Contemporary Craft and Contemporary Fashion Design BA (Hons) (with Foundation Year)

CONTEMPORARY CRAFT BA (HONS)

Contemporary Craft is an exciting major focused on hands-on design and making. We aim to build a supportive community where emerging makers and designers can reach their creative potential. This leads to specialised craft works, innovative projects, and new career paths.

Liverpool Hope University offers specialised facilities in metal, ceramics, textiles, and digital design. With dedicated tutoring and technical support, it is an inspiring place to study. You’ll explore materials and share ideas and goals. Masterclasses, lectures, and group seminars will explore key themes. These include the joy of making, materiality, sustainability, personal direction, collaboration, and craft identities.

We emphasise professional practice and employability. You'll work on live projects with support from university partners in Liverpool and the North West. You'll gain work experience and might even have a placement year.

A Contemporary Craft graduate can explore many careers. They might become a craft or design practitioner, a community worker, or a creative producer. They can also teach or engage in postgraduate research.

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CONTEMPORARY FASHION DESIGN

Our Contemporary Fashion Design course is a dynamic, practice-based programme that explores current themes such as inclusivity and adaptable fashion. Centred on the possibilities of adorning the body and experimenting with materials, this contemporary fashion design degree equips you with the fundamentals of designing and understanding the wider role of fashion in society.

Working with external partners in Liverpool’s Fabric District and beyond, the contemporary fashion design course encourages interdisciplinary approaches, exploring how fashion and regenerative practices can positively impact people’s lives and respond to today’s challenges.

Focusing on expanded fashion concepts such as brand awareness, styling, image-making, and promotion, the contemporary fashion design degree provides the opportunity to specialise and create a bespoke portfolio aligned with industry expectations.

Taught by established practitioners, the contemporary fashion design course offers access to state-of-the-art equipment, workshops, and studio spaces at the Creative Campus. As a combined honours option, this contemporary fashion design degree allows you to integrate fashion practice with other subjects, shaping your individual approach and creative direction.

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