Advanced Diploma of Styling and Design Coordination

  Australia

• Sydney: 
Sydney

Description: The Advanced Diploma of Styling and Design Coordination prepares you to work in a professional capacity where design and styling are employed to facilitate organisational outcomes in small, medium and large-scale commercial scenarios. The focus is on creating and coordinating innovative concepts for live and staged events, photo shoots, magazines and other media publicity.

As you progress in your learning, you will develop design coordination and visualisation skills across a range of media and contexts, in conjunction with an understanding of applied consumer psychology, market segmentation and research methods. The assessment methods used in the program are engaging and complementary, including practical and written assignments, portfolio preparation, critiques, presentations, practical and written examinations, exhibitions, role-play and simulation.

On successful completion, you will graduate with the essential range of creative understanding, industry knowledge and quality skills required to actively pursue your design ambitions both locally and overseas.

Study duration is 2 years full time.

Overseas applicants are required to submit an Application for Admission and a portfolio of drawings and designs or complete an entrance exam, in order to assess creative potential and ability to complete the course.

Overseas applicants who apply in Australia are required to submit an Application for Admission and attend an interview at the Whitehouse Institute as well as submit a portfolio or complete an entrance exam.

The following documents are required to be submitted with the Application for Admission:

* Certified copy of English Proficiency Test Result
* Certified copies of academic records (translated to English)
* Evidence of financial support
* Certified copy of Passport

In addition to the above Whitehouse Institute entry requirements, we recommend you view the Department of Immigration (DIMIA) website or contact your nearest Australian consulate for information on applying for a student visa. To be granted a student visa, you must satisfy the general requirements that are applicable to all student visa applicants as well as provide evidence that satisfies the assessment factors applicable to you.

Application Processing: 2/3 days

English Entry Requirements:

If English is not your first language, we need proof of your proficiency in English. The minimum requirements are: 5.5 IELTS
Successful completion of Cambridge FCE
Successful completion of BBES EAP/Bridging
High school English grade good (Scandinavians)

Overseas Student Health Care (OSHC):

Migration regulations require student visa holders to have adequate arrangements in Australia for Health Insurance for the duration of their stay. OSHC is a special health insurance offered by Medibank Private. Prospective students are asked to pay the Whitehouse Institute of Design a premium as part of their enrolment. Exceptions are students from Norway and Sweden, who are not required to have OSHC as under arrangement with the Norwegian and Swedish governments. They are covered by the National Insurance Scheme in Norway and CSN International respectively, which is a world-wide cover for and deemed adequate for the purpose of a student visa.

Agent Commission: 10% of tuition fee (Year 1)

Scholarships: Not available to new students commencing program.

Part scholarships (half term or half semester) may be awarded during the academic year, also the Young Italo-Australians Scholarship is awarded by a panel of independent judges on final year range/designs. The scholarship offered is one year study program for fashion and interior design students.

How to apply:

Prospective students must complete and submit an Application for Admission.
1. When we receive your application, it is checked and registered.
2. Applicants who apply in Australia must attend an interview.
3. Your academic qualifications, portfolio and/or Entrance Exam and English proficiency is assessed.
4. If these meet the entry levels for your choice of course, your application is sent to the Admission Board for approval.
5. We will then write to confirm to you the outcome of your application.

The Whitehouse Institute reserves the right to admit students into the appropriate course.

Stage 1
Whitehouse programs are 'hands on' from day one. At the start of the program, you will be introduced to the fundamental principles and practices of styling, design and design coordination. Learning throughout Stage 1 develops from a strong foundation through subjects such as Design Throughout History, Cultural History and Colour Theory and Applications. This is complemented by increasing emphasis on practical outcomes in subjects that provide Understanding of Style and Taste, and introduce Merchandising and Design, Copy Writing and Editing, Text Based Design and Total Concept Styling.

