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How do sewing skills maintain their significance in the age of virtual prototyping? What ethical considerations surround the use of body-scanning technologies? And how does AI challenge our understanding of originality?
This online session hosted by ETHO on Digital Fashion Education, delves into the Me-You-Us research project. This project explores the integration of digital tools such as 3D-prototyping,
VR, AR, and AI, into fashion design education within Higher Arts Institutes. It explores the impact of these new digital tools on pedagogical practices and whether they can be used to create more sustainable, inclusive, and diverse futures
for fashion design.
Emily Shahaj from the University for the Creative Arts will talk about the Digital Fashion Master's programme, where she teaches interdisciplinary practice and bridges the disciplines of fashion and gaming. Her teaching and research focus on topics around virtual identity, utilising digital innovations to promote sustainability in fashion, and exploring consumer behaviours related to avatar customisation.
Alexa Pollman, lecturer of the Fashion Futures Master's programme at London College of Fashion will moderate the webinar. As a lecturer and designer, she speculates and presents possible fashion futures. She applies practice-based research using performance, fashion, technology and interaction to create participatory and inclusive experiences.
Alexa will lead the discussion on how digital tools are shaping fashion, and consequently, fashion education. She will pose questions about our capacity to dream and envision possible futures, as well as our ability to critically engage with the developments within digital cultures.
The aim of this session is to exchange insights and perspectives derived from our shared experiences, envisioning how the future of fashion design education might look if we embrace new technologies. We will explore the potential impact of these innovations
and the technical, organisational, and pedagogical challenges that may arise.
This event is initiated by the research project Me-You-Us, an international research collaboration between the University of Ljubljana [Slovenia], Willem de
Kooning Academy Rotterdam [Netherlands], and Design School Kolding [Denmark], funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ program.
In this online session the following topics will be explored:
- How can digital tools drive a paradigm shift towards ecological sustainability in fashion design?
- How can the integration of digital tools and virtual representation promote greater inclusivity and diversity in fashion?
- What new skills, methods, and competencies are necessary for the digital evolution in fashion design education?
Contributors
Christel Arnevik
As an educator and the Programme Manager of the Fashion programme,Christel Arnevik is partof the Lab for Social Design at Design School Kolding. Together with his colleagues, they work towards making a relevant and responsible fashion programme where sustainability is a given. Since starting to implement the CLO 3D software in 2018, Christel has developed teaching methods to match the study progression and support the way the Fashion programme is taught at Design School Kolding.
Alexa Pollmann - MA Fashion Futures - London College of Fashion
Alexa Pollmann runs the Peut-Porter Design Collective, leading projects that speculate possible fashion futures. She applies practice-based research using performance, fashion, technology and interaction to create participatory and inclusive experiences. Currently, she is directing DAZZLE, an experience combining fashion, dance and mixed reality technologies ranging from motion-capture and VR to open-source zero-waste garment production and generative print creation. The work of Peut-Porter has been presented internationally and was exhibited at the Design Museum London, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, the Museum of London and the BFI amongst others.
Alexa previously worked in the Creative Media Department at Burberry , as well as the Royal College of Art, and Barbara I Gongini in Copenhagen.
Nastja Sagadin Grmek
Nastja Sagadin Grmek, Master of Arts, has 12 years of experience in the fashion industry, having worked as a Creative Pattern Cutter for various luxury brands in London and Zurich. She is skilled in digital pattern making and virtual sampling, and is currently working at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, where she teaches Fashion Design and Creative Pattern Cutting.
Emily Rosa Shahaj
Emily Rosa Shahaj is a lecturer at the University of Creative Arts, and teaches the Digital Fashion Master's programme, where she
bridges the disciplines of fashion and gaming. She discovered the Digital Fashion programme as a UCA master’s student in 2019 while studying Textiles. After graduating,Emily Rosa founded a virtual fashion house which developed rentable NFTs and exhibited in London, Miami, Germany, and Singapore. This morphed into a tech startup utilising blockchain technology to create a universal wardrobe that follows users between spatial platforms. Emily Rosa has been a featured speaker at various global conferences on digital fashion, NFTs, and the Metaverse.
Leroy Sirasit van Halen
Leroy Sirasit van Halen is a Dutch Fashion Designer and Design Researcher based in Paris. Since 2020, he has been tutor Fashion Design and Commercial Practice at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. He specialises in technical Fashion Design and Production, where he explores the possibilities of digital tools and new innovative sustainable practices.
This event welcomes both ELIA members and those who have not yet joined our community. Join us for an insightful discussion and envision the future of fashion design education!
