Table of Contents

Context The importance of ideas Establishing frameworks Challenging the status quo Part I: Idea Process Practice: 'Hope for the Future' by Janelle Abbot Practice: 'Virtual Appropriation' by Melitta Baumeister Practice: 'Neurovision' by Jovana Mirabile Practice: 'Knitting and Pleating' by Jie Li Practice: 'Growth and Decay' by Andrea Tsao Practice: 'Trompe l'oeil' by Sarah Bro-Jørgensen Practice: 'Light Painting' by Leah Mendelson Practice: 'Tensegrity' by Aura Taylor Practice: 'Techno Naturology' by Elaine Ng Yan Ling Perspective: Kyle Famer Perspective: Siki Im Point of View: Barbara Franchin Part II: Concept Process Practice: 'Hope for the Future' by Janelle Abbot Practice: 'Virtual Appropriation' by Melitta Baumeister Practice: 'Neurovision' by Jovana Mirabile Practice: 'Knitting and Pleating' by Jie Li Practice: 'Growth and Decay' by Andrea Tsao Practice: 'Trompe l'oeil' by Sarah Bro-Jørgensen Practice: 'Light Painting' by Leah Mendelson Practice: 'Tensegrity' by Aura Taylor Practice: 'Techno Naturology' by Elaine Ng Ya Ling Perspective: Timo Rissanen Perspective: Maria Cornejo Point of View: Mickey Boardman Part III: Design Process Practice: 'Hope for the Future' by Janelle Abbot Practice: 'Virtual Appropriation' by Melitta Baumeister Practice: 'Neurovision' by Jovana Mirabile Practice: 'Knitting and Pleating' by Jie Li Practice: 'Growth and Decay' by Andrea Tsao Practice: 'Trompe l'oeil' by Sarah Bro-Jørgensen Practice: 'Light Painting' by Leah Mendelson Practice: 'Tensegrity' by Aura Taylor Practice: 'Techno Naturology' by Elaine Ng Yan Ling Perspective: Frances Corner Perspective: threeASFOUR Point of View: Colleen Sherin

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Fashion Thinking is a groundbreaking investigation into the thinking behind the fashion design process, following a number of award-winning student designers through the development of their final collections.

About the Author

Having studied at the prestigious Parsons the New School for Design in New York City, Fiona Dieffenbacher started out working for Donna Karan and was mentored by both Michael Kors and Anna Sui. She later opened her own boutique, and her collections retailed across the US and Japan. Fiona is now Program Director of the BFA Fashion Design course at Parsons.

Reviews

Strong, valuable resource. Beautiful pages,.eye-catching and inspirational. Will push students ideas generating conceptual thinking.
*Jayne Littlehales, Stafford College, UK*

The emphasis on in-depth inquiry and an individual approach will inspire students to further explore their own emerging design thinking and methods to achieve a confident end result.
*Krystyna Kolowska, Nottingham Trent University, UK*

This is a really valuable book for anyone teaching students to develop design conceptually. It uses plenty of visual prompts and does a really good job of explaining the complex processes involved in fashion design development to students.
*Kathryn Brownbridge, Manchester MET University, UK*