Circular Fashion: Design, Science and Value in a Sustainable Clothing Industry
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In short- Online course - MOOC
- 5 weeks
- 4-6 hours per week
- Starts directly
Learn about this course
The fundamentals of circular fashion unraveled, learn about circularity in all steps of the fashion value chain. From new textile materials and circular design all the way to business modelling.
Directly apply what you learn to your own business
Study at the best agricultural university in the world from the comfort of your own home
Plenty of opportunities to ask questions and to interact with other learners
Explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life
Why follow this course?
The fashion industry has a large influence on the global economy and is more and more known for its social and environmental impact. Everywhere, new initiatives sustainable are arising from recycling and upcycling to creating clothes from compostable materials. Circularity tough, is a complex phenomenon. What will the future bring us? Are we going to decompose our clothes in our own garden?
This online course is a comprehensive introduction to circular fashion, brought to you by roughly thirty different experts from both academia and practice. You will learn about the versatile task of transitioning towards circular fashion, from the unique collaboration between Wageningen University & Research, ArtEZ University of the Arts and many other experts.
Is this course for you?
This course will provide designers, retailers, scientists and all working at the industry or with an interest in fashion with holistic insights in the complex challenges of circular fashion, while engaging you to start the transition to circularity within your personal and/or professional practices. We will bring together art, design and science to move beyond an ego-centric approach of fashion and start from an ecosystems perspective. Learn the theory, understand the practice and start your own circular fashion journey. Join the movement towards a circular fashion industry!
View the process of creating a circular outfit
What you will learn
You will learn
- Understand the role of sustainability and circularity in fashion
- Understand the importance of design for disassembly and recyling
- Evaluate new biobased materials for textiles and understand the change in production processes
- Disrupt current thinking and mindset in the fashion industry and govern the transition to circular fashion
- Understand economic paradigms and new forms of value creation for circularity in the fashion industry
Kim Poldner on circular fashion
English subtitles are available
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5 weeks, 4-6 hours per week