The AVA Academia blog

Bored, stuck, desperate for ideas, deadline approaching, uninpsired, bored some more. Sound familiar? How do you get out of that rut?

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We are having SO MUCH FUN in the office today. A meeting about supplementary materials turned into a discussion about a fashion competition for students in the form of a creative brief, which turned into a pattern cutting class using the image files from our new book Pattern Cutting: The Architecture of Fashion…

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This is an exciting time for AVA as we were recently purchased by Bloomsbury Publishing (Harry Potter’s publisher…)! We are joining other recent visual arts acquisitions by Bloomsbury’s Academic division, such as Berg and Fairchild.

To celebrate this, AVA are holding a sale and a competition for three people to win a copy of our bestselling title, Simon Seivewright’s Basics Fashion Design 01: Research and Design (second edition).

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Feast your eyes on the entries for the AVA mannequin competition at this year’s Graduate Fashion Week!
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An exciting announcement about our competition this year at Graduate Fashion Week…

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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. [...]

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! [...]

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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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.   [...]

The Fundamentals of Printed Textile Design provides an introduction to the creative skills, techniques and processes required by designers in order to produce a professional, creative and commercially aware portfolio. This book is up for grabs in today’s advent giveaway so if you would like to be in with a chance of winning a copy simply comment on this blog post by 4pm tomorrow! [...]