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Nosotros not but imagine a better hereafter, but aim to actively modify it today. This grade is part of the Jewellery, Textiles and Materials Program.

Why choose this course at Central Saint Martins

  • Futurity-facing blueprint arroyo: The course curriculum will inquire you to await beyond existing boundaries to anticipate hereafter needs, desires, and challenges.
  • Embedded focus on sustainability: Using design and materiality as a platform to critically interrogate our sustainable future is a cadre component of the course.
  • Industry links: MA Material Futures continues to develop links with collaborative partners across a range of manufacture sectors. The course values the experience of live customer briefs, too as encouraging opportunities for students to proceeds external exposure and professional practice experience.
  • Multi-disciplinary and collaborative learning: The course encourages a multi-disciplinary approach. Information technology explores the total spectrum of materiality, from low-tech analogue craft processes, to high-tech smart and interactive technologies.

MA Cloth Futures x Baume and Mercier

MA Material Futures students trying out traditional coracle making workshop in the Brecon Beacons

Course publications

  • [PDF, xiv.9 MB]

    Degree Prove catalogue 2018

  • [PDF, ten.2 MB]

    Degree Show catalogue 2019

  • [PDF, 9.four MB]

    Catalogue 2020

  • NOVA X opens
    NOVA X exhibition, Lethaby Gallery (photo: Andrea Capello)

    Celebrating a decade of award-winning creative practice, NOVA X shares the stories past winners of the MullenLowe NOVA Awards for Fresh Creative Talent.

  • Class of 2021: Practice, Process, Progress
    Rūta Irbīte, MA Fabric Futures

    On the Graduate Showcase yous'll find a collection of work by students innovating and pushing their process. Here, we interruption on three projects from that collection that rethink waste.

  • Shortlist for MullenLowe NOVA Awards 2021
    Cheuk Laam Wong, BA Product and Industrial Design

    From a kit for washing reusable catamenia pads to ceramics fired by bacteria, the shortlist for this year's MullenLowe NOVA Awards is fittingly assuming and bright. And with YourNOVA, now information technology'south your turn to vote for your favourite.

  • Class of 2021: Ecocentric
    Adipa Klomchitcharoen, BA Graphic Communication Blueprint

    On the Graduate Showcase y'all'll find a collection of work curated by the UAL Climate Emergency Network. Here, we pause on a few of those selected projects responding to the climate emergency in bold and witty ways.

Course overview

MA Material Futures encourages a wholly multi-disciplinary arroyo to pattern. Through trans-disciplinary practice and collaboration you will explore how nosotros volition live in the future. Past working with experts, taking risks and blurring the boundaries between design, scientific discipline and engineering science, y'all will wait beyond existing disciplines, anticipating the future needs, desires and challenges that we face in the 21st Century.

Nosotros believe that but by observing and analysing how nosotros live today we can begin to explore how we might occupy tomorrow. Considering the current and future context of pattern decisions is primal to our ethos. We will encourage y'all to combine social, scientific, political, environmental, ecological and economic inquiry. These insights will help inform time to come design scenarios, textile propositions and research-led speculations.

Taking materiality as the starting point of the design process – literally the things we can touch, experience, interact with and observe – we integrate high and depression technological materials and processes. Our students explore and come from a diverse range of disciplines. These include the worlds of fashion and architecture, as well equally industrial, communication, textile, critical, digital and speculative blueprint.

Course units

In MA Material Futures, units may include external workshops, lectures and projects. Through hands-on making, y'all will explore emerging sciences and technologies, processes and materials. You will also investigate current trends and behavioural insights. Through this, you will generate new pattern applications to contribute to a more sustainable tomorrow.

Unit 1: Material Exploration

Unit of measurement 1 is intended to be a test bed for new ideas, approaches and blueprint collisions. You will be encouraged to forget your previous disciplines and methodologies, and to experiment and be ambitious. You will be exposed to new technologies, science and pattern practices aslope methods of material and design research.

Experimentation, innovation, contextual and critical knowledge and blueprint-led personal research is key. The unit of measurement draws on academic research, industrial links and a programme of current speakers. It is engineered to stimulate fence and to engage you in the critical context of design. Yous will be encouraged to engage with emerging issues that will affect the future of your personal design do.

