Learn to create fashion and textile concepts in the context of sustainability

MUO-E1071

The student learns to understand a range of approaches and methods in the sustainable fashion and textile field. Furthermore, a holistic understanding of sustainability will be provided. S/he becomes familiar with different viewpoints of sustainability and can use this information in their creative design work.

Content

-Theoretical part (partly online teaching) + practical design case

-Foundational knowledge from sustainable fashion and textiles; eco-design, sustainable and ethical design, green aesthetics, green business thinking, design for sustainable consumption, critical design and design for recycling in fashion and textile context.

-Holistic understanding of sustainability through systems thinking and through cradle-to-cradle approach, in closed loop and circular economy context.

-Reflection of designers’ role in a sustainable development

-Constructing design concepts

-Experimental design part

Learning outcome

The students learn to understand the wideness and many layers of sustainability and narrow or holistic approaches to it. They understand the designer’s role in sustainability and how to make a transformation towards sustainability as a designer. The students earn a theoretical foundation for their own creative practice and are encouraged to use their creative design skills for problem-solving.

The student gets an introduction and hands-on experience in applying some of the sustainable design methods in their own creative work. The student is able to construct a conceptual design plan based on theoretical studies and their own research and implement this concept as a creative fashion or textile design case or prototype. Design work is an important part of the course to express the constructed sustainable statement.

Photo Anne Kinnunen