What is accessory design?
Accessory design mainly deals with making fashion accessories like bags, footwear, jewellery and so on. Accessory design is basically an activity that is supportive of fashion.
However, now most colleges also teach other domains of accessories design like home accessories, craft, furniture, digitally smart products etc. considering accessory as personal objects for people and their environment.
What you learn in accessory design?
You learn how to make accessory design in its entirety in accessory design programs. You study subjects covering about design basics (drawing, elements of design etc.), design methodology, materials, process of production, market dynamics, consumer behavior, and trends & forecasting.
You get to know about business practices and project management in fashion accessory design and lifestyle accessories.
What accessory design courses can you do?
You can opt for B.Des (Bachelor of Design), B.Sc, BA(Hons) in accessory design. If you are looking for accessory design short course, go for Diploma or certificate courses in accessory design.
Accessory design masters program includes M.Des (Master of Design) and MA.
Accessory design careers:
Accessory design scope is quite wide. You can do accessory design jobs like product strategist, color analyst, category head, visual merchandiser and academician.
Emerging markets like online market channels, user interface and experience design, consumer interface design and product design and smart wearables also offer lots of job options. Entrepreneurship is also open to you after studying accessory design.
