Home Fashion Marketing Fall 2010 Courses

Opportunities in home product and service marketing.

SXH 010 Fashion Styling: Home Fashion Business
0 credits $165

Get in-depth exposure to the growing world of home fashion styling, including opportunities in media, entertainment, and retailing. Program presents the fundamentals of styling from project conception through prop selection and stresses the art of visual presentation with home products. Guests from the field give additional perspectives on the many options available for a home styling career.

Seminar leader: Gregory Wegweiser, designer, stylist, and visual merchandising expert

3 sessions: (55A) November 22, 29, December 6

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
23578	55A	M	6:30 pm-8:30 pm	TBA

SXH 100 Learn the Top Ten Design Motifs of All Time
0 credits $215

Do your Roman concepts turn out Greek? Have you suggested Art Deco when you meant Art Nouveau? Can you never keep Biedermeier and Bauhaus straight? It doesn't matter whether you're in the home- or apparel-related markets or the media; being able to recall and utilize historical design elements correctly is a professional skill. Program features important stylistic periods demonstrated through slides and discussion. Sharpen your ability to instantly recognize historical motifs and design elements and strengthen your design vocabulary and interpretive abilities.

Certificate students meet the last night.

Seminar leader: Susan Slotkis, adjunct associate professor, Interior Design; interior designer, Allied Member, ASID; associate member, IDEC; author, Foundations of Interior Design

5 sessions: (55A) September 15, 20, 22, 27, 29;
(55B) September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
23513	55A	M W	6:30 pm-9:30 pm	TBA
23514	55B	R	6:30 pm-9:30 pm	TBA

SXH 200 How to Style, Plan, and Merchandise Home Fashion Products
0 credits $225

Whether your industry experience is design, wholesale, or retail, the home advantage could be yours by expanding into home fashion products. The program starts with merchandising as it relates to a variety of home classifications and covers the importance of timing and planning. The design process, inspiration, color, materials, and style selection are all explored, and sourcing is discussed in depth. Includes information on licenses, first samples, and the pros and cons of domestic and foreign production. Learn how to market your products, and receive valuable tips on resources throughout the world.

Seminar leader: Tina Shoulders, social media strategist, graphic and textile designer; creative director, Laidback Home

4 sessions: (55A) October 6, 13, 20, 27

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
26997	55A	W	6:15 pm-9:00 pm	TBA

SXH 300 Color Intensive Workshop for the Home Fashion Market
0 credits $215

To get ahead or get started in home fashion, maximizing your color performance skills is a must. Strengthen your ability to create harmonious color combinations, one of the most vitally important tools used in merchandising products for the home. Utilizing the key color palettes of Western history, this course will teach you how interior design, art, and antiques become color scheme resources. Learn to use correct color terminology and develop your eye for matching textures and surfaces, from nubby fabrics to glossy ceramics. Work with a home furnishings color professional on in-class assignments.

Workshop leader: Susan Slotkis, adjunct associate professor, Interior Design; interior designer, Allied Member, ASID; associate member, IDEC; author, Foundations of Interior Design

4 sessions: (55A) October 4, 11, 18, 25

CRN	Section	Day	Time	Location
23516	55A	M	6:30 pm-9:30 pm	TBA