Spring 2027

Public Presentation of Design

Covers strategies for presenting textile and fashion design work, including curatorial methods, portfolio development, artist statements, and critique of communication strategies.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify, contextualize, and frame both individual and professional design practices.

  • Research and evaluate public presentation strategies for textile and fashion design.

  • Develop a professional portfolio and habits of documentation.

  • Discuss design work and develop creative practices through clear and meaningful writing, verbal communication, and presentation skills.

  • Apply curatorial and exhibition practices to plan, install, and present design work individually and collaboratively.

  • Evaluate and critique the success of communication and presentation strategies.

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DS 515

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Spring 2027

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Strategies for the public presentation of textile and fashion design work. Contextualizing and framing individual creative practice; curatorial, editorial, exhibition-design, and programming methods; artist and designer statements; professional documentation and portfolio development; critique and evaluation of communication and presentation strategies.

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Topics

  • Curatorial, editorial, exhibition-design, and programming methods for planning, installing, and presenting design work.
  • Artist and designer statements, professional documentation, and portfolio development.
  • Contextualizing and framing individual and professional design practices.
  • Critique and evaluation of communication and presentation strategies.

Skills

  • Contextualizing and framing individual and professional design practices using curatorial, editorial, and exhibition-design methods.
  • Developing professional portfolios and establishing habits of professional documentation.
  • Evaluating and critiquing the success of communication and presentation strategies.
  • Writing artist and designer statements and communicating design work through writing, verbal communication, and presentation.

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DS 515 · Spring 2027

Public Presentation of Design

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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