In this unit you volition be expected to develop experimental design piece of work and innovative design proposals. Yous will discuss and critically debate issues related to your practise. Your work in this unit will encourage you to create and propose sustainable concepts, artefacts and materials.

Unit two: Fabric Proposition

In Unit two you will combine your new knowledge of emerging material practise with your previous skill set. You will create a personal research projection proposal and critical periodical. These will explore a topical consequence in the field of material futures. This unit should be used equally an opportunity to launch a concrete and theoretical pattern proposition. Y'all will identify and engage with relevant experts who tin support you lot in your chosen field of blueprint. They volition aid navigate the complexities of turning your design proposition into a reality.

At the beginning of the unit, curt projects or workshops may assistance you lot construction the disquisitional framework for your final project. Past the end of the unit, yous volition accept framed a design result. You will take identified relevant inquiry methods to produce a terminal artistic portfolio. This body of work and inquiry investigation with culminate in an exhibition of design propositions.

Unit 3: Textile Impact

In Unit of measurement three you will contextualise, construct and launch your pattern proposition. This is predominantly a self-initiated unit of measurement. It allows you the freedom to pursue your own research interests and personal approach within the discipline.

What is the existent-world touch on? Why is this proffer pertinent now or in the future? Y'all volition also complete a critical text which explores and contextualises your piece of work within a wider context. You Showcase your work at the college's annual degree show.

Style of study

MA Textile Futures is an extended full-time class which runs for 60 weeks over two bookish years. You will exist expected to commit 30 hours per week to report, which includes teaching time and contained study.

The course has been designed in this way to enable you lot to pursue studies, while also undertaking part-time employment, internships or care responsibilities.

Credit and honour requirements

The class is credit-rated at 180 credits.

On successfully completing the course you will gain a Chief of Arts (MA degree).

Under the Framework for Higher Didactics Qualifications, an MA is Level 7. All units must be passed in order to achieve the MA only the classification of the award is derived from the mark for the final unit only.

If you are unable to continue on the grade, a Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) will unremarkably be offered post-obit the successful completion of threescore credits, or a Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) following the successful completion of 120 credits.

Learning and didactics methods

During your grade you will engage with learning and teaching that includes both online and contiguous modes. Typically, this volition include:

  • Determinative assessments;
  • Grouping critique;
  • Independent report;
  • Private tutorials;
  • Lectures/workshops introducing inquiry methodologies and techniques;
  • Peer learning;
  • Self-evaluation;
  • Technical demonstrations.

Assessment methods

  • Pattern portfolios
  • Presentations
  • Project proposals
  • Critical journals
  • Design projects

Research Tutor:Professor Carole Collet
Academic Coordinator:Chloe Griffith

Visiting Practitioner: Attua Aparicio Torinos

How to apply

Information for disabled applicants

UAL is committed to achieving inclusion and equality for disabled students. This includes students who have:

  • Dyslexia or another Specific Learning Divergence
  • A sensory harm
  • A physical impairment
  • A long-term health or mental wellness condition
  • Autism
  • Some other long-term condition which has an affect on your day-to-day life

Our Inability Service arranges adjustments and support for disabled applicants and students. Read our Disability and dyslexia: applying for a course and joining UAL information.

Entry requirements

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:

  • An honours degree
  • Or an equivalent EU/international qualification

AP(E)Fifty – Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning

Applicants who do not come across these grade entry requirements may still exist considered. The class team volition consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and culling evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:

  • Related academic or piece of work feel
  • The quality of the personal statement
  • A strong bookish or other professional reference

Or a combination of these factors.

Each awarding volition exist considered on its own merit simply we cannot guarantee an offer in each case.

English linguistic communication requirements

IELTS level six.5 or above, with at least 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking (please check our master English language language requirements webpage).

Option criteria

We select applicants co-ordinate to potential and current power in the following areas:

Portfolio

The quality of portfolio demonstrating:

  • Strong design and technical skills
  • A personal approach to developing a blueprint concept (including inquiry, design development and final outputs)
  • A knowledge and agreement of materials
  • A artistic arroyo to visual communication and presentation.

Interview

In addition to the skills demonstrated in the portfolio, the applicant's potential ability will be assessed using the following criteria:

  • The ability to hash out your portfolio demonstrating a critical perspective of your work
  • A articulate agreement of your design context and an appointment with issues that affect your industry
  • The ability to have an informed conversation about your role as a designer
  • Motivation, commitment and agreement of the ethos of the MA Textile Futures course.

What we are looking for

We are looking for people who are highly driven and passionate about design and who keep informed almost the material, ethical, moral, social and political issues that bear on the creative industries today, as well equally how they locate themselves and their work within the global context of design.

Making your awarding

Yous should apply by clicking on the link to the direct grade below. The awarding form can be saved as you fill it out, so y'all practise not demand to complete it all at once. You will also have the chance to review all the data and make any necessary amendments before you submit the awarding form.

Deferred entry

Central Saint Martins does not accept applications for deferred entry. You should therefore apply in the twelvemonth you wish to written report.

Start your application now

Transfers

If y'all are currently studying at some other institution and if you have successfully completed 60 credits in the equivalent units and modules on your electric current postgraduate form and wish to go along your studies at Central Saint Martins, you can utilise to transfer. The Admissions Tutor volition consider applications on a case by case basis, subject to places beingness available. You must apply directly to the course via the course webpage equally early equally possible.

Please check our Student Transfer Policy for more important information and be ready to provide the states with your current course handbook and unit of measurement transcripts.

Yous will need to provide an official document (translated into English) from your current university, explaining the learning outcomes of the units you have completed.

Before you lot employ, please accept time to read the guidance below. Yous will exist asked to provide the following information when completing the online application class:

Full general information

  • Personal details (including legal full proper noun, preferred name, date of birth, nationality, addresses)
  • Current English language language level
  • Electric current and/or previous didactics and qualification details
  • Employment history

Personal statement

Your personal statement should reply the following questions (suggested give-and-take count for each question is 100 words):

  • Biography (what experience would you propose to bring to MA Cloth Futures personally?)
  • Why have you chosen to apply for MA Material Futures rather than another Masters form?
  • What do y'all empathize 'Cloth Futures' to mean?
  • Tell the states about the near interesting innovation, project or piece of research that you take come beyond recently
  • Draw something you believe volition take an impact on the future of design (this could be something social, economic, environmental or a breakthrough in science, for example).

We cannot consider your awarding if y'all do not provide all the information above.

Communicating with yous

Later on you lot accept successfully submitted your awarding, you volition receive an email confirming nosotros have successfully received your awarding and providing you with your login details for the UAL Portal.  Nosotros will request any boosted information from yous, including inviting y'all to upload documents / portfolio / book an interview, through the portal.  You should cheque your UAL Portal regularly for whatsoever important updates and requests.

Please add csm.ukeu@arts.ac.uk to your contacts to ensure that you do non miss whatever important updates re: your application to UAL.  Also consider altering your spam or junk mail filter to ensure that emails from @arts.ac.uk go through to you.

Application deadline

12 January 2022 or 13 April 2022

The equal consideration deadline has now passed. However, this course will remain open up to applications until places have been filled. We recommend yous submit your application as early as possible to allow the Admissions team to chop-chop resolve whatsoever queries.

If this form requires a portfolio, nosotros will request this separately later initial processing of your application is consummate. Once nosotros asking your portfolio, you volition take vii days to submit information technology.

When you'll hear from us

This form receives a high volume of applications. Nosotros need to make sure that we give all applications equal consideration, so the class team will review them in 2 rounds. This means that offers won't be sent to successful applicants until after the relevant application deadline date. Outcomes for Round 1 volition be released by 31 March 2022 and outcomes for Circular 2 will be released by 30 June 2022.

Retrieve to check the outcome of your application in the UAL Portal. If you apply in Circular 1 and don't hear back from u.s., nosotros will consider your application within Round 2.

Discover out more nearly what happens later yous employ.

There are two ways international students can apply:

  • Direct awarding
  • Through i of our official representatives in your country who tin can support you lot with your application

You can only use to the same grade once per yr.

If you are applying directly you click on the link to the straight form below. The application form tin can be saved as you fill it out, so you do not need to complete it all at once. You will too have the chance to review all the data and brand any necessary amendments earlier you submit the application grade.

Transfers

If y'all are currently studying at another institution and if yous have successfully completed 60 credits in the equivalent units and modules on your current postgraduate course and wish to go along your studies at Central Saint Martins, you can employ to transfer. The Admissions Tutor will consider applications on a case by case basis, subject to places existence available. You must employ directly to the grade via the course webpage as early equally possible.

