Learning Experience – Fashion tech interline

The purpose of the course is to train professionals who are able to employ the potentials of digital technologies in the domain of fashion, to drive design processes in multidisciplinary contexts. To this end, the course, through an innovative way of teaching, will provide students with useful tools and skills to critically interpret the project dimension within the broader context of social, cultural, and technological contemporary shifts (new lifestyles and needs, new typological configurations and innovative technological scenarios). In particular digital theoretical lessons, preparatory exercises and applicative sessions (Discover) will be delivered to transfer students knowledge on how fashion and digital technologies are interconnected, the potential as well as the limitations of the interconnection and how this interconnection is transforming the entire value chain, from ideation to production, from retail to communication.

The challenge based part of the course (Design) will be addressed to explore the potential of interdisciplinary teamwork practice activities where students will be asked to develop a project, a capsule collection made of one to three products of outerwear, with particular attention both to creative/stylish aspects as well as to functional, structural and technical ones.

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The general purpose of the course is to train professionals who are able to employ the potentials of digital technologies in the domain of fashion, to drive design processes in multidisciplinary contexts. To this end, the course, through an innovative way of teaching, will provide students with useful tools and skills to critically interpret the project dimension within the broader context of social, cultural, and technological contemporary shifts.

Students will deepen the impacts of the digital twin toward 3D applications in fashion, exploring its transformation in design, production, distribution, business management and sales processes. The students will improve in the following sectors:

Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the implications of digitalization and virtualization of the design process in relation to the entire product life management cycle, referring to the impact in terms of different structures of costs;
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the implications of digitalization and virtualization of the design process in relation to the innovation of the garment product in the design process, in communication, in the selling and commercial side;
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the implications of digitalization and virtualization of the design process in relation to business management.

Ability to research and understand innovation and methodological processes;
Ability to develop 3D models from 2D technical drawings of fashion products, visualizing and simulating materials for the fashion tech application;
Ability to identify and critically evaluate 3D software tools in textile and garment design;
Ability to develop an innovative business model related to digital / virtual design processes and products;
Ability to handle and understand digital/data-driven sustainable supply chains;
Ability to dialogue with other disciplinary contexts;
Ability to synthesize interdisciplinary contributions into possible innovation tracks and solutions.

Identify and critically describe the limits and opportunities of 3D software tools in textile and garment design in all the phases of value chain: ideation, prototyping, visualization, communication, distribution, showcase, selling and retailing;
Identify and critically describe the economic, environmental, and societal impacts of implementing a completely digital/virtual design and product development process;
Reflect on complexities associated with virtual/digital implementation of a 3D collection /business;
Critical skills and awareness of the ethical dimension of the profession;
Co-Learning and co-working abilities in an international community