Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Textile & Fashion] From Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

At the Royal Academy of Art The Hague, the courses in Textile & Fashion are represented in an associated program. However each specialization retains its separate and specific place within the program. The intention of both programs is to train students to become independent professional designers.

In order to become the new generation of contributors in the intriguing universe of Fashion and Textile design, students have to assume the highest possible level of quality in all different disciplines of their future profession. During the 4 years of the course students are coached and encouraged to develop their personal opinion, style and creative signature. The main focus of both programs is on innovative, accurate and relevant design.

The syllabus confronts students with the past, the present and the future including a diversity of points of view, interest and sensibility. From these perspectives, students engage through serious research and experiments in an extensive analysis of fashion and textiles.

The assignments start from free creative experiments, followed by an intensive study that results in an authentic interpretation, first on a historical costume or textile, later on an ethnical or folkloristic theme. In the final stage, a freely chosen theme about a particular argument of interest, style and expression is the starting point for their final graduation project. Intensive personal research, experiments, analysis, critical reflection and insight have to result in an authentic and alternative proposal of modern design and aesthetics.

After the first semester, the textile and fashion specializations separate into two different programs, each shaped by the unique characteristics of its professional specialization.

Final qualifications for Textiles and Fashion

Graduates are expected to meet the following final qualifications:

• Students can develop an innovative concept and elaborate this into a unique and significant image, product, means of communication or spatial design and can put this into a context in an innovative fashion.
• Students can observe, analyse, explain and evaluate their own work and that of others and can use the results of this to the advantage of their own work.
• Students can further develop their views, capacities, work and way of working in a way that suits their character and is related to their discipline.
• Students can create and maintain an inspiring and functional work situation for themselves.
• Students can present and explain their work in an inspiring fashion and can discuss it with clients and other interested parties.
• Students have a view about the role and position of their discipline in society and can relate their work and opinions to those of others and to cultural and social developments.
• Students can direct cooperative efforts and give both content and quality to them.