Fashion, Clothing and Textiles

Master’s Programme / Design New Landscapes for Change

Opposite page: Student project by Serena Coelho.

The Fashion, Clothing and Textiles: New Landscapes for Change programme is centred around creative professional development and an understanding that profound change is needed in the fashion industry. The programme curriculum is rooted in the sustainability principle of material resourcefulness and a strong sense of the interconnected relationships between fibre, garment, fashion and responsible design.

This programme offers approaches and methods that foster new narratives and landscapes in fashion, clothing and textiles. Building on Scandinavian design principles around user empathy, collaboration and participation, students will learn how to develop their own unique design identity in various systemic contexts such as businesses, organisations and communities. The programme also incorporates user-led design approaches and the Danish tradition of ‘democratic’ design that supports plurality and diversity at all levels, such as gender, race, age.

The programme is studio- and research-based and aims to combine strong material and conceptual skills with artistic and academic competencies. Every semester students are required to deliver tangible design proposals that embrace techniques relevant to fashion, clothing and textile in a responsible design context — combined with a demonstration of in-depth analytical, reflective and communicative skills.

The programme is driven by design practice and research. Hence, students will also be involved in research projects conducted within the areas of fashion, clothing and textile sustainability. Graduates of the Fashion, Clothing and Textiles: New Landscapes for Change programme will be able to make use of their skills and expertise as professional designers to drive strategic, sustainable change within companies, communities and organisations.

Programme Fashion, Clothing and Textiles Head of Programme Marcus Aminaka Wilmont Education Design Degree Master (MA in Design) Duration 2 years Location Copenhagen Language English

“We seek students who are deeply engaged in wanting to change the industry, who are committed to being a part of a green transition and who can help us understand where to go. This is also a programme, where we can offer assistance to build new types of careers — not only the classical fashion designer, but also many other roles which present opportunities in the new landscape of fashion and textile design.”

Else Skjold / Associate Professor / Fashion, Clothing and Textiles