Creative Futures Academy at NCAD is delighted to announce Ireland’s first Professional Diploma in Fashion Communication that will commence this spring and run until November.
This industry led course will bring together an incredible line up of speakers who will share their professional experience and insights from across all sectors of the fashion industry.
This course is designed for professionals and practitioners working with the fashion and creative sectors such as Designers, Stylists, Journalists and Fashion Activists, however it is open to anyone in the fashion & creative sectors. It aims to encourage engagement from a variety of creative disciplines and welcomes both established and emerging fashion professionals to apply.
The course will explore fashion photography, styling, film, digital media & journalism. The aim is to provide participants with appropriate skills and knowledge that can be applied to their professional creative development, developing knowledge and skills to prepare them for further life-long learning and supporting personal practice and career progression.
It will be launched in March 2024, and will run as a hybrid course, combining in-person symposia and online tutorials with reading, research and project development. A number of high profile speakers in this industry are currently being secured to help deliver the programme and will be announced over the coming weeks.
Louise Allen, Director of Creative Future Academy said: ‘We have such a wealth of talented fashion designers and makers in Ireland. This course has the potential to transform how brands and fashion designers position themselves nationally and internationally. It provides a new niche avenue for those working in PR and marketing to extend their skills to work in this dynamic sector’.
Aisling Farinella, Fashion Stylist & Creative Director, who has designed this course on behalf of NCAD said: ‘On this course we connect the many diverse professions integral to fashion communication from photography, styling and publishing to advertising PR and Creative Direction.’ She continued ‘the central component of this course is how fashion communicates changes in our society, engaging with key discourse on identity, responsibility and visibility. This is an amazing opportunity for people who want to work in fashion, outside of the design making process’.
This course is supported by Design Skillnet offering subsidies to learners.
Highlights of this course include
International guest speakers
In-person symposia with other people working in the field
Content delivered by cutting edge professionals working in this space
Benefits and accessibility of hybrid learning
Opportunity for huge personal and professional development
Access to the methods and techniques needed to navigate the evolving creative landscape
Opportunities to collaborate and address creative challenges
Time to create a body of work to benefit life long learning
Dates: 8th March – 29th Nov 2024
Fee: €2200
More details of this course & available scholarships can be found online at
https://creativefuturesacademy.ie/courses/professional-diploma-in-fashion-communication/
Image Credit: Photographer Lorcan Finnegan – Stylist Aisling Farinella – Models @ Not Another INTL Publication
Meet the programme speakers from creative media industries, including fashion photography, styling, film, social media, art direction, advertising, publishing and journalism.
Originally from Ireland, Grace studied visual communications at NCAD and shortly moved to London upon graduating where she interned for acclaimed graphic design studios Pentagram and Bibliotheque. After this she started to freelance for clients including Burberry, U2 (with Dazed editor Jefferson Hack) and The Rolling Stones. She later joined DJA full time for many years working as an art director and designer for clients including Prada, Loewe, Jil Sander, Marc Jacobs, Zara, doing 360 global campaigns, strategy, design and copywriting from pre to post production. In 2019 Grace left DJA and launched Grace Margetson Studio, an independent creative direction and brand strategy studio. Her clients include Zara Home, Tekla, Aesop, Alighieri, Nanushka, H&M, Le Kilt, Farfetch and Dunhill
Rich Gilligan is a photographer from Dublin, Ireland. He began his work making his own zines as a teenager and then went on to work as a skateboard photographer for a variety of publications worldwide. He now shoots a wide range of commissioned projects while continuing to pursue his own personal work. Until recently Rich was based in New York, but in 2020 he relocated to Wicklow where he continues to work on projects both in & out of Ireland. Previous photographic publications include Time/Line (Self Published) 2008, DIY (1980 Editions) 2012, Rituals (AAD) 2014, Burnside (Driftwood) 2014, DIY (Prestel) 2014, Town (The Salvage Press) 2018 and All Sorts Of Impossible Things (Driftwood Editions) 2022. His work has been published in iD, T Magazine, The New York Times, Vouge, Port Magazine, Source & Time.
Originally from the countryside near Oxford, Tom Johnson began his career assisting Magnum photographers such as Jim Goldberg and Alessandra Sainguinetti. The heart of his practice revolves around a celebratory, sensitive approach to his subjects and the environments that he is shooting. Johnson works by creating authentic environments where people’s unique stories can be told through imagery, and holds exploration and storytelling as central pillars of his practice. His images will often make use of dynamic movement and energy. The result is a body of work that centres people – individuals and communities in all their forms. His careful use of colour and composition combine to create imagery that is delicately crafted, while still resolutely authentic.
Johnson is based in London. He contributes to publications including Re-Edition, The Face and Vogue France. His commercial clients include campaigns for Hermès, Kenzo, Churches, Zara and Burberry.
Born in rural Ireland and based in London. Kieran is a fashion stylist, image maker and general creative. Inspired by abstract/surreal takes on how women live and dying traditions of old Ireland that still existed in Kierans childhood, his work is a meeting point of fashion and the handmade. Designer looks are mixed with handmade wearable sculptures to create his aesthetic. Kieran works for titles including Magazine Magazine, Revue, Tank and Hot Hot Hot, and has collaborated with photographers including Paolo Roversi, Guen Fiore, Andrew Nuding and Marc Hibbert.