Semester 1 Subjects :

- Understanding Style and Taste
- Merchandising and Design
- Introductory Design
- Introduction to Drawing for Design
- Colour Theory and Applications
- Design Throughout History
- Industry Orientation

Semester 2 Subjects :

- Total Concept Styling
- Text Based Design
- Copy Writing and Editing
- Design Layout and Prepress
- Colour and Design
- Drawing and Media
- Design Computing Fundamentals
- Professional Practice Fundamentals
- Cultural History 1
- Vocational Work Experience (optional)

Stage 2
In Stage 2 of the program, you will be expected to demonstrate increasing sophistication and technical competence in styling for a variety of live and staged events, festivals and performances. This requires both creative and logistical coordination of image and identity development, concept planning, presentation and commercial publicity applications across a wide range of media. The development of customised project management, marketing and business communication skills supports students while progressively developing digital design and computer visualisation competencies.

The emphasis in the second stage is on professional practice in a variety of contexts - for example, working with others or freelancing. The general business skills you develop in these semesters will complement your professional design abilities in Creative Direction, Design Coordination and Trend Prediction. You willl also participate in two industry placements where you apply your learning in a practical workplace context and begin to establish your design industry network.

At the successful completion of the program, you will step out to the workforce with an extensive design portfolio, quality skills and industry experience that demonstrate your creative and practical capabilities and professionalism to potential employers, locally and overseas.

Semester 3 Subjects :

- Styling and Identity
- Publication Design
- Market Research
- Computer Based Presentation
- Rendering Objects in Context
- Computer Illustration 1
- Applied Professional Practice
- Business Communications
- Cultural History 2
- Industry Placement 1

Semester 4 Subjects :

- Design Coordination
- Creative Direction: Still Imaging
- Promotional Design
- Trend Prediction
- Computer Illustration 2
- Project Management
- Computer Project Management
- Industry Placement 2

Highlights: What is styling and design coordination?
Styling governs the look, feel, appeal or ambience of a visually orientated experience that is specifically designed for a target audience. Styling involves making choices and decisions about colour, texture, line, shape, lighting, mood, atmosphere, sound and environment and could apply to a particular magazine, a specially staged event, a specialist exhibition, show, expo or festival. It requires the creative and astute selection and on-time on-budget presentation of all aspects of the star attraction or feature event. Typically, stylists work in the public relations, publication, media, events or retail fields where they carry significant responsibility for achieving and maintaining high standard visual quality, consistency and presentation for displays, events, personalities, publications, photography, television or film.

Stylists develop and implement total concept styling and creative direction decisions designed to present the topic, personality or event to best advantage within a very particular cultural frame of reference. Styling often involves working closely with other professionals and specialists in beauty, fashion, interiors, promotions, home wares, catering and hospitality, travel and tourism, entertainment, media, technology and logistics to name just a few.

Students of styling and design coordination require creative confidence, good interpersonal and problem-solving skills to successfully achieve the desired creative vision. This course is unique to Whitehouse in providing students with an environment and opportunity to develop the creative scope, breadth of style-related knowledge and skills required to ply their expertise across a very wide range of industry contexts from print to performance and from retail to resorts.

Fashion Parade
The Whitehouse Institutes' annual open days and end of year fashion parade are always a success, where media and the public are able to see a selection of designs by our Stage 1, 2 and 3 fashion, interior and styling students. The annual Whitehouse Institute of Design end of year fashion parade shows design ranges from streetwear, evening wear to kids and menswear.

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: approx US$14,400 p.a. or AU$18,700 p.a.

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Australia Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Scholarships are Available. - The Academia Italiana arte moda design provides a number of competitive scholarships exclusively to the Whitehouse Institute of Design for graduating students in Fashion Design and Textiles and Interior Design. An industry panel awards part and full scholarships for design excellence, to enable recipients to undertake study in a prestigious one-year program in Italy. Italian scholarship graduates can pursue hotly sought after employment with overseas design companies, or return to Australia to ply their international knowledge and skills.

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Other

Typically The Application Process Time Is 48 hours

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Year Founded: 1988