With the support of RECONOMY and the Ria Keburia Foundation in the direction of “Fashion Design”, an educational and creative project will be organized at the “Kachreti Ambassador” exhibition space from November 24 to December 1, 2024: “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design”.
Project Leader:
Nino Mgaloblishvili, Professor, Doctor of Cultural Studies
Within the framework of the project, a program was specially created for students of the Fashion Design Program (MA) at the Tbilisi State University of Fine Arts (TSSA) and Ukrainian guests. The program included a practical course titled “Natural Plant Dyeing Technologies and Experimental Design (T&M)” and a presentation of the results.
Purpose of the Course:
• To deepen knowledge about design sustainability and eco-stability for the development of participants’ creative careers.
• Study of eco-technologies based on natural materials.
• Fabric decoration with natural dyes using an experimental method.
• Methods of painting and processing fabric surfaces with living plants.
• Development of experimental design skills, group, and individual activities of participants.
Experts of Practical Sessions:
• Eka Chkhutishvili, Associate Professor
• Maryam Beridze, Associate Professor
• Lela Kirtadze, GTG – Georgian Textile Group member
Participating Audience:
TSSA Fashion Design MA Program students:
• Eva Gogotidze
• Elene Betlemishvili
• Elene Turashvili
• Tamar Zaloshvili
• Mariam Kvavadze
• Mariam Djibuti
• Nao Aslamazashvili
• Salome Tsivtsivadze
Specially invited guests from Ukraine. https://shorturl.at/JCtUr
Project Results:
• Fabrics painted with natural plants – unique works of art based on sustainability principles.
• Design objects created using experimental methods and lossless pattern techniques, employing non-traditional sewing technologies as per the practical methods of world-renowned experts in sustainable fashion and textiles.
Featured Experts:
• Shingo Sato – Founder of TR Cutting School, Professor
• Julian Roberts – Founder of Subtraction Cutting, Professor at the University of Portsmouth, Trustee of the Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF/GFW) in the UK
• Elena Releeva / Elena EWEST – Founder of the international organization “EWST fashionlab”
Tutor:
Leila Enukidze, TSSA Visiting Teacher
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Dates:
September 24 to September 28, 2024
Location:
Kachreti, Ria Keburia Foundation Exhibition Space
Project Supporters:
• RECONOMY
• TSSA/Fashion Design Portal
• Initiative NK
• Ria Keburia Foundation/Art Residence/Ambassador “Kachreti”
16. Educational-Creative Project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design”
With the support of RECONOMY, the educational-creative project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design” has been organized in the direction of “Fashion Design”.
Project Leader:
Nino Mgaloblishvili, Professor, Doctor of Cultural Studies
Within the framework of the project, Shadi Mohamed Hassan, the leader of the Global Pleating team at the world-famous pleated fabric and cardboard manufacturing company Al Alamia Plisse, was specially invited.
Al Alamia Plisse was founded in 1981 in Alexandria, Egypt. The company’s trademark “Global Pleating” is a family-owned business and is considered one of the world’s leading companies in the production of personalized designs for pleated fabrics and cardboard. Global Pleating provides services in more than 25 countries around the world.
Main Topics of the Practice (implemented for the first time in Georgia – taking into account the requirements of the global T&A (Textile & Apparel) industry):
1. Fabric design with folding and origami techniques – innovation in clothing design
2. Pleated fabric technologies and creation of personalized cardboard designs
3. Molds and folded fabric models (work on samples)
4. Fabric cutting methods, identification of material types, and processing technologies
5. Experimentation in the direction of placing fabric in various forms and thermal treatment (simulation of industrial folding)
6. Design combinations and practical applications inspired by the art of origami
7. Practical training in mold making
Dates:
From January 22 to January 27, 2025
Location:
22 Griboedov St., Floor VI, Room 606
Project Supporters:
• RECONOMY
• TSSA/Fashion Design Portal
• Initiative NK
• LEPL Tbilisi Apollon Kutateladze State Academy of Arts
PREZIOSA – Florence Jewellery Week
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PREZIOSA YouTube Playlist
Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School YouTube Channel
“RECONOMY” is an inclusive and green economic development program of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation in cooperation with its partners.
