Course summary

MA Fashion: Branding & Creative Communication is a contemporary studio-based programme designed to help students build creative, conceptual and professional skills. The course aims to encourage and develop the next generation of fashion communicators, with the innovative mind-set, strategic thinking awareness and enterprise vision necessary for contributing to contemporary culture, leading to careers in the fast-moving industry of visual branding and fashion media and communications.   The course supports the exploration of fashion culture, including fashion journalism, fashion photography, fashion film, fashion curating, branding, marketing and art direction for fashion, contexts for sustainable fashion, engagement with social media and emerging technologies, such as AR, VR and holography, creative collaborative practice and experimental approaches to creative communication. Delivered in partnership with Hearst Magazines, our proven track record in outstanding teaching credentials, makes this a particularly exciting course for all our students. This programme offers outstanding specialist tuition combined with small class sizes for a more tailored experience and studio access 7 days a week. Students also have the opportunity to take part in collaborative projects with the University of Cambridge and Hearst Magazine, amongst others. Please click the following link to find out more about this course: https://www.csvpa.com/course/ma-fashion-branding-creative-communication/ Modules Study Block 1 Your first semester will help you build your knowledge of the essential skills in your chosen area of art or design. You will be assigned a series of imaginative briefs designed to stimulate your creativity, to deepen your understanding of research methods for creative inquiry and examine the values that motivate you. Participation in a series of technical and conceptual Labs will help drive your creativity through the freedom to experiment. There will be additional opportunities to exhibit your work, engage cross-course collaborations and external live briefs. You will also begin to outline a self-directed project proposal, which will ultimately develop into your Independent Major Project.  Study Block 2 As you continue to develop your own creative practice, exhibiting your work in a work-in-progress showcase, you will also begin to address how artists and designers need to be engaged in forging the future of their respective fields. You will explore your own ideas through interactions with students on other MA courses through collaborative projects. A partnership with Hearst UK affords unique insights into working in the creative industries, as well as the chance to compete for further work-based opportunities in the organisation. Visiting practitioners bring their own expertise and unique perspectives into the Graduate School. Study Block 3 During this semester, all your attention turns to the research, development, and production of your Independent Major Project. The year ends with an exhibition showcase of your projects and the co-creation of an exhibition catalogue, both of which celebrate the end of an intensive period of creative, conceptual, critical, and professional development.