End users

The aims are to provide users of this CD with relevant knowledge to enable them to:

• Carry out design and market research in depth, to inform design development in their chosen discipline
• Research the functional and style requirements for a specific sports and identified end user
• Introduce students to aspects of human biology relevant to functional clothing design
• Develop an awareness of generic textile properties and processes and an understanding of the technologies, specific to performance fabrics and clothing systems, which promotes design innovation appropriate to the chosen field
• Develop creative and technical design abilities relevant to the performance sportswear field
• Produce aesthetically aware products where form follows function