English and Maths or Show in Nottingham, with the year. Science grade C / 4. opportunity to be selected to exhibit Theatre Design Explorations Other requirements: at other graduate events in London. This is the only Theatre Design degree (100 credit points) • Portfolio and interview in the UK to be accredited by the This module will help you to Chartered Society of Designers. consider your own specialism within theatre design. Select projects and approaches which What you’ll study enable you to further develop “NTU provides all theatre your practical understanding of design students with their Year One the relationship between design, own studio space which is craft and performance and a clear Both these modules run for the whole great. We also have access to understanding of the requirements year. and possibilities of different audiences, a fully equipped workshop, spaces and contexts. These will including a 3D printer and laser Introduction to Theatre Design be underpinned and extended by cutter, and technicians who (100 credit points) taught sessions, seminars and are always available to offer Learn about the key principles, workshops in CAD and a variety help and guidance.” skills, practices and thinking that of digital and interactive media. inform contemporary theatre design You’ll complete a work experience Rebecca Constable, practice. Create design models, placement selected from a range of BA (Hons) Theatre Design storyboards, costumes, sets and professional performance and arts- props, installations, performances, and related environments. A programme puppets. You’ll cover costume design, of workshops and masterclasses will contemporary speculative design, also help you to develop your skills, spatial construction and scenic art, knowledge and understanding in Course membership puppetry, speculative design for a theatre craft, technology, and the classic play, performance installation, wider application of these within the lighting, and projection. Also learn arts and performance sector. about wardrobe, scenic art, projection techniques, technical and professional Contextual Studies 2 Image: Georgia Hatton, BA (Hons) Theatre Design skills in CAD and 3D drawing, theatre (20 credit points) production, equipment, materials, This module enables you to build processes and protocols in theatre on the skills you gained in Year One, design, including health and safety. developing your knowledge and understanding of live performance Contextual Studies 1 contexts, and of the wider historical, (20 credit points) Course Accreditation arts, cultural, and political contexts for This module will engage you with your work. Develop analytical, critical, theatre history, theory, philosophy, reflective and evaluative skills, working culture, and contemporary practice. on two Individual Research Projects, It will help you to develop confidence presented during the year through a in reflective and evaluative writing. It variety of communication methods will prepare you throughout the year (verbal, visual, and written).

42 43 Final Year Work placement opportunities International exchanges and study trips Theatre Design Exposition In Year Two, you’ll complete a work (120 credit points) placement of between three and five Recent visits have included: weeks with the support of course staff Advance your practice in theatre and the Employability team. • Full access backstage tours design to a professional level. You’ll of Phantom of The Opera, Les complete at least three projects, which Recent placement destinations Misérables and Hamilton in London will normally include: include: • Lady Macbeth of Mstensk, • a realised design for performance • The National Theatre and Birmingham Opera. – working with one of our associate Nottingham Playhouse This course has exchange agreements companies such as Lakeside Arts, • touring and young people’s theatre with a number of institutions around Nottingham College, Mish Mash companies, such as Graeae Theatre the world, such as Ryerson University Productions, and the National Trust Company, Streetwise Opera, Dragon in Canada. You can apply to go on • a speculative design project – Breath Theatre, and Bamboozle exchange in Year Two for one semester. working with associate institutions Theatre such as, Nottingham Playhouse, and • production companies such as Birmingham Opera Company Rocket Scenery (Nottingham) and Facilities and equipment • an independent design project for Cloud Nine Décor. You’ll have access to a fully working audience, working with a client theatre studio with sound and lighting; • a devised performance project for Connecting with industry construction and paint workshops; an audience studio space with desks and Recent live projects have included: computers; costume studios; fully- • a major research project, combining equipped digital design studios and the skills you’ve developed in Years • TV Workshop the latest industry-standard software. One and Two. • Nottingham Puppet Festival • City Arts Nottingham You’ll also have the opportunity to use resources from across the School of How you’ll learn • Theatre Royal Concert Hall, Art & Design and the wider University, Nottingham On this course, you’ll spend most including printing workshops and of your time in a creative studio • Nottingham Playhouse digital fabric printing facility, dye lab, environment. Teaching and learning • Birmingham Opera Company embroidery, knitting and weaving experiences will include lectures, workshops. There are also metal and • The Workhouse, Southwell (National seminars and workshop; you’ll take wood workshops; rubber, resin and Trust) part in group and individual tutorials plastics development equipment; screenings and masterclasses, and • Lakeside Arts Theatre. and photographic studios with benefit from work-based learning Industry experts who have recently backgrounds and lighting. placements visits and events. shared their knowledge and experience with our students include: Career prospects Assessments • Luke Halls, award winning video and Graduates find employment in a broad Assessment is 100% through projection designer range of areas such as theatre design coursework. You’ll receive feedback • Neil Franklin, creative producer from and design for performance; set, props throughout each module and will Stage One and costume; and events and festival be awarded a grade. Depending on • Adam Penfold, Artistic Director, designers and managers. the module, you may be assessed Nottingham Playhouse through speculative design and live • Richard Willacy, Executive Director, performances; artefacts and costume Birmingham Opera Company To find out more about this course garments, as well as presentations, visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and written reflective and critically • Jenny Sealey MBE, Artistic Director, search for Theatre. evaluative reports. Graeae Theatre Company. Your final degree mark will be based Our students have also enjoyed Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice 100% on your final year work. success in a number of competitions, to download portfolio and interview set by Nottingham Playhouse and the information. Birmingham Opera.

