ABSTRACT
There is a difficult challenge for design practitioners when
establishing ways of applying Fry’s (2009) strategy of redirection. Redirection is complex and multifaceted and
requires an expansive view of the requirements for future sustainment alongside
ways of interpreting these understandings within design process. When redirection demands so much of
practitioners, the task can seem insurmountable and a starting point difficult
to find.
Within this paper, I suggest that reflective practice can
aid in this pursuit, and through my own practice-based research, offer insights
when applying reflective techniques to assist my own redirection.
This
relational thinking generated the development of an experimental studio
structure, situated within my existing fashion design practice. This expanded situation serves to cultivate
my bases of knowledge and knowing, and is influential in achieving the
objectives of redirection.
The research findings suggest the emergence of a potential
template for executing redirective practice. Could fashion
design in the future be practiced in this way?
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