The Fashion Design Department of the Faculty of Design at Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art continues its seminar series as part of the international educational project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design”!
Introducing Elena Releyeva/Elena EWEST, founder of the international organization “EWST Fashionlab” and an international expert in fashion design (globally known as a master of zero-waste pattern making and draping):
• Research topic: Sustainable fashion
• Conclusions: “FABRICS-CAPE” – innovative fabric cutting techniques
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If interested, please register.
The Fashion Design Department of TSAA, as part of the international educational project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design,” continues its seminar series!
By special invitation – Julian Roberts (a world-renowned British master of non-traditional patterns, an expert in the field of design), is currently a professor of fashion and textile design at the University of Portsmouth and a trustee of the Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF/GFW) in Great Britain.
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• If you are interested, please register (required)
The international educational project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design” is organized by the Faculty of Design – Fashion Design. Its purpose includes:
• Strengthening sustainability and green practices in the Textile & Apparel (T&A) industry, expanding new educational formats and scope, and incorporating international copyright programs as training courses, specifically:
1. Development of new green/sustainable curricula: Implementing joint curricula/courses in study programs (MA, BA) with the contribution of internationally recognized experts’ copyright programs.
2. Sharing real-world experience in green and sustainable practices to support graduates (via specially organized workshops, training sessions, internships, and seminars).
3. Providing international and local knowledge, skills, and experience to individuals seeking employment or private business development.
As part of the project, internationally renowned experts will be invited, and master classes from local field representatives and regional practices will be organized.
▫️Participants will have the opportunity to study and share both local and international best practices, focusing on sustainable design goals and strategies. They will collaborate with international experts and TSAA instructors (experts), specifically:
Learning innovative sewing technologies and textile production methods;
Developing a targeted product (from idea to finished product);
Executing creative and applied design forms (textile and rational clothing design).
A special guest, Shingo Sato—a Japanese master of draping techniques and renowned expert in non-traditional pattern-making—was invited to the “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design.”
Sato’s unconventional approach to clothing design and pattern manipulation is gaining significant attention in the global fashion and design education industry.
▫️The wide audience explored:
How to create clothing blocks based on body shapes using draping techniques;
How to overcome creative limitations;
How to design a series of garments through draping;
How to create wavy design lines and break down dress forms into separate panels;
How combining seams from different materials results in unique, multi-panel models.
Supported by:
• TSAA/Fashion Design Portal – TSAA/Fashion Design Portal
• FashionHolics Online – FashionHolics Online
• Alternative Discourse – Alternative Discourse
• Initiative NK
• Faculty of Design
• Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art
The staff mobility contest to the TSAA Design Faculty Erasmus partner – Kastamonu University, Turkey, is announced, for taking part in the International Staff Week, to be held on 14-19 October, 2024.
Staff week is dedicated to Erasmus+ program issues and expanding institutional cooperation..
The selection first phase should be done at the applicant’s faculty/department, and the formal nomination letter should be issued.
The final selection should be done after the host university approval of the candidate.
Please see attached the ‘application’ form and the ‘letter of Intent’ form, and the link for uploading the documents
https://erasmus.kastamonu.edu.tr/index.php/component/content/article/incoming-ka171-personel-call?catid=20&Itemid=101
The application process includes presenting formal documents in Eng., signed/stamped by the applicant’s faculty/department’s responsible leading person:
application form of the kastamonu university with the applicant’s photo
document stating the knowledge of English language
motivation letter
nomination letter
reference, stating the applican’t working experience at the TSAA
Application deadline: 10 August, 2024
Contact person:
Nata Nikoleishvili – nata.nikoleishvili@art.edu.ge
International projects and Erasmus coordinator for the faculties of Design and of Fine arts, International Relations Department, TSAA
The artistic ceramics (experimental firing techniques of Raku) course was completed on June 5 at the Tbilisi Apollon Kutateladze State Academy of Art —Continuous Education Center.
A display of the course participants’ works and raku roasting was organized in the courtyard of the Art Academy. The course was led by the artist and associate professor of the Art Academy, Giorgi Pachkoria.
Kristin Wenzel’s two-day seminar – “Memory of Architecture,”
Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art
On June 22-23, a research seminar titled “Memory, Transformation, and Identity of Architecture” was held, organized by the Tbilisi Cityscape Research Center “Ubani” in partnership with the Academy of Arts.
The artist Kristin Wenzel, co-founder of Templat, led the workshop. The students met, and a practical seminar was held. The works created by the students will be exhibited at the Cinema House on June 27.
The “Patient N1” exhibition of the Faculty of Design—fashion design direction—was opened at the Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Art Academy.
The educational-creative project deals with ecological problems and challenges. The exhibition includes eleven costumes and two panels. Participating students used, among other techniques, upcycling used clothing.
Head of the project: Thea Bodokia – associate professor of the Academy of Arts;
Supervisor in the direction of technology/construction: Ekaterine Darchia, guest teacher of the Academy of Arts;
Participating students: Tekla Gogoladze, Elene Erkomaishvili, Ekaterine Maisuradze, Inga Vartaniani, Tamuna Zaloshvili, Dachi Metreveli, Monika Managadze, Salome Nadiradze, Salome Chkonia, Nelli Khurtsidze, Elene Turashvili
The exhibition will last until June 23.
Address: Al. Griboyedov N22 – the exhibition hall of the Art Academy.
ERASMUS
On May 22, within the framework of the Erasmus program, representatives of the Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences, Arts St Lucas School of Arts in Antwerp, Belgium – Kurt Vanbelegem and Laura Braspenning. The guests met the rector, vice-rectors, dean of the Faculty of Design, and heads of all seven departments of the Art Academy. Also, students of the Faculty of Design
ERASMUS
On May 13-17, Giorgi Pachkoria, associate professor of the design faculty and direction of artistic ceramics, was a guest at Kastamonu University of Turkey within the framework of Erasmus cooperation. The professor conducted a 5-day workshop for his colleagues and university students.