44 45 Decorative Arts BA (Hons)

On this contemporary design degree, you’ll develop all the skills needed for a career in craft or design, education or in the commercial sector. You’ll have the opportunity to explore ceramics, metal, wood, surface and print, resin and glass through a series of specialist workshops.

Information About this course Year Two UCAS code: W170 You’ll learn the skills required to These two year-long modules run side produce 2D and 3D products, through by side. Study mode: Full-time digital or traditional methods, for the Starting: September interior, home, fashion sectors, or for Innovation: Creative Design the gallery or luxury giftware market. (100 credit points) Course duration: Three years Complete a variety of projects to You’ll enhance your drawing skills help you to develop skills that apply Entry requirements: in dedicated drawing classes. And to the production of contemporary throughout your degree you will have • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and applied arts. This includes drawing, the opportunity to go on study trips • GCSEs – English and Maths or idea generation, visual research, and exhibition visits to help develop Science grade C / 4. material exploration, presentation, and your knowledge of the applied arts. visualisation. Explore the cultural and Other requirements: In your final year, you’ll showcase commercial context in which your work • Portfolio and interview your work in our Degree Show in exists through visits, market research, Nottingham, and may be selected to costing, marketing, and sustainability. exhibit at prestigious graduate shows. and you’ll learn all the business skills Business and Professional Practice needed to set up your own enterprise. (20 credit points) “The decorative arts course You’ll be given an overview of business and professional development in is very freeing and forgiving What you’ll study as you are exposed to many the context of decorative arts. Learn about setting up a workshop or studio, different materials during Year One product development, marketing, your first year, many of publicity, finance, sales, and pricing. which I had never worked These two year-long modules run side You’ll also research, organise and by side. with before such as metal, produce written work, presentations, and discussions. ceramics and glass.” Form, Structure and Surface Yasemin Yasar, Decoration BA (Hons) Decorative Arts (100 credit points) Final Year You’ll be introduced to decorative arts through drawing, initial concepts Creative Practice and Theory and developing ideas, research and (120 credit points) design skills, prototypes, and finished There are two elements to this module, products. Explore a range of 2D and 3D which are marked separately. The first media, and learn about the principles part – Creative Practice – counts for of colour theory. Through workshops, 70% of your final mark. Attend lectures learn about material processes, and tutorials where you negotiate a techniques, and skills relating to personal brief. Develop, explore and drawing, print, ceramics, embroidery, analyse your ideas, and create work Image: Kate (Jihye) Yun, BA (Hons) Decorative Arts metal, wood, glass, and mould making. that will lead to a professional portfolio and product collection. Decorative Arts in Context (20 credit points) The second part of the module is theoretical and counts for 30% of your This module will provide you with an final mark. You can choose to complete introduction to the key movements, either a dissertation or a Live Trading themes and issues within 20th and Course Accreditation business plan. For the dissertation, 21st Century design. Develop skills you’ll negotiate a research topic that in research, visual analysis, writing, you’ll then refine and evaluate. For and presenting. You’ll research, the Live Trading business plan, you’ll organise and produce written work, create a business plan to support your presentations, and discussions. practical work.

46 47 Explore the legal elements of a opportunity to raise your profile Facilities and equipment freelance, sole trader or small through industry competitions. and medium-sized enterprise Our Decorative Arts students are Recent live projects have included: (SME) business, and look at studio based in the Bonington building, a production and practice, pricing, • Johnson Tiles design challenge dedicated art and design hub. You’ll marketing, and business development. have your own studio space and have • Denby pottery design project access to: • the Craft Council’s Hothouse How you’ll learn programme • HOAF gas and electric kilns for glass work You’ll spend most of your time in • a project inspired by the Nottingham • potters’ wheels a creative studio environment. Castle collection. • a ceramic digital printer Teaching and learning experiences Decorative Arts students have will include lectures, drawing classes also entered the Texprint design • casting and moulding equipment and practical workshops. You’ll benefit competition and the Society of Dyers • metal workshops adapted for from technical surgeries and study and Colourists’ International Design specialist metal usage trips, and be expected to take part in Competition. presentations and interim evaluations. • woodworking workshop and NTU also hosts an annual Day of equipment Colour, which is run by the Society of • rubber, resin and plastics Assessments Dyers and Colourists, and features development equipment Assessment is 100% through guest lectures by prominent colour • polymer 3D printer and creative professionals. coursework. You will receive feedback • vinyl cutter throughout each module and will be This is the only craft-based degree awarded a grade. Depending on the • hand screen printing, transfer course in the UK that is accredited by printing, and collograph printing. module, you will be assessed through the Chartered Society of Designers presentations of your practical work, (CSD), giving you free membership You’ll also can use resources from together with essays and reports. during your studies which means you’ll across the School of Art & Design and You’ll be expected to keep a research have access to CSD online careers the wider University, including printing portfolio, undertake business plans, advice, guidance, and job vacancies. workshops and digital fabric printing and complete a dissertation. facility, dye lab, embroidery, knitting If you’re interested in setting up and weaving workshops. Plus you’ll Your final degree mark will be based your own business after graduating, 100% on your final year work. have access to our onsite art shop and you can apply to join a business Bonington Gallery, a public art gallery development programme at The right on campus. Work placement opportunities Hive, NTU’s purpose-built centre for entrepreneurship and enterprise. You’ll be encouraged to undertake Career prospects work experience alongside your studies. Course staff and the NTU International exchanges and As well as setting up their own Employability team will support you study trips businesses as designer-makers, with tips on how best to approach graduates go on to work in fields such You’ll have the opportunity to visit companies, designers and makers, as product design, buying, marketing, a variety of places in the UK for and how to get the most from your merchandising or art direction. Recent inspiration and an insight into industry, experience. destinations include Paul Smith, Hugo such as the Denby pottery factory. You Boss, Burberry, Harrods, Habitat and Recent placements have included may also have the opportunity to visit Next. Joules, Saatchi Gallery, F&F at Tesco, design capitals such as London, Milan SCP Furniture, Dunelm Mills, Atomic and New York. Interiors and British Ceramics Biennial. This course has exchange agreements To find out more about this course with the Royal Melbourne Institute visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and Connecting with industry of Technology in Australia, China search for Decorative Arts. Academy of Art, and more. This course offers experiences that Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice will enhance your understanding of to download portfolio and interview working in industry, through visiting information. practitioners, live projects and the

