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2-year Master of Arts in Fashion: Design, Art & Technology

2-Year Master of Arts in Fashion: Design, Art & Technology

Name: Master of Arts in Fashion: Design, Art & Technology | Domus Academy
Price: 2.150 EUR

Master in Fashion: Design, Art & Technology

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Language: English | Start: October

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2-YEAR MASTER OF ARTS

Duration 2 Years

Accreditation MUR/Italy

ECTS 120

In the contemporary landscape, where style and clothing play a paramount role in defining individuality and serve as a powerful medium for driving societal transformation, the 2-Year Master of Arts in Fashion: Design, Art & Technology introduces an innovative approach to creativity and the fashion industry.

The programme unlocks cross-cultural perspectives within multifaceted themes related to fashion design. It delves into the progressive convergence of fashion with new technologies, cutting-edge materials, and artificial intelligence, resulting in captivating immersive experiences and highly desirable tangible and virtual products.

Students will have the opportunity to explore and apply fashion that projects towards the future through an immersive journey encompassing revolutionary technologies for design representation, digital design, and a conscious and sustainable product vision.

The programme’s key focus areas include the following:

Circular and sustainable practices
Application of new technologies in fashion and its communication
Study of style expressions within the contemporary context
Experimentation of interdisciplinary techniques for defining fashion products

Students will engage in theoretical coursework, supported by a hands-on experience with a distinctive blend of workshops, seminars, specialised laboratories, and boot camps, allowing participants to effectively put their knowledge into practice.

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FIRST YEAR

During the first year of the 2-year Master of Arts programme in Fashion: Design, Art & Technology, you will consolidate and expand your fashion design skills by introducing, experimenting with, and applying new form-making methods that balance intention and function. You will learn digital design and manufacturing processes as extensions of traditional methods and tools.

Theoretical courses cover the phenomenology of styles and the social and cultural context of fashion, while workshops and labs focus on alternative fashion expression, materials research, and experimentation. The first semester focuses on research and development methods to provide a deeper understanding of the fashion industry. From the second semester onwards, you will apply your knowledge and experiment with cutting-edge tools and software.

SECOND YEAR

During your second year, our expert faculty will challenge you to explore and defend your design concepts: the what and how alongside the why. Courses emphasise visual communication, the multimedia languages of fashion, materials innovation, and emerging technologies.

The year is dedicated to cultivating critical thinking through projects with an emphasis on sustainability and new technologies. You will participate in workshops, labs, and accelerator bootcamps. The second year also includes a 12-credit final thesis project. Among the optional activities, you can choose a professional learning experience or internship.

Programme Aims and Objectives

The programme aims to:

Form future fashion design professionals capable of researching and applying creative design principles to explore innovative contexts and forge new propositions
Engage in critical and analytical thinking about fashion design and the fashion system to strategies for success
Promote new fashion design skills and knowledge needed for critical evaluation to integrate and manage innovation and new technologies, from initial creativity through production and distribution
Develop business models that promote sustainability and ethical practices
Engage in interdisciplinary development to drive innovation and unprecedented solutions

Target Audience

Designers/Professionals aiming at

Investigating and exploring new fashion & design approaches, processes and technologies, also through the learning of new softwares
Furtherly exploring critical thinking and research with academics and professionals
Getting design “Mastery” in specific field
Creating and developing own academic and professional network
Having a wider access to PhD programmes

Candidates should hold a first-level degree and/or have significant professional experience in the areas of fashion, art, or other design disciplines. Those with related knowledge, skills, and training are also encouraged to apply.

Requirements How to apply

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

This programme prepares students to a career in the following advanced roles:

Fashion designer
Fashion entrepreneur
Creative director
Community/sustainability / CSR (fashion) manager
Innovation & transformation (fashion) manager
R&D process / materials (fashion) innovator
Digital fashion designer / 3D modeling designer

It will also prepare students to begin a PhD programme in the fashion design area.

TUITION FEES

The 2-year Master of Arts involves the following costs, in addition to the payment of a Degree Fee to be paid within one month before the course start date, equal to €540.

EU & EFTA students fee

First Year

€ 16.500

Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000

Tuition: € 13.500

Second Year

€ 16.500

Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000

Tuition: € 13.500

Non-EU Students Fee

First Year

€ 21.500

Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000

Tuition: € 18.500

Second Year

€ 21.500

Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000

Tuition: € 18.500

Meet your faculty

PROGRAMME LEADER

Margherita Mazza

After studying Fashion Design at Politecnico di Milano and at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Margherita Mazza started collaborating as fashion and textile designer with various fashion brands and textile companies.

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