MDes Fashion Design & Sustainability
In Partnership with Techno India University
Course Description
Our innovative two-year international postgraduate Master’s course in Fashion Design and Sustainability merges advanced design expertise with critical sustainability principles. This pioneering programme equips students with essential knowledge and skills needed for a future-oriented fashion industry. Through a dynamic curriculum that emphasizes sustainability within design, we prepare graduates to confront contemporary design challenges while fostering responsibly sourced materials and ethical practices. This course cultivates visionary thinkers ready to lead and transform the fashion landscape towards a sustainable future.
- Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 2 years
- Eligibility: Graduation from any stream
This internationally recognized MDes Fashion Design course in Kolkata combines advanced fashion design techniques with contemporary design practices, fashion history, and professional industry practices, equipping you with the expertise needed for success in the global fashion market.
This pioneering two-year program, offered by the leading design college in Kolkata, includes a variety of design and theory modules. Each module provides a unique perspective on design practice or theory, emphasizing practical design skills, product creation, and innovations in conceptual fashion design. The curriculum also covers industry practices, research and development, sustainability, and ethics.
Students will delve into critical developments and issues within the global fashion industry. Key elements of the course focus on the fashion business, addressing global challenges and solutions in design, sourcing, production, consumption, and sustainability. The program blends research, education, practice, and business, inspiring students to develop sustainable solutions in the fashion industry through critical analysis and zero-waste design principles.
Guided by professional designers and industry practitioners, you will gain firsthand knowledge and experience relevant to the 21st-century fashion design industry. The course features industry internships, live projects, design mentorship, competitions, and practical industry experiences, with a strong emphasis on sustainable business management and practices.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Design Thinking and Methods | |
| Creative Apparel Sculpting -1 | |
| Visual Interpretation & Digital Rendering | |
| Digital Design Development & Innovation | |
| Experiential Learning: A guided exploratory project | |
| Semester 2 | |
|---|---|
| Creative Apparel Sculpting – 2 | |
| Sustainable Systems & Craft Studies -2 | |
| Trends Research and Forecasting | |
| Digital Fashion for Industry | |
| Fashion Styling & Imagery Driven Design Project | |
| Semester 3 | |
|---|---|
| Design for Social Impact | |
| Fashion Merchandising & Visual Culture -3 | |
| Digital Design Identity and Personal Narrative | |
| Exploring the Science Of Research | |
| Semester 4 | |
|---|---|
| Fashion Business & Entreprenuership | |
| Professional Proficiency in Modern Workplace -4 | |
| Industry Immersion: Practical Internship Program | |
| Major Thesis Project | |
Fashion Business & EntreprenuershipProfessional Proficiency in Modern Workplace -4Industry Immersion: Practical Internship ProgramMajor Thesis Project
| Masterclass |
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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.
- 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.
- 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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