48 49 Fine Art BA (Hons)

Explore what it means to be an artist in the 21st Century, and the role of contemporary art in modern society. Develop your artistic work across a full range of contemporary media, studying in Nottingham – a city internationally recognised as a hub for for new and emerging artists.

Information About this course Year Two

UCAS code: W100 Work in our dedicated Fine Art studios Speculation: Developing Fine Art and workshops, alongside students Study mode: Full-time Practice from all years and experiment with (120 credit points) Starting: September different media before focusing on Continue to develop your art practice what is right for your own practice. in a chosen medium or combination Course duration: Three years Attend our Live Lecture Series, of media areas. You’ll work more featuring national and international Entry requirements: independently than in Year One, artists, creative practitioners and selecting an appropriate work space • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and theorists. and developing a studio culture that • GCSEs – English and Maths or Be inspired by Nottingham’s artistic suits your practice. Seminars will Science grade C / 4. community and creative places to visit, provide opportunities for lively debate Other requirements: including Nottingham Contemporary, on your work and the contexts it New Art Exchange and Lakeside Arts. relates to. • Portfolio and interview Take part in local and international The Public project will help you to exhibitions and events, including, in develop skills relating to professional recent years, the Tilburg project in practice, developing networks and The Netherlands, and internships at contacts outside of the University. the Venice Biennale. In your final year “I’ve learnt to have you’ll exhibit your work as part of our As in Year One, you’ll continue to confidence in my artistic Degree Show with the opportunity to document and reflect upon your work, practice, and through doing exhibit externally in local, national or assembling a research portfolio for so I have been able to apply to international spaces. assessment. many external opportunities, including the Woon Prize. What you’ll study Final Year I wouldn’t have felt confident Resolution: Final Practice and enough to apply to these Year One Reflection opportunities without the (120 credit points) support I received from Curiosity: Introducing Fine Art Practice You’ll work independently towards a the course.” (120 credit points) deeper understanding and resolution of your own practice. Identify and Emily Stollery, The emphasis is on developing critically apply the questions, BA (Hons) Fine Art self-directed study, beginning with a problems, methods and processes series of workshops to kick-start your that are uniquely appropriate to your practice and help you to settle into practice. In this module, there is an your studies, allowing you to meet emphasis on making and staging staff and fellow students. Explore with your work within a professional a sense of curiosity, creating work contemporary art context. At the end quickly and developing your ideas into of the module, you’ll exhibit your work more focused, self-negotiated fine art in our Degree Show. practice. Image: Lauren Hutchins, BA (Hons) Fine Art Deepen your awareness of the critical and professional contexts of fine How you’ll learn art, and through project proposals You’ll spend most of your time in a and planning you’ll be introduced to creative studio environment. Teaching the skills required for professional and learning experiences will include practice. Record and reflect on your individual and group tutorials and work throughout the year to assemble presentations; context talks and the a research portfolio. live lecture programme; technical advice and workshops; visiting and studio lecturer tutorials; career

guidance; and organised study trips.

