BA Footwear Design

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De Montfort University

Comments about BA Footwear Design - At the institution - Leicester - Leicestershire

• Objectives
  * The only Single Honours Footwear Design programme in the UK * Works with the footwear industry worldwide and offers international career opportunities * Excellent specialist studio facilities.
• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements Students should normally have a good portfolio, plus one of the following: * Successful completion of an Art and Design Foundation Course * National Diploma merit profile in a relevant subject * 240 points, to include two GCE/VCE A Levels with grade C in at least one art or design subject. Applications from mature students (21+) with alternative qualifications and/or work experience are welcomed.
• Academic title
  BA Footwear Design
• Course description
  BA Footwear Design
  
  Programme
  
  Shoe design and technical making skills are developed throughout the programme, emphasising the crucial relationship between design and manufacture and the needs of the modern footwear industry.
  
  Design research, drawing and illustration skills and an ability to present and communicate ideas and concepts to a high professional standard are developed throughout Year One. This includes a series of shoe design projects focusing on a comprehensive range of footwear styles. Technical shoemaking skills are taught to give an understanding of the manufacturing techniques involved in modern shoemaking and students make a range of prototype shoes of their own.
  
  Throughout the programme there are regular visits to tanneries and exhibitions, and work placements within the footwear industry can be undertaken during the vacation periods. These have included Alexander McQueen and Jimmy Choo.

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