KDM2410 Active wear Course description

In this course, students will acquire knowledge through design, product development, and prototyping on how the body in motion can contribute to visual and functional solutions for clothing for leisure and sports activities. Materiality, culture, and lifestyle in a Nordic climate are central perspectives in the course.

The work in the course will consist of project work in smaller groups. The purpose of the period is to develop and strengthen the students' understanding of concept development, design process, technical materials, analog and digital form development, as well as a finished clothing collection. The group work is based on design methods for collaboration and selected theory related to user needs and physical movement.

Course KD 2000

On completion of the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of production methods, appropriate techniques and the qualities of different materials in connection with the development of functional activewear.
• has knowledge of sustainability related to the sports industry.
• has knowledge of relevant research and development work in the field.

Skills

The student

• can develop their own collection of activewear.
• can develop designs by means of manual and digital tools.
• can design and manufacture clothing with particular attention to function, shape, technique and materialsappropriate to sports and leisure activities.

General competence

The student

• can reflect on and analyse function, shape, technique and materials and how they relate to each other.
• can plan and carry out varied tasks and projects that take place over time, individually or as part of a group/team, and in accordance with ethical requirements and guidelines.
• can identify and employ suitable work methods for their own work.

Students are required to attend workshops and to actively participate in classes. The teaching methods used in the course include lectures, seminars, supervision and discussions. The purpose is to develop the students’ knowledge, ideas, practical skills and understanding of the field. Students are expected to find relevant subject matter in addition to the syllabus and are encouraged to use the learning centres and the resources available there.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam.

• Participation in the course’s mid-term seminar, where the student gives oral presentation of the status of the project
• Attendance in teaching and activities related to the project

When the coursework is conducted as group work, the group is assessed as a whole.

The coursework is assessed as approved/not approved.

The exam project is a group work consisting of a practical and a written component that will be assessed together as a portfolio.

The exam submission will be evaluated based on the following:

Practical work

• A practical work that addresses a problem related to the course description.
• Process material for the practical work should be attached

Written part

• A written assignment of approximately 2500 words that discusses the practical work

The exam result can be appealed

Valid absence - fail

Students who do not take the exam due to valid absence, or who are awarded an F grade, can register for a resit/rescheduled exam

All aids are permitted, provided the rules for source referencing are met.

Grade scale A-F.

One examiner and one co-examiner (assesses a selection of the assignments). External examiners are used regularly.

10 ECTS overlap with KDM2400.