50 51 Assessments developing career paths within the • video editing facilities city’s art scene. • glass kilns for glass work Assessment is 100% through coursework. You will receive feedback Our Fine Art students have recently • potter’s wheels throughout each module and will be enjoyed success at high-profile • a ceramic digital printer competitions such as Bloomberg New awarded a grade. In each module, • casting and moulding equipment your research portfolio evidences Contemporaries, the Woon Foundation • bookable project spaces for the ongoing documentation of work Painting and Sculpture Art Prize, developing and testing work. in development. Other assessment Saatchi Gallery’s New Sensations and the ING Prize. methods include exhibitions, Plus you’ll have access to our onsite presentations, seminars, and the art shop and Bonington Gallery, a submission of written and visual International exchanges public art gallery right on campus. material. and study trips Your final degree mark will be based You’ll have the opportunity to go on a Career prospects 100% on your final year work. number of national and international Employability for this course is trips during the course. Recent UK excellent, with 96% of our students Professional practice destinations have included Liverpool going on to employment or further opportunities Biennial festival, Glasgow International study within six months of graduating. festival, and various London galleries. (DLHE survey 2016/17) You’ll be supported in undertaking International destinations have work experience and collaborative included New York, Berlin, and A high proportion of our graduates working with external art Copenhagen. choose to stay in Nottingham to organisations, galleries, and further establish their creative collectives. This course has exchange agreements network. Many go on to become artists with a number of institutions or work in roles such as curators, Benefit from opportunities to around the world, such as the Royal teachers, gallerists, animators, collaborate on projects and exhibitions Melbourne Institute of Technology musicians, community artists, with a range of prestigious Nottingham in Australia, University of Lapland in photographers and filmmakers. institutions, including: Finland, and more. Successful and notable graduates • Nottingham Contemporary from this course include: • New Art Exchange Facilities and equipment • film director Simon Ellis • Broadway Cinema Our Fine Art students are based in the • painter Nigel Cooke • One Thoresby Street Bonington building, a dedicated art • artist and illustrator Jon Burgerman • Primary and design building. You’ll be part of an open plan workshop spaces and • curators Hannah Conroy and Ashley • Backlit benefit from: Gallant • Surface Gallery. • metal workshops • artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster • specialist metal usage • award-winning landscape designer Connecting with industry Sarah Price • woodworking workshop and This course is set against the backdrop equipment • video artist Marianna Simnett of Nottingham’s exceptionally strong • rubber, resin and plastics • artist Yoko Hayashi contemporary art community. The development equipment • sculptor David Batchelor. city is internationally recognised as a centre of world-leading artistic • polymer 3D printer innovation and creative business. Over • vinyl cutter recent years, Nottingham has become • hand screen printing, transfer To find out more about this course a vibrant hub for new and emerging printing, and collagraph printing visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and artists, boasting a diverse and thriving search for Fine Art. network of galleries, art spaces and • black and white and colour darkrooms, enlargers, and artist-led initiatives – many of which Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice processors our graduates are involved with. A high to download portfolio and interview volume of our graduating students • three full-size photographic studios information. choose to stay in Nottingham, with backgrounds and lighting

52 53 Animation BA (Hons)

Explore all aspects of digital animation on this creative and professionally focused degree course, developing the production skills and critical knowledge necessary to become an animator.

Information About this course final part of the module, you’ll learn about storytelling for short-form UCAS code: W213 Beginning with the principles of animation by devising, designing and animation, you’ll learn how to animate completing a short-animated film. Study mode: Full-time in digital 2D and 3D, additionally Starting: September studying drawing for storyboarding, Animation Studies 1 visual development including (20 credit points) Course duration: Three years character and environment design, Learn about the historical and Entry requirements: 3D production workflow, acting contemporary context of animation, for animators and all stages of and its place within film studies. • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and animation production, in a progressive, Explore animation’s relationship with • GCSEs – English and Maths or systematic approach. Practical studies its audience, and how communication Science grade C / 4. are enhanced by timetabled life and storytelling take place. drawing. Other requirements: You’ll have access to industry-standard Year Two • Portfolio and interview equipment progressing your animation and associated skills on the following These two year-long modules run side software: Adobe CC; Autodesk by side. Maya, Mudbox and Motion Builder; TVPaint; CelAction2D; ZBrush, and Animation Studio “The facilities and tutors I Dragonframe. Your learning will benefit (100 credit points) believe are some of the best from collaborative working, completing You’ll further develop your skills you can get when it comes exciting live client briefs. You will learn in 2D or 3D animation introducing to studying animation. The from course staff with expertise in acting, thinking and motivation to course focuses on what you drawing, preproduction ideation and character movement, informing critical documentation, visualisation, 2D and performance decisions. Additionally, are passionate about as an 3D animation, 3D workflow including there will be opportunities to push individual, so that you can modelling, look development and visual design, discover previs, and learn what you love.” rigging, and industry and independent further explore 2D or 3D production production practices. workflows to enhance those skills. Jamie Wood, A live brief project will give you BA (Hons) Animation an opportunity to collaborate in What you’ll study communicating a client’s message and an additional short animated Year One project will enhance your storytelling and production skills. You’ll also gain These two year-long modules run side critical learning experience assisting by side. on final year films.

Understanding Animation Animation Studies 2 (100 credit points) (20 credit points) You will explore the principles of Explore the idea of graphical animation; timing, spacing and storytelling and its relationship to weight in traditional paper and pencil animation. Focus on the frame, and technique before implementing in what it means across a range of Image: Leo Winter, BA (Hons) Animation digital 2D and 3D software to produce related media, and how control of the plausible and authentic character frame empowers the animator. movement. Study of human anatomy, pose and gesture will be supported by timetabled life drawing sessions. Additionally, students will develop storyboard drawing skills, character and environment visual development, and introductory CG modelling, rigging, lighting and texturing. In the

