October 2026
AP3D Design Fashion Full Scale Paper Dress
Our AP3D Design Fashion Students were challenged to design and create a full scale paper dress. This design challenge introduced students to the foundational concept of creating three dimensional form from 2D planes, an essential concept for pattern making. Students engaged with the design thinking process from start to finish, sketching and prototyping different material possibilities and creating mini scaled 3D versions of their designs before creating them at full scale in our recently upgraded dedicated Fashion Design studio in only 6 classes.
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Our AP3D Design Fashion Students were challenged to design and create a full scale paper dress. This design challenge introduced students to the foundational concept of creating three dimensional form from 2D planes, an essential concept for pattern making. Students engaged with the design thinking process from start to finish, sketching and prototyping different material possibilities and creating mini scaled 3D versions of their designs before creating them at full scale in our recently upgraded dedicated Fashion Design studio in only 6 classes.
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Teaching for Divergent Design Solutions
Students in our new Architectural Design course just completed their first models. Student architects (10th-12th grade) were challenged to create an architectural concept using an identical kit of limited materials in only 5 classes. Students applied their conceptual understanding of the design process and their structural investigations for the beginning of the semester to create original designs integrating both form and function.
The incredible creativity and variety of the projects also reinforced the key design concept that there are an infinite number of successful outcomes for the exact same design challenge!
Here is a link to the Architecture class & AP3D-Architecture projects
The incredible creativity and variety of the projects also reinforced the key design concept that there are an infinite number of successful outcomes for the exact same design challenge!
Here is a link to the Architecture class & AP3D-Architecture projects
Creativity Catalysts
9th-12th grade students in our 3D Design Principles course completed large scale three dimensional foam structures, and then applied their new technical skills and foundational 3D design knowledge to an architectural design challenge, designing and building an architectural model using only two sheets of foam, a piece of plastic, and a scaled figure and/or tree.
Here is a link to the 3D Design principles Foam Structures & Kit of Parts Intro to Architecture projects
Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
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