This publication is the result of a didactic research process involving students, teaching staff and industryexperts from across Europe in three (3) learning experiences implemented over a period of almost oneyear (2021-2022). It aims to identify and describe the major lessons learned from the testing and pilotingof three innovative Fashion-Tech learning experiences in order to discuss opportunities for Fashion-Tech (i) Strategic Innovation, (ii) applied Research for the future Education Agenda and (ii) cooperation,networking and partnership opportunities.The work has been organised and synthesized by Politecnico di Milano as leader of the activities relatedto designing and piloting Fashion-Tech learning experiences (WP2), and project coordinator of theFashion-Tech Alliance, a 3-years European academia-industries partnership project aimed to facilitatethe exchange, flow of knowledge, and co-creation within the Fashion-Tech sector to boost students’employability and fashion-tech innovation potential. This project specifically involves five renownedHigher Educational Institutions Academic partners (Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Design, ESTIAÉcole Supérieure Des Technologies Industrielles Avancées, Högskolan i Borås, University of the ArtsLondon - London College of Fashion, Technische Universiteit Delft), one Fashion-Tech research Centres(Centexbel) and seven industrial partners (Decathlon International, Pangaia Grado Zero, Pauline vanDongen, Pespow, Stentle / M-Cube Group, We Love You Communication, and PVH Europe). The aimof this project is to provide an evidence-based perspective on the Fashion-Tech education reporting onthe relationship between advanced teaching/learning approaches about design, business management,and engineering that can be applied to the future generation of fashion-tech professionals.This publication consists of five chapters presenting the learning experiences’ workflow starting fromthe research premises, the implementation, and evaluation, followed by a reflection on the results withconcluding remarks and future perspectives on Fashion-Tech education. Chapter 1 sets the premisesof the Fashion-Tech educational research, meanwhile, the following chapters (2,3,4) present the casestudies of the three piloted learning experiences describing the contents, objectives, and outcomes,reporting the methodology and lesson learned in terms of Fashion-Tech emerging topics, and reflectionson the phases of the didactic experiences. Each of these chapters is followed by visual charts thatpresent the results showcasing the portfolio of innovative Fashion-Tech concepts of products/servicesdeveloped during the learning experiences. Finally, chapter 5 sets out the findings and future trajectoriesfor Fashion-Tech education and collaboration. It discusses how the research findings led to setting thepremises for prospective scenarios of the Fashion-Tech education, which serve as an invitation to opena collaborative discussion on the future of Fashion-Tech educational models, collaborative engagementbetween different stakeholders of the sector, and all concerned about the skills of future Fashion-Techprofessionals.This publication contains the deliverable D2.2 Proofs of Concept for innovative FT products/services,in fulfillment of the European Project FTalliance Weaving Universities and Companies to Co-createFashion-Tech Future Talents (612662-EPP-1-2019-1-IT-EPPKA2-KA - FTall).
Milan: FT alliance , 2022.