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ArtEZ University of the Arts is offering a free online course in
circular fashion. Participants will unravel the fundamentals of circular
fashion, learn about circularity in all steps of the fashion value
chain-from new textile materials and circular design to business modelling.
This online course is a comprehensive introduction to circular fashion,
led by roughly thirty experts from both academia and practice. The duration
of the course is for 5 weeks with an average of 4 to 5 hours per week. A
collaboration between ArtEZ University of the Arts and the Wageningen
University and Research, students will learn about the versatile task of
transitioning towards circular fashion. This course will provide designers,
retailers, scientists and all working in the industry or with an interest
in fashion with holistic insights in the complex challenges of circular
fashion while engaging the students to start the transition to circularity
within their personal or professional practices.
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the role of sustainability and
circularity in fashion - Understand the importance of design for disassembly and recycling
- 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
Registration for the online course is from October 22, 2019 until
February 20, 2020 and it will take place from January 21 until March 12,
2020.
