Fashion Art Direction

Overview
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This new graduate program trains those who aspire to become a Fashion Art Director. Fashion Art Directors are the multi-disciplinary masterminds behind the creation and curation of all visuals within fashion brands. This involves knowing about styling, visual merchandising, installations, photos, videos, and layout designs.

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What We Teach

Art Direction

Fashion art directors are the multi-disciplinary creatives behind the visual aesthetics and content creation of a fashion brand or magazine. Students will conceptualize the visual communication of targeted projects, for which they will art direct, produce, and style fashion photo shoots and videos, and craft custom typography and layouts.

Photo and Video Production

In a fashion industry dominated by images, the producer of images holds significant power to bring to life and control the creative vision of a project. You will learn through hands-on projects the logistics and protocols of production from concept, styling, and execution of a photo shoot with model and a fashion video

Fashion Styling and Visual Merchandising

You will learn the ropes of styling outfits on- and off-figure, and crafting fashion installations and store displays.

Graphic Design

With an eye on the digital revolution in fashion, the program will train students to create innovative typography, layouts, websites, and connect the dots by translating their concepts to create visual communications for a multitude of platforms.

Fashion Art Direction Degree

The Fashion Art Direction program at Academy of Art University expands the teaching of fashion art direction to go beyond just the fashion magazine. As a student, you will gain the skills to work as art directors for fashion brands, photo studios, or creative agencies with larger commercial applications.

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Chaw Chaw Su San

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Elaina Haviland

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Erica Timmons

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Megan Vo

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Nakia Pleasant

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Sho Tatsuishi

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Yen Nguyen

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Yohamy Cisneros

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