NEW! Basics Fashion Design: Research & Design, 2ND EDITION

20 Jan

The second edition of Basics Fashion Design 01: Research & Design will lead you through the crucial stages of the research process for fashion design…

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Coming soon!

11 Jan

A mini preview of the books we’ll be publishing next month! [...]

AVA talks to …,staat creative agency

5 Jan

…,staat is an international creative agency working on design, branding, architecture, advertising, and everything else in between. The agency’s award-winning project The House of Bols Cocktail & Genever Experience features in Basics Interior Design: Exhibition Design as an example of a fully-integrated ‘branding approach’ to exhibition design. [...]

‘Basics Fashion Design: Knitwear’ author at MADE 2011

4 Jan

We were recently invited by Juliana Sissons – the author of Basics Fashion Design: Knitwear - to the opening night of MADE 11, Brighton’s Design & Craft Fair . Juliana was the Fashion Designer in Residence at the V&A from July-December 2010 and exhibited a selection of garments from her stunning new collection at this year’s MADE exhibition at the Brighton Corn Exchange. [...]

***Happy Holidays!***

24 Dec

Happy holiday message from the AVA blog

AVA ADVENT GIVEAWAY – 23 DECEMBER

23 Dec

The Fundamentals of Fashion Management is our FINAL advent giveaway! This book is a visually stimulating introduction to the business of fashion, examining the processes and roles that define this multi-faceted industry. Comment on this blog post by 4pm tomorrow and you could win a copy of The Fundamentals of Fashion Management - just in time for Christmas! [...]

AVA ADVENT GIVEAWAY – 22 DECEMBER

22 Dec

The penultimate title being given away in our advent competition has only just been published! Get your hands on a free copy simply by commenting and check back tomorrow.

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AVA ADVENT GIVEAWAY – 21 DECEMBER

21 Dec

Research is the key to every successful design-related project; but what exactly is research and why do designers need to research? Research & Design, the first title in AVA’s Basics Fashion Design series, is today’s advent giveaway! If you fancy winning a copy just comment on this blog post within the next 24 hours – we will announce the winner in tomorrow’s advent post at 4pm.   [...]

Definition of the week…’Ephemera’

21 Dec

This week’s design definition…

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Celebrating knitwear!

21 Dec

How Knitwear author Juliana Sissons has inspired us to dust off our knitting needles… [...]