FASHION TECH INTERLINE. THE VIRTUAL DIMENSION OF FASHION DESIGN.

(Experimental laboratory)

  • Language: ENGLISH
  • Campus: SPAZIO ESTERNO AL POLIMI
  • Enrollment: 24-11-2020to hour 12:00 on
    10-12-2020
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Teacher in charge
CASCIANI DARIA
Credits
6
Hours to attend
50
Max. number of students
10

Description of the initiative

The digital course focuses on the field of Fashion-Tech aiming to advance students' knowledge on how digitalization
and virtualization of the design process affect the entire value chain management, including concept development and prototyping, production, supply chain operations and business model innovation, for faster, smarter, more efficient and sustainable garments. The course aims to understand the digital twin toward 3D applications in fashion that has transformed radically the manual and often handcraftsmanship-based methodology of pattern construction, mock-up, prototyping, distributing, showcasing and selling processes within a digital/virtual formula: new virtual fashion experiences are created such as virtual showrooms, digital influencer and digital shows. Furthermore, the process of designing digital garments has become more complex and engineered, including materials, geometry, manufacturing processes specifications that can be carefully defined beforehand, thus facilitating innovation. More than solely design, this transformation has impacted the whole product development process by cutting costs, decreasing the time-to-market for the development of the collection, increasing the sustainability of the whole fashion value chain, and also impacting the organization and the business model of companies.The course focuses in particular on developing the knowledge and understanding of new ways to design a fashion product that integrates and interfaces with digital technologies through lectures about theory and application examples, software, and preparatory applicative exercises about the following topics: 2D digital pattern, 3D modelling, prototyping, fabrics digitalization (including eco-sustainable materials), rendering, fitting simulation and visualization, along with tackling issues related to innovative business models and project management.Contents will be delivered through a preliminary theoretical asynchronous part aimed to level the knowledge of the students as a prerequisite for the practical challenge-based part of the course. In the challenge-based part students will work in the interdisciplinary international groups to experience the process and the methodological approach of a project development activity that includes design, product life management, costing and pricing, research and materials management. 50 students will be selected from Politecnico di Milano - School of Design (Italy), Hogskolan i Boras - Swedish School of Textiles (Sweden), University of the Arts London - London College of Fashion (UK), TU/Delft - Industrial Design Engineering Faculty (The Netherlands), École Supérieure des Technologies Industrielles Avancées - Graduate School of Advanced Industrial Technologies (France).

Duration

dal January 2021 a March 2021

Calendar

PARTE ASINCRONA // TEORICA: 2 SETTIMANE (dal 7 al 24 gennaio 2021)PARTE SINCRONA
LANCIO DEL BRIEF + INTRODUZIONE ALL'AZIENDA: 2 GIORNI (25 e 26 gennaio 2021)PARTE SINCRONA
PRATICA: 5 SETTIMANE (dal 28 gennaio al 5 marzo 2021)

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