Fashion & Design Technologies – Food & Fibre
MRS MANDI-JOY MEISE, SUBJECT CO-ORDINATOR FASHION AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES
At its core, design is an inherently futurist medium - Maggie Gram Since the 1960s, design within the modernist movement often focused on the future, but how do we design for a future when perhaps it will not exist? If there has been one Fashion and Design lesson learned during lockdown, it is that climate change and a sustainable future are relevant driving forces in the creation of anything designed. Fashion has always been at the forefront of innovation, it is forwardlooking and cyclical (CBINSIGHTS, May 2021). Sustainability has become a crucial emerging trend within fashion, with sustainable products estimated to be worth over $130 billion of the market share. Consumers have had enough of the fast-fashion crises, with socially conscious fashionistas embracing the need of ‘slow fashion’. The younger generation appreciate the need for change, with 75% of millennials willing to change their shopping habits.
To support and equip our students with a deeper appreciation of this evolving cyclical trend and movement, Fairholme’s Fashion and Design classroom space provided a platform where students were encouraged to create design solutions, while also considering the human and environmental costs of their choices. From Year 7 Design all the way through to Year 12 Fashion, students studied the various sustainable approaches to design, regardless of the discipline. They looked deeply at each stage of production, thinking critically and developing, developing strategies and solutions that would ultimately change the linear approach of design to a circular cradle-to-cradle design approach and solution. These foundational design processes and thinking skills enhanced the students’ ability to solve problems, appreciate the opinions of others and stay connected to the ever-evolving world around them.
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Year 12
This year the Year 12 cohort continued their journey in seeking excellence. HIGHLIGHTS Years 11 and 12 Fashion • Collections – Fairholme Spring Parade • Pattern Development • Photoshop for Fashion Design • Fashion Watch • Magazine Article • Individually You Years 8 – 10 Design Technologies Food and Fibre • Individual sustainable design challenges and products developed • Food Technology Year 7 Design • Design challenges around the fundamentals of Design • Production of aesthetic cushion and functional carry bag
