COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Accessory Design

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEŞEM ERTAN

Offered to

Accessory Design
Textile
Textile and Fashion Design Department

Course Objective

It is aimed to teach how to make unique designs and how to form a accessories and jewelery collection in accordance with the design criterion including ergonomics and anthropometric in the process from color and fabric studies used in the illustration of accessories and jewelery, which take part within fashion accessories product group to the design and presentation state (thought, draft, sketch, design, material selection and presentation).

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Maurice P. Galli, Nina Giambelli, Dominique Riviere, Fanfan Li; The Art of Jewelry Design: Principles of Design, Rings and Earrings , Bushwood Books, 1999
Liz Olver; The Art of Jewellery Design, From Idea to Reality , A&C Black Publishers Ltd., 2002
Ursula Ilse- Neuman; "Inspired Jewellery", Antique Collectors Club Dist, 2009
Tim McCreight; "Jewelry, Fundamentals of Metalsmithing", Hand Books Press, 1997
Hugh Tait; Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery , Firefly Books, 2008
Additional Sources:
Marthe Le Van, Robert W. Ebendorf; 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments for the Hand , Lark Books, 2004
Marthe Le Van; 500 Earrings: New Directions in Contemporary Jewellery , Lark Books, 2007
Marthe Le Van; 500 Bracelets: An Inspiring Collection of Extraordinary Designs , Lark Books, 2005
Marthe Le Van; 500 Necklaces: Contemporary Interpretations of a Timeless Form , Lark Books, 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Research:
Educator of the course carries out the initiative of the Project provided within the scope of the course (explains the expected performance as a part of the Project), and talks about the process of the Project. He/she makes suggestions about solution and directs students to generate solutions. He/she wants students to make visual and literary researches as a part of the Project.2- Process of Sketch and Design:
At the end of the research, sketches of the students are evaluated within a time period that all of the classroom can participate as of the first hour of the class and its conformity with the Project, its authentic and its criteria to transform into design ,are discussed and by providing not only the educator but also the students to be able to comment about the sketches, an environment in which they can perform brainstorm is constituted. Elected sketches are transformed into design within the scope of design criterion and creative power of the student.3- Period of Representation and Production and Evaluation of Jury

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1- The evaluation will be performed by considering the research that the student made related to the assigned Project, his/her performance from the sketch time period to the end of design (producing ideas, revealing creative and unique designs, design analysis within the course and his/her participation to the evaluation time periods intellectually and verbally), conformity of the designs with the project, his/her success in the material election of designs and determining manufacturing techniques, reproducibility and usability of the designs in accordance with the project (ergonomic), conformity of technical and presentation sheets of the designs with the design presentation criteria,
2- And by paying attention to the performance of the student before evaluation jury (to be able to defend his/her designs, technical and presentation sheets)

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation for all design Project will be carried out in a way to cover the sketch time period as well. Time period of improving sketch and design constitutes minimum 50% of the grading for design.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance to 80% of classes is compulsory. 2. All kinds of plagiarizing attempt results in actual disciplinary punishment. 3. In the event that assigned researches, required sketch-design studies etc. are not brought on the date announced by the student, evaluation is carried out as per the mentioned circumstances, however the student is obliged to bring the required materials. Not participating the class will not accepted as an excuse to not fulfilling course obligations.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nesem.ertan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesdays between 12:30-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes