BDes Fashion Design & Sustainability
In Partnership with Techno India University
Course Description
Embark on a transformative journey with our international undergraduate degree in Fashion Design and Sustainability. This hands-on, dynamic course blends essential design skills with enterprise, empowering students to lead in an evolving industry. With a focus on cutting-edge techniques and sustainability, it equips learners with future-ready knowledge to shape a more responsible fashion world. Graduates emerge prepared to innovate and transform, shaping the future of fashion with creativity and conscious design practices.
- Level: Undergraduate
- Duration: 4 years
- Eligibility: Higher Secondary or Equivalent examination (CBSE,ISC,A Levels or any other equivalent board exams) passed with English as a compulsory subject preffered.
This internationally recognized BDes fashion design course in kolkata combines: cutting-edge fashion design processes alongside contemporary design practices, the history of fashion design & professional practices, equipping you with the skills needed to succeed in this exciting global industry.
This pioneering course by the best design college in Kolkata consists of various design and theory modules, each one provides you with a different aspect to design practice or theory, with an emphasis on practical design skills, product making & innovations in conceptual fashion design, industry practices, research and development alongside sustainability and ethics.
Students will be exposed to key developments and issues related to the global fashion industry. Core aspects of the fashion designing course will focus on the fashion business, global challenges and solutions in design, sourcing, production, consumption and sustainability in fashion. The course fuses together research, education, practice and business to inspire students to explore new sustainable solutions within the fashion industry with critical analysis and zero waste design.
You will be taught by professional designers and practitioners to allow you to gain firsthand knowledge and experience of the 21st-century fashion design industry. The course includes industry internships, live projects, design mentorship, design competitions and industry experiences.
It encourages students to develop:
- an ability to record from direct observation and personal experience;
- an ability to identify and solve problems in visual and/or other forms;
- creativity, visual awareness, critical and cultural understanding;
- an imaginative, creative and personal response;
- confidence, enthusiasm and a sense of achievement in the practice of Art and Design;
- growing independence in the refinement and development of ideas and personal outcomes;
- engagement and experimentation with a range of media, materials and techniques, including new media where appropriate;
- experience of working in relevant frameworks and exploration of manipulative skills necessary to form, compose and communicate in two and/or three dimensions;
- knowledge of a working vocabulary relevant to the subject and an interest in, and a critical awareness of, other practitioners, environments and cultures;
- investigative, analytical, experimental, interpretative, practical, technical and expressive skills.
| Semester 1 | |
|---|---|
| Visual Interpretation & Communication – I | |
| Historical, Contextual & Cultural Studies – I | |
| Fashion Culture & Industry | |
| Sustainable & Ethical Studies I | |
| Surface Design Development Techniques | |
| English & Professional Communication Skills | |
| Design Studio – I | |
| Computer Basics | |
| Semester 2 | |
|---|---|
| Visual Interpretation & Communication – II | |
| Historical, Contextual & Cultural Studies-1 | |
| Pattern Making & Garment Construction I | |
| Sustainable & Ethical Studies II | |
| Textile Studies | |
| Personality Development & Soft Skills | |
| Design Studio II | |
| Surface Design for Textiles & Modern Industry Innovations | |
| Semester 3 | |
|---|---|
| Visual Interpretation & Communication – III | |
| Historical, Contextual & Cultural Studies-1 | |
| Pattern Making & Garment Construction II | |
| Sustainable & Ethical Studies III | |
| Computer Graphics I | |
| Draping Techniques in Fashion I | |
| Apparel Production & Trims Studies | |
| Design Studio IV | |
| Semester 4 | |
|---|---|
| Visual Interpretation & Communication – IV | |
| Historical, Contextual & Cultural Studies – IV | |
| Pattern Making & Garment Construction III | |
| Sustainable & Ethical Studies -IV | |
| Computer Graphics II | |
| Draping Techniques in Fashion II | |
| Design Studio IV | |
| Semester 5 | |
|---|---|
| Historical, Contextual & Cultural Studies-V | |
| Pattern Making & Garment Construction Techniques | |
| Fashion Merchandising & Entrepreneurship | |
| Design Studio V | |
| Semester 6 | |
|---|---|
| Indian Apparel Pattern Making | |
| Introduction to Kidswear | |
| Fashion Communication & Brand Development | |
| Fashion Styling & Photography | |
| Professional Industry Internship & Documentation | |
| Semester 7 | |
|---|---|
| Major Project Wearable Art | |
| Professional Practice | |
| Research Methodology | |
| Semester 8 | |
|---|---|
| Major Project – Design Collection | |
| Professional Portfolio Design | |
| Research Project | |
The assessment strategy for our design courses uses a perfect balance between summative and formative assessments in order to improve skills not only on core disciplines but also in project planning and time management. Projects are concurrently conducted between all modules in order to improve students’ transferrable skills, allowing them to link skills and competencies from various domains.
An Integral part of the course is the links to profession practitioners and industries, and in particular to this unique course is the connections you will make with ethical and sustainable sectors of the design and textile industry. You will learn how traditional sustainable practices such as ‘ikkat’ textiles, hand loomed weaving, shibori, along with contemporary ethical and sustainable practices such as; ‘peace silk’ and herbal dying can be incorporated into modern contemporary design practices.
Also how organisations such as ‘blue sign’ technologies and ‘Beyond Surface Technologies’ (BST)are working with massive fashion, sports, footwear and apparel companies to create more sustainable products for the mass consumer market.
Students will learn how these important traditional skills and techniques fused with new technologies can provide a design pathway to a sustainable and ethical future.
- Fashion Consultant
- Fashion Entrepreneur
- Assistant Designer
- Fashion Designer
- Creative Head
- Accessory Designer
- Merchandiser
- Visual Merchandiser
- Retail Expert & Consultant
- Store owner, Fashion Photographer
- Blogger
- Curator
- Fashion Lecturer
- Researcher
- Textile Designer Graphic Designer
- Image consultant
- Stylist
- Costume Designer
- and many more.
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