The RECONOMY program, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), supports the Fashion Design department at the Art Academy in the development of sustainable and inclusive education and includes the study, deepening, and development of knowledge and skills.
Within the framework of the “RECONOMY” program, a new educational and creative program – “Design Lab: Intertextual Synergy in Design” was created in the direction of TSA Fashion Design.
The program is based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and provides practice-based learning forms – creativity, theoretical-practical workshops, implementation of design-technologies, and others. The main components of the program include:
1. Development of sustainable design education;
2. Expansion of educational modules;
3. Raising the qualifications of teachers;
4. Integration of traditional and innovative technologies in the educational process.
Within the framework of the “DesignLab: Intertextual Synergy in Design” program, international and local experts conducted practical sessions on the direction of fashion design (5). Also, a training course (13, BA/MA) was prepared and launched.
At this stage, the cycle of master classes “Non-traditional design methods” was completed for the students and teachers of “Mermis” College;
• Tutor: Leila Enukidze, Fashion Design teacher of TSSA, Chief Designer of LYIA;
• The master class course “Non-traditional pattern design methods” was developed according to the author’s methods of international experts invited to TSSA Fashion Design direction. In particular:
• Julian Roberts (UK fashion designer and academic, “Method Subtraction Cutting”): body language, “typographic letters”, “tunnel technique”;
• Shingo Sato (Shingo Sato, Japanese designer and instructor, Method “Transformational Reconstruction”/3D): “origami” technique, “spiral”;
• Elena Ryleeva (Elena Ryleeva, EWST Fashionlab Founder, Lossless pattern method): “Tissue topography”;
• Duration: 24 hours
• Teaching environment: innovative and practical (location: “Mermis” College, sewing laboratory);
• The program “DesignLab: Intertextual Synergy in Design” is led by Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor, Head of Fashion Design Department of TSSA – Nino Mgaloblishvili.
• The program continues to work.
A one-semester Erasmus+ mobility selection competition is announced for students of the Faculty of Design, Fashion Design Department at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (TSSA). The selected student will attend the High School of Art in Castellón, Spain during the spring semester of the 2024-2025 academic year.
Required Documents (to be submitted to the Dean of the Faculty of Design, Head of Fashion Design, and the Commission in English):
• Portfolio
• CV
• Mark sheet (in Georgian)
• Letter of motivation
• English language certificate (B2 level) or proof of English proficiency issued by a TSSA foreign language teacher
• Application for participation (with a photo of the application after registering it at the TSSA office)
Eligibility: Students from the 3rd year of the bachelor’s program or higher, and master’s students are eligible to apply.
Deadline for Submission: October 28, 2024
Contact:
Nata Nikoleishvili
Email: nata.nikoleishvili@art.edu.ge
Phone: +995 593 799 960
Important Notes:
• Only students with an active status are eligible for Erasmus+ mobility.
• Students must pay the tuition fee before the start of the mobility semester.
• Applicants should refer to the Erasmus+ Guide on the TSSA website: Link to Guide.
• The Erasmus+ partner university will make the final selection from the students nominated by the faculty committee.
• The winning student will be responsible for covering necessary expenses until the Erasmus grant is awarded upon arrival in the destination country.
A one-semester Erasmus+ mobility selection competition is announced for TSCA Faculty of Design – Ceramics students. The selected student will have the opportunity to study at Kastamonu University, Turkey, for the spring semester of the 2024/2025 academic year.
Kastamonu University: https://www.kastamonu.edu.tr/
Required Documents:
Interested students should submit the following documents in English to the Dean of the Faculty of Design and the Head of the Ceramics Department:
• Portfolio
• CV
• Mark Sheet (in Georgian)
• Letter of Motivation
• English language certificate (B2 level) or proof of English proficiency at B2 level issued by a TSSA foreign language teacher.
• Application for participation in the competition (please submit a photo of the application after registering it at the TSSA office).
Deadline for submission: November 1, 2024
Contact person:
Nata Nikolaishvili
Email: nata.nikoleishvili@art.edu.ge
Phone: +995593799960
Important Notes:
• Only students with active status are eligible to participate in the Erasmus mobility program. Students must pay the tuition fee before the start of the mobility semester.
