Virtual influencers are on the rise. Created by designers using computer or artificial intelligence technology, they proliferate on social media platforms and their realism makes it hard to tell the difference between them and their human counterparts. Case in point is BA(Hons) Fashion Media and Industries graduand Reyme Husaini’s creation for his final year project, Ava Lee Gram.
Caroline Suganda
Caroline Suganda (BA(Hons) Fashion Media and Industries, Class of 2011) is the current Editor of ELLE Singapore. She shares about the importance of networks in breaking into the fashion industry, and how she mentors and provides opportunities to her LASALLE juniors.
other Star Alumni
En/Un/Re/Multi Fold
Type
Dance, Fashion ShowStudents from the Diploma in Creative Direction for Fashion and Diploma in Dance collaborate by revisiting the ancient art of origami in new and transformative modes, rooted in its underlying principle of the fold. The students are stretched beyond their disciplines working experientially with the activity of folding as well as responding to minimalist stimuli of anti-form visual artists.
Creating animated festive window displays for Tag Heuer
In celebration of Lunar New Year 2020, luxury watch boutique TAG Heuer held a competition for BA(Hons) Fashion Media and Industries students to design and create animated window displays for the brand's retail shop windows.
Media release: LASALLE redesigns Diplomas to empower a new generation of arts and design students
From August 2020, new Diploma students at LASALLE College of the Arts will reap the benefits of a refreshed Diploma framework, designed to prepare a new generation of arts and design learners to respond to evolving needs and opportunities in a transforming economy.
My experience at: Harpers BAZAAR x Chanel Paris immersion programme
In October 2019, three LASALLE students travelled to Paris for a four-day immersion programme fully hosted by Chanel and Harper’s BAZAAR. This collaboration, exclusively open to LASALLE students, aimed to inspire budding artists and designers as they visited the cornerstones of the Chanel brand in the heart of Europe’s art and fashion capital.
Harper’s BAZAAR Asia NewGen Fashion Award (Singapore Judging)
Winner
Rena Kok (second from right)
BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles, Class of 2019
Entry: 'Prequel'
Second Runner-Up
Joanna Quak (first from left)
BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles, Class of 2017
Entry: 'An Heir'
Photo: Ashley Mak
Men’s Folio Designer of the Year Award
Azra Syakirah
BA(Hons) Fashion Design and Textiles, Class of 2018
Entry: GIN OUKAM
Designing for Scarcity: Models of Cooperation
Type
Lecture / TalkIn today's modern world, we are constantly faced with challenges that require a complex set of considerations. So how can design enable us to better address these challenges and considerations?
At MA Design's public lecture, guest speaker, Andrew Shea (Assistant Professor of Integrated Design, Parsons School of Design), will discuss how design approaches can accelerate this process of addressing challenges.
Minimalism/Maximalism
Type
ExhibitionMinimalism/Maximalism is a collaborative project between LASALLE's School of Fashion, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) and the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
The exhibition expands on the cross-pollination of ideas of minimalist and maximalist aesthetics in contemporary fashion in Singapore and New York. Students responded to historical and cultural references from the 1960s and 1970s from their respective cities.
The exhibition will be presented in New York and Singapore featuring works of students from both institutions:
