SAS 3D Digital Fashion Design: The New Real, Basel Academy of Art and Design

Develop advanced knowledge of digital fashion and 3D workflows, and understanding of their role in contemporary design practice. Apply technical and experimental methods in garment creation and simulation. Make informed design judgments integrating sustainability craftsmanship and innovation. Communicate concepts clearly within digital fashion contexts. Strengthen learning skills for independent, future-oriented practice in evolving professional environments.

This course is designed for a forward-thinking audience:

• Design Students & Educators expanding their technical skill sets and updating curriculum knowledge
• Fashion Professionals & Pattern Makers transitioning to tech-driven processes
• Creative Technologists & Digital Artists exploring advanced fashion applications
• Eco-Futurists committed to merging radical creativity with sustainable tech
• Visionaries eager to materialise complex ideas through advanced 3Dsimulation 

Ineke Siersema From Real to Virtual – Shaping Sustainable FuturesMA in Art Education, designer, researcher, and specialist in 3D Digital Fashion Design.Former lecturer at AMFI, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, with a background in Textiles, Costume & Fashion, and 2D and 3D digital design. Since 2010, I have been working with 3D technologies, virtual prototyping, and digital workflows in fashion education and professional practice.As an educator and researcher, I connect design, art, research, and technology through education and international projects, including THE NEW REAL at AMFI and UMPRUM.Through European research projects such as TRANSITIONS, I have contributed to making new digital developments accessible to fashion education and practice. As a CLO3D and Adobe specialist, I provide international lectures, training, workshops, and consultancy in the field of digital fashion innovation. 

Žil J Kůrka Visual Artist | Fashion Researcher | Digital Design Specialist. Her research focus is on investigating the convergencies of traditional crafts and digital garment technologies, postcolonial materiality in digital fashion infrastructure and zero-waste methodologies in hybrid (physical-digital) fashion systems. Her practice-led research develops experimental fashion works for audiovisual media. She has specialised in 3D fashion prototyping for over 10 years.

The continuing education programs are primarily aimed at individuals with an academic degree from a recognized university and relevant professional experience after graduation.Individuals with equivalent qualifications will be admitted if their eligibility for participation is demonstrated by other evidence.

For further questions, please contact the Continuing Education Department, Ralf Michel