• Applicants should familiarize themselves with the “Erasmus+ Guide for TSSA Student Mobility” available on the TSSA website.
• Final selection for mobility is made by the Erasmus partner university for students nominated by the faculty committee.
• The selected student is responsible for covering necessary expenses until the Erasmus grant is awarded upon arrival in the destination country.
Please refer to the attached document for further details.
A student selection competition is announced for TSSA Faculty of Design undergraduate/master’s students to participate in the Salzburg International/Interdisciplinary Design Week (12 places available: 4 for industrial design, 4 for furniture design and artistic woodworking, 1 for textile design, 1 for artistic ceramics, 1 for artistic glass, and 1 for jewelry and metal decorative plastic). The event will take place in December 2024, organized by FH Salzburg University of Applied Science, Austria, within the Erasmus+ program.
Documents to Submit:
• CV
• Mark Sheet (in Georgian)
• Letter of Motivation
• Portfolio (in English)
• B2 English or German language certificate (or proof from TSSA foreign language teacher)
• Application (submit a photo after registering at the TSSA Chancellery)
Key Information:
• Deadline: October 25, 2024
• Contact: Nata Nikoleishvili, nata.nikoleishvili@art.edu.ge
• Note: After the deadline, a meeting will be scheduled where applicants must present their portfolios in English.
The competition winners will receive the Erasmus short-term mobility grant for the Design Week participation.
UNESCO announces the Future Designer International Innovation Design Awards 2024 (IIDA) and Science for SDGs Innovation Competition, aimed at showcasing sustainable design ideas from young talents worldwide.
Eligibility:
• Teams of up to 5 members, aged 16-35 (including school students, university students, researchers, and scientists).
Key Details:
• Deadline for Applications: October 13, 2024
• Prizes: Winning teams receive UNESCO certificates, and projects will be promoted at global IDSSD events.
• Announcement: Winners will be published on the UNESCO website at the end of October 2024.
For More Information:
Visit: https://www.unesco.org/en
or contact the Scientific and Creative Research and Development Service for inquiries or consultations.
Submission Process:
If submitting a project, inform the Scientific and Creative Research Service with the project name and coordinator’s contact details.
The contest is announced for the TSAA Ceramic arts department students of the Design Faculty, for an Erasmus mobility at the Kastamonu University, Turkey, for the summer semester, 2025 -1 mobility place .
The application process requirements are the following:
· portfolio
· CV
· transcript of records
· motivation letter
· English language certificate-Level B2, or reference, issued by the TSAA English language teacher
The noted above documents should be presented to the Dean of the design faculty and head of the Ceramics Department and the faculty Board.
Deadline: 20 October, 2024
Contact person:
Nata Nikoleishvili nata.nikoleishvili@art.edu.ge, 593799960
The applicants should consider the following:
– Before applying, the student should carefully read the Erasmus guide on TSAA web link ‘International’,
– The final selection is done by the TSAA’s Erasmus partner university
– The accepted student is responsible to cover any expenses before departure and before getting the Erasmus grant on his/her arrival to Kastamonu University
– before applying, please carefully read an attachment ‘2024-2025 Academic Year KA171 Incoming Student Studies Mobility Call’
The TSSA Faculty of Design announces a selection competition for one-semester Erasmus mobility for textile design students (2 places) for the spring semester of the 2024-2025 academic year at Osnabrück University, Germany.
Required documents (in English):
• Portfolio
• CV
• Transcript of Records (in Georgian)
• Letter of motivation
• Letter of recommendation from a professor
• B2 English language certificate or proof of B2 level (issued by TSSA foreign language teacher)
• Application for participation (please submit a photo of the application to the TSSA office after registration)
Deadline: October 20, 2024
Contact: Nata Nikoleishvili – nata.nikoleishvili@art.edu.ge, 593799960
Important Notes:
• Only students with active status may participate, and tuition fees must be paid before the mobility semester.
• Students should refer to the Erasmus guide for additional information.
• Nominations are made by the faculty committee, and final selections are determined by the Erasmus partner university.
• Winners are responsible for covering necessary expenses until they receive the Erasmus grant upon arrival.