Honing their visual thinking skills
Specifically developed for students who want less of the construction and more of the designing and creative expression. Appropriate for both newbies or any of our fashion design students who want to take their sketching skills to the next level.
Fashion Illustration
For those who love to draw and sketch and who cannot get enough, this special offering will provide young designers with more advanced lessons in fashion sketching and illustration.
We will cover the proportions of the fashion figure, examine the use of various drawing media and styles, and how to represent the different features and textures of a garment.
students will:
Learn to express their ideas and thoughts 'visually', a powerful tool in communication
Leave the classroom with a keep-sake portfolio of original drawings and equipped with skills to visualize and communicate their creative fashion ideas on paper.
Develop strong observation skills as they scan their environment for design insipration
Take home a keepsake portfolio of designs developed in the classroom
Fashion Prototyping
In this one-of-a-kind program offered to young kids, students will learn to create fully functional prototypes of selected illustrations albeit on a smaller scale. A great course in creative problem solving that helps students learn and overcome the challenges associated with converting a 2D sketch to a fully functional 3D form.
For students entering grades 4-10
Students will:
Develop spatial skills as they convert a 2D design into a 3D form
Learn the properties of different materails as they use them in various design treatments
Develop an apprecation for the 'function' in design
What parents and kids are saying about Fashion Illustration & Prototyping
Instructor Feature
Julia Lichtenstein
A resident designer for Gap Inc has this to say:
“Creativity to me is being able to express ideas you have within yourself. I first fell in love with design when I started attending a sewing camp in 2nd grade and have been sewing and designing ever since.”
Note: DesignX instructors are often working professionals that are thoughtfully selected to lead our classes. As such, instructors for any given class may change based on their availability.
Frequently Asked Questions
+ HOW CAN KIDS BECOME FASHION DESIGNERS?
To become a professional Fashion Designer we recommend students attend a college that offer programs in Fashion and/or related fields. The depth of knowledge you gain from college courses is highly valuable to carve out a successful career in the Fashion space. DesignX Company is one of the first organizations to offer a structured program in Fashion Design for kids and teens (K12). Our age appropriate curricula have been developed by a former Fashion Designer and honed from over a decade of teaching kids in Bay Area, CA. If you have a child that is begining to explore Fashion either for the art element like fashion drawing, enjoys tinkering, making or sewing, loves the beauty, glamor and cat- walking you are in the right place. Your students will have plenty of opportunities to explore a passion and develop some serious skills in designing and making by attending our programs over their school years, even if just over summers. Many of our students got hooked through our summer programs and have gone on to pursue creative fields in college. Enjoy reading about two of our talented and budding fashion designers Amanda and Eva.