APP 250 - Design Concepts

1. Analyze the framework of apparel design to meet physical and social needs
   1. Study similarities and differences of clothing throughout history
   2. Draw analogies of contemporary designs to customer lifestyles
   3. Summarize the role of cultural norms as design influences
2. Evaluate the aspects of clothing design
   1. Identify characteristics of functional design
   2. Summarize how structural design affects garment design
   3. Identify uses of decorative design
3. Evaluate design elements as they relate to apparel design
   1. Discuss the effects of line as a design element in a garment
   2. Summarize the relationship of shape to good clothing design
   3. Evaluate the effects of color on apparel
   4. Discuss appropriate use of texture
   5. Select patterns and textures appropriate for form and function in clothing
4. Evaluate design principles as they relate to apparel design
   1. Relate the principles of repetition, parallelism, sequence and alternation in creating appealing design
   2. Identify how gradation and radiation can be used in clothing design
   3. Demonstrate the concept of rhythm in design
   4. Show how contrast can affect design
   5. Differentiate between good and bad proportion in clothing design
   6. Summarize how scale affects the visual appeal of design
   7. Identify please balance in a design
   8. Explain how all design elements create the principle of harmony
5. Apply design elements and principles in creating apparel design to meet specific customer variables such as age, sex, physical type or occupation