54 55 Final Year • Sarah Cox, Aardman Animations International exchanges • D’Israeli, graphic novel artist Thesis Film This course has exchange agreements • Barry Purves, Oscar and BAFTA (120 credit points) with a number of institutions around nominated animator the world, including the Royal Continue to develop your skills in • Laura Quinn, previs artist Melbourne Institute of Technology, San pre-production, production, and post- Jose State University in the USA, and production, conceiving and completing • Steve Smith, Beakus Studios more. You can apply to go on exchange a short thesis film that demonstrates • Jon Turner, Kilogramme Animation in Year Two for one semester. an understanding of animated Studios. storytelling. Alongside your film, you’ll Live projects and competitions will develop a written and visual document Career prospects help you to gain real experience of the detailing its cultural and conceptual industry, make contacts, and build background. Additionally, you will This course will prepare you to work in your portfolio and CV. refine previous exercises and create animation-related digital media fields, such as feature animation, television new ones to demonstrate your chosen You’ll be encouraged to undertake series, heritage interpretation, specialised skills in a portfolio reel. short periods of work experience advertising, games, and AR / VR alongside your studies. Course staff production. You will also develop and our Employability team will be on How you’ll learn transferable skills for careers in hand to support you with advice on freelance illustration, motion graphics, Teaching and learning experiences how to approach companies and get advertising, and filmmaking. will include; lectures and briefings, the most from your experience. studio workshops, seminars, tutorials, peer and self-evaluations and verbal and visual presentations. You will also Facilities and equipment have the benefit of participating in live You’ll be based in the Waverley building projects, collaborative opportunities, – a beautifully restored, listed building study trips and personal development with real design heritage – the original planning. home of the Nottingham School of Art. Facilities and equipment include: Assessment • high-end 3D work stations with Xeon Assessment is 100% through processors and Quadro graphics coursework. You will receive feedback cards throughout each module and will be • Wacom Cintiq 27” HD touch drawing awarded a grade. screens You will be assessed holistically, • Adobe Creative Cloud through animated exercises • Autodesk Entertainment Creation submitted, life drawing, design work, suite software, including Maya, 3ds 2D visual research, 3D development Max, and Mudbox work and completed productions. You will be expected to carry out reports • TVPaint software and evaluations, write essays and a • Dragonframe stop motion software dissertation or alternative project. and hardware Your final degree mark will be based • professional audio booths fully 100% on your final year work. equipped for sound recording, foley, and composing • digital SLR cameras with a range of To find out more about this course Connecting with industry EF and EF-S lenses. visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and Industry professionals will visit the search for Animation. course to guest lecture and share their experiences. Recent visitors include: Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice to download portfolio and interview • Jayne Bevitt, eOne information. • George Coffey, Jelly London

56 57 Graphic Design BA (Hons)

Explore all aspects of graphic design on this award-winning degree and set yourself up for a career in fields such as art direction, advertising, branding and identity, packaging design, design for screen and interactive design, editorial design, illustration, motion graphics or publishing.

Information About this course Study the factors that have shaped graphic design and the role that this UCAS code: W211 Graphic design at NTU has an discipline has played in spreading excellent reputation for producing ideas. Through lectures, seminars and Study mode: Full-time industry-ready, interdisciplinary tutorials, increase your understanding Starting: September graduates. You’ll study a broad range of relevant issues and controversies. of disciplines including branding, You’ll also cover research methods, Course duration: Three years editorial design, illustration, interactive writing, and analytical skills. Entry requirements: design, information design, motion graphics and typography and will • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and work on live briefs with companies like Year Two • GCSEs – English and Maths or Brand Opus, JKR, Kin and Vault 49. These two year-long modules run side Science grade C / 4. You’ll develop your professional by side. Other requirements: skills through self-initiated work experience placements, competitions, Exploring the Professional Context • Portfolio and interview collaborations with organisations and Personal Direction and guest lectures. Gain a global (100 credit points) perspective and go on optional You’ll build on your Year One study visits to cities like New York, experimentation, creative skills, and Copenhagen and Berlin. techniques. You’ll engage with tutor- “I would highly recommend written briefs, live industry projects, my course to anyone interested By the end of your degree, you’ll have and competition briefs. In order to developed a professional portfolio in studying graphic design identify your personal strengths and tailored to your own career aspirations, at university. You will be interests – and your own identity ready to showcase at prestigious as a designer – you’ll also explore encouraged to experiment graduate shows. the varied strands of contemporary across all areas of design, and graphic design practice. you’ll be pushed to deeply What you’ll study consider the importance of Design in Context 2 (20 credit points) the idea when creating your Year One projects.” This historical and theoretical module These two year-long modules run side will prepare you for your final year Ben Wood, by side. dissertation. Upon completion, you BA (Hons) Graphic Design will be able to identify characteristics The Fundamentals of Graphic Design of graphic design through reference (100 credit points) to other creative practices and media forms. You will develop your writing Learn about, and begin to practise, and presentation skills, and study a the process behind effective graphic range of current issues in visual culture design. Focus on topics such as to generate ideas for your dissertation. typography, image-making, branding,

packaging, editorial design, illustration,

and film or animation. You’ll also

Image: Niamh Shutt, BA (Hons) Graphic Design produce a portfolio – from a seven-

week workshop rotation – that

includes screen and analogue printing,

photography, visualisation, design and

layout, paper craft and bookbinding,

and Adobe PhotoShop, InDesign and

Course Accreditation Illustrator.

