FAD 401
Design Criticism
2
Course Description
At the end of the course, student should be able to:
1. explain the basic components of design criticism;
2. participate in creating a basic criticism of a work of design; and
3. discuss and apply the element and principles of design criticism to fashion design project.
Course Outline
Definitions of design criticism; the components of design criticism; Aesthetic and functional
theories of design criticism; the formation of design criticism; visual vocabularies of design
criticism: Diverse critical models for interpreting design: Politics of display and representation in
design criticism.