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Fashion Design

Master of Arts

Textile Design

Master of Arts in

Textile Design

The Programme: overview

Starting from A.Y. 2021/22, the MA aims to develop professional figures capable of managing the creative processes associated with fashion textile design, from woven to knitted fabrics, including innovation, sustainability, and design-thinking-related aspects.

The programme, which is supported by strong relations with the Italian production sector, offers theoretical, technical and experimental lessons applied to projects, providing students with in-depth knowledge of the textile discipline and its expression in the fashion and art industries.

Over the MA, students will have the opportunity to:

Evaluate the fashion phenomenon as an articulated visual language, with self-awareness in terms of skills and style, interpreting and translating ideas into high-quality projects
Use complex methodologies to show the ability to create articulate solutions for manifold projects, starting from research and analysis, to the design process and its representation and communication, while showing acquaintance with a wide number of applications, knowledge and skills
Learn an integrated approach to the textile world, rooted in the Italian design culture, and explore the values and needs of a new, global humanity, as well as of its sustainable relation to nature and environment

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STUDY PLAN

The Master of Arts enables students to deepen their knowledge through specialised studies and to acquire the instruments necessary to realise textile design and knitwear design projects, in a practical workshop approach. Through the analysis of the fundamental elements of textile design and knitwear, as well as thanks to interdisciplinary activities and field experiences, students have the opportunity to define their personal and professional identity and to confront the professional context, experiencing new creative and operational models which will support the start of their professional career in the Italian and international fashion system.     FIRST YEAR Introduces students to the textile categories and provide instruments for a sound understanding of textiles and of their best use, through studies in traditional and digital textile design, knitwear design, draping, history of art and costume, phenomenology of styles, and with in-depth analysis of textile industry, Italian know-how, innovative and sustainable design thinking. The contamination of elements from the fields of culture, art, fashion enriches the young designers' vision and inspiration. Through project-based and theoretical lectures, students have the opportunity to design a personal textile and knitwear collection, to acquire a sound understanding of materials and to define their identity in terms of ideas, storytelling, shapes, manufacture, choice of materials and technical drawing.   SECOND YEAR   Through a strongly project-based approach, students continue their advanced studies in textile and knitwear design, completing all production phases of their textile and knitwear clothing collection project, as well as in project methodology of visual communication, multimedia languages, and material culture, learning how to independently project a professional portfolio and how to use new digital techniques and instruments in the fashion professionals. Through the research and narration of original, experimental, and contemporary languages, the programme reinforces students creative and analytical skills which will be necessary to deal with the post-contemporary social dynamics and enter the processes of professional fashion system.

Department: Design and Applied Arts

Area: Fashion Design

Title Awarded: Second Level Academic Degree in Fashion and Textile Design

Credits: 120 CFA

Starting: October 2021

Duration: 2 years

Languages: Italian and English

Campus: Milan

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