Design in Context 1 (20 credit points)

You’ll be given an introduction to the history of graphic design, from the Renaissance to the present day.

58 59 Final Year Work placement opportunities insights and inspiration to inform your own practice and project development. Developing a Personal Portfolio You’ll be encouraged to undertake (100 credit points) work experience alongside your studies. Course staff and our Facilities and equipment Through studio work, you’ll focus on Employability team will be on hand independent learning and portfolio Facilities and equipment for our to support you with advice on how to development and complete a number graphic design students include; approach companies and get the most of projects. This includes professional Mac suites equipped with software from your experience. Our Graphic membership schemes (ISTD student including Adobe Creative Suite, Design students have recently gained assessment scheme), student CINEMA 4D, and Final Cut Pro and work experience with companies competitions (D&AD, RSA Student studios dedicated to print, interactive such as Aardman Animations, Esquire Design Awards, Creative Conscience media and moving image. All of magazine, Interbrand, Rolls-Royce, Awards, YCN, Roses Student Awards), these are supported by experienced Sky, and The Observer. negotiated projects, and live briefs. technical staff. You’ll also have the opportunity Design in Context 3: Dissertation Connecting with industry to use resources from across the (20 credit points) Industry professionals visit the School of Art & Design and the wider Write a 5,000 word dissertation course to guest lecture and share University, including equipment such based on a subject relevant to visual their experience. Recent visitors have as; digital fabric printing facility, culture that you can negotiate with included: embroidery, knitting and weaving tutors. You’ll study and write about workshops, photographic studios with this subject, applying the researching, • Bruno Maag, Dalton Maag backgrounds and lighting. critical thinking, and writing skills you • David Bailey, BBC have developed throughout the course. • Stuart Watson, Nomad Career prospects • Jack Renwick, Jack Renwick Studio How you’ll learn Employability is a key focus of this • Norman Hayes, Waste Studio course, with modules including Studio practice is a key element of • Phil McNeill, Kin Design initiatives such as live projects and the this course, and you’ll spend a lot of • Richard de Hoxar, Vault49 opportunity to exhibit your work. time in a creative studio environment. Teaching and learning experiences will • Roderick Mills, illustrator. Graduates from this course go into include; studio activities, peer groups, a range of roles. Recent examples Our students have also recently lectures, workshops, seminars, and include: designer, Unidays; junior worked on live projects with Stocks group tutorials. You will also benefit designer, McCann Birmingham; junior Taylor Benson, Elmwood, Brand Opus, from one-to-one surgeries, portfolio designer, Pentland Brands; product Interbrand, Landor, The Archipelago, reviews, and self-initiated work development, Bakerdays; freelance Territory, and The One Off. experience. artist, Advocate AA; junior designer; This course is accredited by the Landor, junior motion designer; Chartered Society of Designers (CSD), DixonBaxi. Assessment giving you free membership during This course has an excellent Assessment is 100% coursework. your studies. You’ll also have access to employment rate, with 94% of You’ll be assessed at the end of each CSD online careers advice, guidance, students in employment or further module and awarded a grade, receiving and vacancies. study six months after graduating feedback throughout. (DLHE 2016 / 17). You will be assessed holistically, International exchanges and through a portfolio of design work, study trips presentations, essays, seminars, To find out more about this course lecture quizzes and a dissertation. Our Graphic Design students have recently travelled to New York, visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and Your final degree mark will be based Copenhagen and Berlin, where search for Graphic Design. 100% on your final year work. they visited design studios and met practitioners. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice to download portfolio and interview Trips also offer the chance to explore information. museums and galleries, and gather

60 61 Filmmaking BA (Hons)

Explore all aspects of filmmaking with this hands-on degree to set yourself up for a career as a producer, director or writer. Develop professional and innovative work through the production of dramas, documentaries, adverts, music videos, and experimental work.

Information About this course Develop your artistic outlook by considering the influence film has UCAS code: W600 Alongside the storytelling skills you’ll on audiences, your awareness of learn the technical and production original inventions, and your sense Study mode: Full-time skills to enable you to produce a of connectivity between research Starting: September professional portfolio tailored to your and practice. Analyse existing films career goals. Throughout your degree, and screenplays, focusing on stylistic Course duration: Three years you’ll undertake the roles of writer, choices and considering how meaning Entry requirements: director and producer while working on is created through style. live briefs with our industry partners or • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and entering industry competitions. You’ll examine how auteurs from different genres use stylistic and • GCSEs – English and Maths or Learn from staff with expertise in thematic elements to create a specific Science grade C / 4. areas such as directing, producing and voice. Other requirements: scriptwriting, plus technical skills such as editing, lighting, sound and camera • Portfolio and interview operating. Use industry-standard Year Two facilities and equipment such as high- These two year-long modules run side end cameras, sound recording booths by side. and green-screen studios, along with industry-recognised software. Narrative, Production and Audiences “I love how hands-on the (100 credit points) course is. During my first term, What you’ll study In this film practice-based module, we were able to go and shoot carry out projects to develop your on location in Derbyshire, skillset. Firstly, you’ll be set briefs for a and there are already trips Year One given audience, using both fiction and being planned to go to Rome These two year-long modules run side non-fiction formats. You’ll then identify in 2019 and do some work by side. and negotiate your own brief by defining your own audience, and then out there, too!” Script to Screen developing and delivering a finished Maia Gouevia, (100 credit points) film project. BA (Hons) Filmmaking This module will provide you with Genre, Forms and Industry a foundation of the core creative (20 credit points) concepts of writing, directing and producing for film, delivered through Enrich your understanding of how practical projects, workshops, lectures, genre, original content, audiences and seminars, tutorials and masterclasses. technologies interrelate. By undertaking team and individual Look at how film and television content projects, you’ll experience technical is created using genre as an enabling roles in areas such as camera mechanism for matching content to operating, lighting, sound recording, audiences. You’ll also question the and post-productions skills such as impact of contemporary technological editing, colour grading and working platforms on the creative shape, with audio. delivery, distribution and exhibition of content. The learning from this module Film: Style, Narrative, Authorship will help inform your creative approach (20 credit points) to your thesis film project in your final year. Consider current and historical

