Course details

The programme cultivates students' innate creativity through sharpening their design knowledge, drawing proficiency and technical know-how. In preparing the students for their foray into the world of fashion, they will be taught to research, experiment, discover and innovate through a series of diverse subjects - sewing, pattern-making and draping.

This programme also includes a merchandising module to enrich the student's understanding of buyers' behaviour and operational issues in a dynamic retail environment.

  1. Module 1: design Fundamentals (Foundation)
    • Principle of Design and Idea Generation
    • Creative Communication
    • Digital Graphic Design
  2. Module 2: design studies (Foundation)
    • Art Direction
    • Mixed Media Drawing and Rendering
    • Design Theory
  3. Module 3: Fashion studies (Foundation)
    • Fashion Details
    • Fashion Workshop
    • Fashion Illustrat
  4. Module 4: Fashion technical studies
    • Sewing Techniques
    • Fashion Technical Drawing
    • Fashion History
  5. Module 5: design Appreciation
    • Pattern Draping
    • Apparel Design
    • Textile Design
  6. Module 6: design management
    • Fashion Merchandising
    • Fashion Retail Management
    • Fashion CAD
  7. Module 7: design major
    • This module will provide students with a clear understanding of the complete design process, from research to execution.
  8. Module 8: professional studio practice
    • Students will take on an internship and will be mentored by highly experienced industry experts. this module will enable the student to work together with creative directors, art directors and other project managers, which will in turn develop the student's conceptual and execution skills within a live studio environment

How will I benefit from taking this course?

Through FMdS, you gain:

  • Practical Design Skills
  • Creative Conceptualisation techniques
  • Strategic Studio Management Skills
  • Business Management Skills
  • Leadership development Skills
  • Commercial Skills
  • Research, Presentation and Writing Skills

How will I be assessed?

Assessment and examination are mainly project and assignment based, students are required to do a formal presentation at the end of each unit as a form of assessment in FMDS. Several preliminary presentations may occur as peer-to-peer assessment sessions, where projects are mounted for constructive comments and critique.

Updated on 29 October, 2017

About First Media Design School

First Media Design School (FMDS) is a famous popular specialized boutique design institution and the best private school in Singapore offering only designing, design management and design entrepreneurship programmes. FMDS is the education arm under the First Media Design Group, one of Singapore’s most successful and awarded groups in the design industry. FM Group has more than 20 years of industry designing experiences in Singapore and the region. It’s designing experience ranges from corporate & retail design & marketing communication, public relations, packaging design, publishing, advertising, event management, interactive media and IOS app development. In Singapore, it was instrumental to several national projects including the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore (ICA), Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore (CRA), National Environment Agency of Singapore (NEA), SingHealth Group, Singapore Management University (SMU), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), just to name a few. FMDS strives to cultivate a new generation of ‘whole brain’, industry-ready designers who possess both creative and cognitive commercial abilities, through its holistic teaching system consisting of design thinking and design management.

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