디자인 발상에서 이미지 맵핑 활용에 관한 연구- 패션 컬렉션 수업의 예시로 -

Fashion design is an artistic process of developing a creative idea to a clothing both aesthetically and functionally. There are various ways to design garments. ‘Mind-mapping’ is one way to develope a central idea by brainstorming at a beginning stage of fashion design. This research aims to explore ‘Mind-mapping’ through theoretical studies and class practice. Through the class of <Fashion Design and Seasonal Collection>, the total number of 64 students became the experimental participants. Students were assigned for four different categories of design applications. They are described as follows: 1. Based on finding two contrasting ideas on an implicit topic, they are to converge these different meanings to produce a single concept for a clothing, 2. Students think of a keyword on one topic out of all and further discover to reduce to the essence of the meaning of the idea/word. 3. Students are allowed to use other form of inspirations such as architecture, painting, film to associate with the central idea of their developed design. 4. Students select an alternative ‘object’ to resemble its visual components and transfer them to their central ideas. From the collected date, students proceed to further analysis, investigation, design and final evaluation of their clothing. The experimentation demonstrates that mind-mapping method as a representation by its use of language, is localized to express many abstract ideas by fashion designers. In conclusion, it tells that the mind-mapping method in fashion design is a proper way for fashion designers and students.