Collaborative Challenge is a unique opportunity for LCF Postgraduate students to collaborate across disciplines to address challenges, provocations and concepts affecting the fashion landscape by engaging with current research and technologies, industry partners, alumnus and academic partners.
This 20-credit unit helps to develop professional networks and working practices, in order to become successful and agile in the cultural and creative industries.
It is student led and requires students to be motivated and proactive drawing on teamwork, design thinking, problem solving, project planning and negotiation. It is also a professional platform and offers engagement within industry working and practices in the realm of Sustainability, Diversity and Social Responsibility.
The Collaborative Challenge is a revalidated unit following the success of the LCF Collaborative Unit at London College of Fashion.
The Collaborative Unit 2014-20 was a unique, first of its kind opportunity for London College of Fashion postgraduate students to collaborate across disciplines and work with industry partners. It was set up in 2014 in response to demand from the fashion industry and students themselves, wanting to connect with industry partners.
These podcasts invite you to sit back and enjoy listening to how our PG students find ways of working together.
A collection of conversations that highlight the benefits of working collaboratively. Featuring LCF staff, industry, academic partners and students.
College: London College of Fashion Level: Postgraduate
Gain a critical insight into human behaviour to improve the human aspects of the fashion business and the impact on workers, consumers and the environment.
Push the boundaries of tradition and explore innovations in costume for live, film and digital performance, responding to changes in society, culture, the environment and beyond.
Utilise factory level equipment to manufacture your creations to industry standards in this pioneering incubator for the creative designers of the future.
Take an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of fashion as a key marker of social and cultural change, and a means of understanding the relationship between individuals and communities.
Explore theoretical and practical aspects of curating contemporary fashion and historical dress, enjoying unique access to the archives at LCF and UAL.
Develop a critical understanding of fashion design’s impact on global fashion businesses and acquire essential problem-solving and business management skills to address complex challenges for the industry.
Inform new definitions and notions of fashion practice as you develop a unique set of skills and underpin your practice with sustainability and social responsibility.
Challenge the conventions of fashion design whilst learning both progressive and historical British tailoring methodologies from a team of recognised practitioners.
Utilise experimental media techniques and technologies to produce a range of innovative moving image outcomes, developing and redefining fashion film as a genre.
Conceptualise a transformed fashion system that values nature first, by critiquing the status quo of the industry through exploration and experimentation.
Challenge the current fashion system and develop authentic and provocative editorial strategies that could have social and politically active outcomes.
Develop a diverse skill set, exploring both theory and practice through progressive projects and whilst utilising our industry standard facilities and equipment.
Access industry standard equipment and facilities as you challenge conventional notions of footwear design and benefit from close links to industry.
Bridge the gap between management and creativity by developing the knowledge and skills needed by fashion retailers in the complex and competitive global environment.
Lead the industry’s move to sustainable practices by developing innovative ideation on the entire product lifecycle and understand how fundamental production is for the future of fashion.
Focus on creative and innovative technical skills, developing knowledge and technical skills in 2D and 3D technology alongside understanding the issues facing the industry.
Rethink the status quo of the fashion industry whilst developing innovative approaches to problems, building your creative and strategic skills and hearing from industry speakers.
Billie Coxhead, Materials and Products Coordinator at LCF and CSM, chats to LCF Stories about how the collection can support students and their work.
The LCF library is home to the new Materials Collection, where students can interact with and learn about a range of material samples to inform their studies.
We spoke with students from Pattern and Garment Technology and Fashion Curation disciplines on their experiences working with Chertsey Museum for the Collaborative Challenge.
LCF have partnered with Circle Collective, a social enterprise based in Hackney and Lewisham which supports local unemployed young people, for the past 7 years.
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