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Art & Design students:
Information literacy
Issues
Solutions
Box Activity
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Library and Student Support
Discuss in groups
• One useful thing you have found out about the library
• At least one question you have about using this library
Why research?
Getting started: resources
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Getting Curious: Information to feed your creativity
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Searching for informationhttp:// unihub.mdx.ac.uk / study / library
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Collaborati
ve project
FSH1931
Fashion : Visual Culture tutors
LDU (Learner Development
Unit)
Academic Writing
& Language
MoDAMuseum of Domestic Design & Architecture
Library
1st year fashion, textiles, jewellery180 students
Fashion, Cultural Contexts & Representation
The collections
Middlesex University Library Special Collections
www.moda.mdx.ac.uk http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/specialcolls
Student visits
Library Special Collections
Outcomes •Introduced to collections•Improving writing skills•Start with concrete and move to abstract•Developing from personal to public•Encourage analysis and observation
1950s
Evening
dress
Worth
Search Terms
Worth
Owen Hyde
Clark
WHO
?
ensemble
WHEN?
Charles Frederick
WorthHouse of
Worth
WHAT?dress
evening dress
ball gown
1950s
50s
fifties
1950-1960
evening ensemble
Worth
London
evening wear
gown
Searching the V & A Collections
V & A Collections
F63
Description
3400mm (h) x 5100mm (dia)
Red (cherry), fresh, bright red
70mm brim surrounding a round crown
Front edge of brim pulled up (65mm) attached to crown - flat front
Tapered dart in middle (folded flat - inverted triangle 20mm wide)
Some folds around brim look like rose petals/leaves Some folds around brim look like rose petals/leaves
What other questions do you have about the object?Was it a one-off, part of a small batch production, or mass produced?Where was it made...are there distinctive national/regional markers?What kind of hat is it...what style? Is it a ‘cloche’?What are the different parts of it called?Was it a popular style?
What do you think your deductions are based upon? Why do you view this object in these particular way/s?
Thinking about my grandmother, (a buyer at Bourne and Hollingsworth in 1910s-30s) the clothes she had, the attitudes she had, and salary she earned, etc...wondering what she might say about all my guesses.
Deduction
It seems likely that the red hat was
designed in the 1930s, although it is
hard to decide. Hat styles appear to
get recycled quite readily, especially
more conventional, classic designs.
It draws on a playfulness of some
1920s designs, like the cloche, but
introduces some interesting formal
complexity.
Comparing it with designs from later,
the red hat seems gentler than
strident and deliberately provocative
designs of the 40s, 50s and 60s.
speculation
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writing as going public
Present
ShapeGenerate
Brainstorm
Freewrite
ReflectRead
Notice
Group ideas
Find themes
Rewrite
Consider your reader
Don’t worry about
your reader
Rewrite
How does it sound?
Proofread
Try out your hunches, connections, structures to see if they work
Writing
workshops
