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SA Fashion Girl reviews ‘Basics Fashion Management: Concept to Customer’

18 May

Sheri-Lee Greenway, aka SA FASHION GIRL, reviews the first book in AVA’s Basics Fashion Management series, Concept to Customer. [...]

It’s all about the ‘S’ word

9 Feb

I’ll be swapping my usual Friday in the AVA office for a day of sustainability and activism themed events at the D&AD Education Day at the London College of Communication. [...]

Mary Katrantzou – Fashion Design: The complete guide

1 Feb

As a treat, we thought we’d share a few of our favourite spreads from one of our brand new fashion titles, Fashion Design: The complete guide. At the top of our list is a spread featuring the work of fashion designer Mary Katrantzou…  [...]

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. [...]

Definition of the week… ‘Typefaces & Fonts’

10 Oct

This week’s definition is taken from  The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design. [...]

Definition of the week… ‘Rotunda’

7 Oct

This week’s definition is taken from The Visual Dictionary of Architecture.

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Student Profile, Textile Design – Adey Thani

7 Oct

Innovative materials and sustainable design are hot topics within the fashion and textiles industries at the moment. Designer Adey Thani shows us how items that we throw away everyday can be recycled into beautiful textiles and objects for fashion and interiors.

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Student Profile – Textile Design, Gemma Barlow

17 Aug

The use of traditional craft techniques has become increasingly popular in fashion and textiles recently, as many consumers search for a more unique, handmade quality to the products they buy.

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Tim Walker shoot featured in Basics Fashion Design 08: Styling

8 Aug

Renowned fashion photographer Tim Walker features in Basics Fashion Design 08: Styling…

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