Please check our Pupil Transfer Policy for more than important information and be ready to provide us with your current grade handbook and unit of measurement transcripts.

You will demand to provide an official document (translated into English) from your current university, explaining the learning outcomes of the units you have completed.

Deferred entry

Central Saint Martins does not have applications for deferred entry. You should therefore utilise in the year you wish to written report.

Start your application now

Visas

Read our visit our immigration and visa advice page to discover out whether you need a visa to study.

Earlier yous apply, please accept time to read the guidance beneath. You volition be asked to provide the following information when completing the online application grade:

General data

  • Personal details (including legal full name, preferred name, date of nascence, nationality, addresses)
  • Electric current English language level
  • Current and/or previous education and qualification details
  • Employment history

Personal statement

Your personal argument should answer the following questions (suggested word count for each question is 100 words):

  • Biography (what experience would you propose to bring to MA Material Futures personally?)
  • Why take you chosen to utilize for MA Material Futures rather than another Masters course?
  • What do you understand 'Textile Futures' to mean?
  • Tell united states nigh the most interesting innovation, project or piece of research that y'all have come across recently
  • Describe something you believe will take an touch on the time to come of design (this could be something social, economic, environmental or a quantum in science, for example).

Immigration history check

Whether you are applying online or through a UAL representative yous will need to consummate an immigration history cheque to establish whether you are eligible to study at UAL.  If you do non complete the check we volition not be able to continue with your application.

We cannot consider your application if y'all do not provide all the data above.

Communicating with y'all

After you have successfully submitted your application, you volition receive an email confirming nosotros accept successfully received your application and providing you with your login details for the UAL Portal.  We will asking any additional data from you, including inviting you to upload documents / portfolio / volume an interview, through the portal.  You should check your UAL Portal regularly for any important updates and requests.

Please add csm.international@arts.ac.great britain to your contacts to ensure that you do not miss any important updates re: your application to UAL. As well consider altering your spam or junk mail filter to ensure that emails from @arts.ac.uk become through to you.

Application borderline

12 January 2022 or 13 April 2022

The equal consideration deadline has at present passed. All the same, this course will remain open to applications until places accept been filled. We recommend y'all submit your application as early every bit possible to allow the Admissions team to quickly resolve whatever queries.

If this course requires a portfolio, nosotros will asking this separately after initial processing of your awarding is complete. One time nosotros request your portfolio, you will accept 7 days to submit it.

When y'all'll hear from us

This grade receives a high book of applications. We need to make certain that we give all applications equal consideration, so the course squad will review them in two rounds. This ways that offers won't exist sent to successful applicants until after the relevant application borderline date. Outcomes for Round 1 will be released past 31 March 2022 and outcomes for Round 2 will exist released past xxx June 2022.

Remember to bank check the outcome of your application in the UAL Portal. If you lot apply in Round 1 and don't hear dorsum from usa, we will consider your application within Circular 2.

Notice out more most what happens later on yous apply.

Fees and funding

Home fee

£6,650 per year

This fee is correct for 2022/23 entry and is subject to modify for 2023/24 entry. Tuition fees may increase in futurity years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you lot tin can pay tuition fees in instalments.

Domicile fees are currently charged to Great britain nationals and United kingdom residents who come across the rules. However, the rules are complex. Notice out more about our tuition fees and determining your fee condition.

International fee

£16,945 per year

This fee is correct for 2022/23 entry and is discipline to change for 2023/24 entry. Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than i year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

Students from countries outside of the UK will mostly exist charged international fees. The rules are complex then read more well-nigh tuition fees and determining your fee condition.

Careers and alumni

MA Material Futures has established various links with manufacture in London and across, allowing students to work on international design projects and initiatives. MA Material Futures itself has contributed much to fence around design, both through the media and past organising and delivering papers at international conferences.

MA Textile Futures students are expected to establish their own network of contacts and develop collaborations inside industry equally part of the development of their Masters project. Employers have included Adidas, Distance Lab, Banff New Media, Castelbajac, Donna Karan, Etam, Hussein Chayalan, Line Consultants, Louis Vuitton, Margiela, Media Lab Europe, Nicole Farhi, Speedo, Ted Baker, Pattern Lab, Trend Union and Nissan Design Europe.

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Source: https://www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/textiles-and-materials/postgraduate/ma-material-futures-csm