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COSTUME DESIGN BACHELORS’ FINAL QUALIFYING PROJECTS, AS ANALYTICAL MATERIALS FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF MODERN DESIGN EDUCATION // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 1 (154). P. 150-153

Despite the lack of qualified designer specialists in the garment industry, many design department graduates can’t find employment in their specialty. The article attempts to identify the causes of these contradictions and assesses the quality of modern design education through the analysis of subjects and professional level of the final qualifying projects of costume design bachelors. The author describes the main projected clothes collections types and peculiarities of the work on such projects. The article presents statistics in percentage of various collection types and identified strengths and weaknesses of the costume designer’s final projects for the last four years. In the end, the author concludes: 1) graduates are incompetent in designing of demanded industrial products due to lack of communication between design education and pilot production with advanced technology and high production organization; 2) it is necessary to develop extended and balanced training hours and study the subject’s educational program; 3) it is important to overcome the constant backlog of the education system from the advanced knowledge and technology, stylistic concepts, new methods and design tools; 4) the system of advanced training and periodic retraining of designer cadres should be created.

Keywords: fashion collection, costume design, project, perspective fashion trends

VOCATIONAL TRAINING FEATURES OF COSTUME DESIGNERS IN MODERN HIGHER EDUCATION CONDITIONS // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2015. Issue 7 (160). P. 102-106

Specificity of costume designer’s professional activity is harmonious combination of the aesthetic and utilitarian aspects. The aesthetic aspect, associated with the creation of positive emotions, expressive aesthetic, artistic imagery, has traditionally been the dominant in Russian design education. Modern condition of Russian clothing industry requires deposing the costume designer’s professional competence towards creating useful qualities of the object. The article discusses the possible reasons of the aesthetic and utilitarian aspects imbalance. Also the author proposes some ways of organizing and content of practical training, which will help to restore the right balance between aesthetic and utilitarian components in our design education. Special attention is devoted to the problem of organizing the industrial practice for fashion designers. The author emphasizes the teacher’s role and the role of his own fashion design practical experience in the formation of costume designer’s professional competencies.

Keywords: bachelor, design education, design activity methods of vocational training, industrial practices