European Academy for Young Designers to Study Innovative Technologies in Digital Fashion Design

Project akronim: FashionTEX

Call: CREA-CULT-2023-COOP

Funding: 2 000 000,00 EUR

Coordinator of project: EUROPAISCHES KULTURFORUM E.V., Deutschland

Dates and duration of the project: 2023-2026

Applicant and Partners:

Art Academy of Latvia, Amsterdam Fashion Academy, Accademia Koefia, Estonian Academy of Arts, University Lisboa, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Vilnius Academy of Arts, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Kyiv National of Technologies and Design, Lodz University of Technology (Polska),University of Zagreb faculty of Textile Technology

Abstract:  FashionTEX is a 3-year project aiming to create expertise and educate students in digital fashion at fashion universities. It will enhance the curricula to future-oriented and more sustainable content. The fashion industry relies on digital fashion in all areas of the value cycle, from design to sales and the technologies used develop rapidly. Our needs analysis shows that education at fashion schools in Europe is often behind what the industry already implemented. Also, schools are at very different stages with their education: some are teaching at advanced level, others are still at the beginning of training digital fashion. FashionTEX closes these gaps. The implementation of digital fashion will be realized with different project modules: ATELIER courses at each partnering fashion school, joint MAKERSPACES and public FASHION SHOWS. By meetings, conferences and workshops, online and onsite, the partners cooperate closely and develop education modules that raise the quality of apprenticeship at the participating universities and beyond to a new level of knowledge and sharing of expertise. The results will be implemented and passed on to lecturers and students in the future, based on a high-quality common curriculum allowing European student exchange programs. The professional opportunities and competitive potential of graduates on the job market will rise sharply due to expertise in digital fashion and experience in international collaboration.

Legal representative/ contact person of partner: Irena Šabarić Škugor

Project team at Faculty:

Blaženka Brlobašić Šajatović

Renata Hrženjak

Franka Karin

Marijana Tkalec