context by exploring the history of film,

Course Accreditation including a history of filmmaking in

the USA and Europe. You’ll investigate

film theory and genre, deepening your understanding of the connection between visual creativity and narrative.

62 63 Final Year be expected to carry out reports and • Adobe Create suite Master evaluations, write essays and deliver Collection software, including This module runs all year long. visual and verbal presentations. You Premiere, Audition, After Effects, will produce and maintain production and PhotoShop Filmmaking Entrepreneurship management documentation (e.g. risk • green screen and motion-capture (120 credit points) assessments, recce forms, equipment facilities This module will help you prepare for lists) and keep a design journals • Davinci Resolve for editing, audio employment or postgraduate study (online / offline). post-production and grading by developing your use of filmmaking Your final degree mark will be based language. You will continue to further • professional audio booths fully 100% on your final year work. develop your authorial voice by looking equipped for sound recording and at a broad range of narrative and composing visual styles to aid the evolution of an Connecting with industry • high-end digital film SLR cameras original piece of visual storytelling that with a range of EF and EF-S lenses you will design, develop and deliver. Industry professionals will visit the • 4K film cameras Working through the full development course to guest lecture and share process, from initial concept research, their experiences. Live projects and • A range of Cine lenses. pitch, script, budget, and market competition briefs will help you gain real experience of the industry, and identification, through to production International exchanges and postproduction this piece of work build your portfolio and CV. This course has exchange agreements will form a major part of your final You’ll be encouraged to undertake with a number of institutions around portfolio. work experience alongside your the world, including VIA University studies. Course staff and Employability You’ll also identify relevant distribution College in Aarhus, Denmark, Northern team will be on hand to support you and exhibition platforms for your Arizona University in the USA, and with advice on how to approach finished film. more. You can apply to go on exchange companies and get the most from your in Year Two for one semester. experience. How you’ll learn Studio practice is a key element of this Facilities and equipment Career prospects course, and you’ll spend a lot of time in This course will prepare you to work Primarily, you’ll be based at our City a creative studio environment. in the digital media field in areas Campus in the Waverley building – a such as independent film, television, Teaching and learning experiences will beautifully restored, listed building heritage interpretation, advertising, include; practical studio workshops, with real design heritage – the original music and games production. You film screenings, lectures and briefings, home of the Nottingham School of Art. seminars, tutorials, masterclasses will also develop transferable skills and verbal and visual presentations. You will also have some timetabled for alternative careers in teaching, You will also have the benefit of sessions at: retailing, media and freelance design. participating in live projects, study • Confetti, our partner institute in the trips and personal development Creative Quarter of Nottingham city planning. centre • NTU Clifton Campus. Assessment Nottingham City Transport (NCT) Assessment is 100% coursework. runs a great bus service, with regular You’ll be assessed at the end of each buses running directly between our module and awarded a grade, receiving campuses. You will have to pay to feedback throughout. travel and under 19’s currently get To find out more about this course significant discount on the bus fare. Depending on the module, you may be visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and assessed through design development Facilities and equipment you’ll have search for Filmmaking. work (prototypes, storyboards, scripts, access to include: animatics, draft edits, research), final Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice • high-end work stations with Xeon project work (e.g. film, scripts, pitch to download portfolio and interview processors and Quadro Graphics packages) and portfolio work. You will information. Cards

64 65 Photography BA (Hons)

Explore all aspects of what it means to be a professional photographer. Develop the creativity and autonomy to establish your own particular photographic practice, investigating areas such as art, documentary, editorial, commercial, advertising, fashion photography and critical writing.

