About This Course

Digital Fashion Technology  will introduce computer-aided design,virtual clothing,digital human body for clothing,digital clothing customization,functional textiles,electronic textiles,3D priting of clothing,fashion big data application,digital communication of fashion culture, etc.The course will challenge learners' original understanding of the fashion industry and will also lead to rethinking of clothing and other textiles.

"Digital Fashion Technology" includes 3 chapters and 16 sections. It introduces how the advanced digital technology can be closely integrated with the traditional clothing industry to promote the development of the industry from the aspects of “Digital Apparel Design Technology”, “Garment Ergonomics and Its Extended Application”, “Application of Information Technology in Apparel Industry”.

Syllabus

• Chapter 1 Digital fashion design technology
• Chapter 2 Garment Ergonomics and Its Extended Applications
• Chapter 3 Application of Information Technology in Garment Industry
• Chapter 4 2D Clothing CAD Practical Training
• Chapter 5 3D Clothing CAD Practical Training

Requirements

This is a general education course that does not require too much professional foundation. Let's start with your passion！
The course takes approximately 16 - 24 hours to complete, and I believe all students can gain new knowledge through the course!

Reference Materials

[1] Sarah Kettley. Smart Textiles for Designers Inventing the Future of Fabrics, Laurence King Publishing Ltd, 2016
[2] Guoruiliang, Zhang Hui. 3D Garment Simulation and Design, Shanghai Jiaotong University Press, 2014

Course Staff

Jiang Yan

Ph.D., Professor, Famous young teachers in Beijing, Visiting scholar at University of California, Santa Barbara, Director of Beijing Society of Image and Graphics. The main research directions are 3D clothing simulation, digital media technology, etc. Won the first prize in the "Creative Cup" multimedia education software Grand Prix of Beijing Municipal Colleges and universities, the first prize of the 14th National Multimedia Courseware Competition, the first prize of the 8th Young Teacher Teaching Basic Skills Competition of Beijing Universities, and the Beijing Youth Academic Lecture Competition first prize.

Ma Kai

Master, Associate Professor, School of Fashion. She received a Bachelor of engineering degree from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1999, and a master's degree in clothing computer application from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in 2004. Since 2004, she has been teaching at Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. The main courses are "Apparel CAD", "Computer Application Fundamentals", "Web Programming Fundamentals" and so on.