Information About this course History and Theoretical Practice (40 credit points) UCAS code: W640 This practice-based course provides Learn about key facts, concepts and an intellectually stimulating experience Study mode: Full-time themes in the history and critical of learning, where you are exposed to theory of photography. Cover the a wide range of practical skills, critical Starting: September invention of photography, the methodologies and professional development of ideas about social, Course duration: Three years strategies. Learn practical skills commercial, and artistic practices including, digital workflow, colour Entry requirements: of photography, and the impact and black and white printing, studio of changing technologies. You’ll • A-levels – BBC (or equivalent); and lighting, large and medium format, be introduced to study skills and planning and installing exhibitions, • GCSEs – English and Maths or guidelines for academic writing. Science grade C / 4. professional photographic portfolio development and moving image. You’ll also receive information about Other requirements: opportunities for a European or Work with industry-standard international exchange, and be given • Portfolio and interview facilities, learning skills in traditional support and guidance on how to apply photographic methods, digital media for one. and emerging technologies. Enhance your professional skills Year Two “What I enjoyed the most through work placements, industry about my course was having competitions and collaborations. In Year Two there are two modules And take part in the development access to the camera store, which run side by side. and organisation of our photography because it meant that I could festival in your Final Year, exhibiting Visual and Professional Practice refine my skill, style and ability your work at venues across (80 credit points) by challenging myself to use Nottingham. In terms one and two, you’ll research, different cameras and lenses.” experiment, and produce a body of work that you’ll exhibit as part of a Elee Smith, What you’ll study public group exhibition. In terms two BA (Hons) Photography and three, you’ll have the opportunity Year One to develop your photography and present your final work as an artist’s In Year One, there are two modules book, which you’ll showcase at an end- which run side by side. of-year book fair. Through professional practice seminars and lectures, you’ll Exploration and Practice learn about subjects like copyright, (80 credit points) working to commission, and costing Work on set and negotiated projects, and pricing your work. During Year Two, examining narrative and sequencing, you’ll also consider opportunities for staged and constructed photographs, work experience. objectivity, the portrait, and the manipulated image. Receive inductions Critical and Cultural Practice Image: Rasha Kotaiche, BA (Hons) Photography for our photographic resources, and (40 credit points) technical workshops on the use of Build on your practical and theoretical traditional and digital equipment, knowledge and experience to further materials, and techniques. You’ll explore representation in and through also learn about digital photography imagery. Develop an understanding of including scanning, printing, critical strategy in the interpretation, processing raw files, and PhotoShop. analysis and practice of photography. It will also provide you with a broad You’ll prepare for your final year introduction to core employability dissertation by developing your critical skills. research and writing.

66 67 Final Year Work placement opportunities International exchanges and study trips Degree Show and Dissertation You’ll be encouraged to undertake (120 credit points) work experience alongside your Go on organised study trips to studies. Course staff and our (Degree Show 50%, research package galleries, exhibitions and cultural cities, Employability team will be on hand to 15%, dissertation 35%) both in the UK and abroad. Recent support you. destinations have included: New York; This module is split into Visual Practice Our Photography students have Hepworth Gallery, Yorkshire; Paris and Critical Practice. In Visual Practice, recently gained work experience with Photo; Tokyo; European Month of you’ll produce a body of work for companies and organisations such Photography, Bratislava; and Berlin. exhibition in the NTU Degree Show as; ASOS, Brides magazine, Getty Photography Festival, and a research This course has exchange agreements Imaging, GQ magazine, The Observer, package to show your work progress, with a number of institutions around the Press Association, The Times, along with a reflective and analytical the world, including the Royal Vogue Magazine, and DMB media. written commentary. In Critical Melbourne Institute of Technology. You Practice, you’ll research and write an can apply to go on exchange in Year 8,000 to 10,000 word dissertation on a Connecting with industry Two for one semester. subject of your choice. You’ll benefit from industry professionals from a range of Facilities and equipment How you’ll learn photographic practices visiting the You’ll be based in the Bonington course to guest lecture and share their Teaching and learning experiences will building, a dedicated art and design experience. Recent visitors include; include; lectures and seminars, studio hub. Facilities and equipment include; workshops, practical demonstrations, • Martin Parr, Magnum photographer comprehensive Mac editing suites portfolio reviews, and tutorials. You’ll with software for photography and • Chris Floyd, fashion and celebrity video, a range of Canon and Nikon also benefit from participating in live portrait photographer, Getty Images projects, study trips and peer and self- digital SLR cameras, and Phase One • Tim Clark, editor-in-chief and evaluation. digital backs for large and medium publisher of 1000 Words magazine format. You’ll also benefit from using A series of technical workshops will • Alec Dudson, editor-in-chief of black and white darkroom for wet help you to develop practical skills, and Intern magazine. and dry printing processes, with 39 will include; exposure and metering, enlargers – these include De Vere and black and white film processing, digital Recent events run by industry Durst, black and white print processing workflow (scanning, processing, organisations for our students include: systems including Paterson dev printing, and managing your digital • Genesis Imaging, London: bursary system and deep tank processing, and images), studio lighting, large and scheme three dedicated full-size studios with medium format, exhibition and backgrounds and Profoto lighting. installation and moving image. • Alamy: the launch of the 100% Student project, designed to promote, showcase, and sell student Career prospects Assessment images through an international Employability is a key focus of the picture library Assessment is 100% through course. Recent graduate destinations coursework. You will receive feedback • Press Association: working to a set include; Getty Images, Vogue throughout each module and will be brief in New York given by Martin magazine, Ted Baker, Agency 4, and awarded a grade. Stephens, managing director, Press Press Association. Association Images You may be assessed through a • Sam Robinson, photographer: portfolio of practical work, essays, mentoring scheme professional practice documents, a To find out more about this course dissertation and a research package. • The Martine Hamilton Knight architectural photography visit www.ntu.ac.uk/courses and Your final degree mark will be based placement scheme search for Photography. 100% on your final year work. • FORMAT Festival, Derby: placement. Visit www.ntu.ac.uk/portfolioadvice to download portfolio and interview information.

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