Digital Technology for Fashion Pathway
With advancements in digital technology set to completely transform the fashion world, students on the BA (Hons) Fashion course can now choose the Digital Technology for Fashion Pathway as part of your second year studies.
This pathway has been structured to equip the next generation of designers with the latest digital tools to bring ideas to life in this rapidly evolving industry. This is the very first course of its kind to dedicate an entire pathway to delving deeper into digital fashion innovation.
Calling all fashion students
This pathway is suitable for ...
- Students currently studying year one of a Fashion degree at another university, who wish to transfer onto the second-year of the BA (Hons) Fashion course at Ravensbourne, Digital Technology for Fashion Pathway.
- Ravensbourne second-year students wishing to specialise in the Digital Technology for Fashion Pathway.
Rave Digital collaboration
Ravensbourne BA (Hons) Fashion and BA (Hons) Games Design students have united to showcase their designs on 3D avatars. Their revolutionary project, titled Rave Digital, has been celebrated by the likes of Vogue, Forbes and LOVE magazine. This is the first fashion course in the world to embark on such a project.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ravensbourne students thought of how best to showcase their work in the absence of a physical degree show. National lockdown meant fashion students temporarily lost access to the machines and equipment needed to create their garments so had to consider alternatives. In a period of just six weeks, our Fashion and Gaming students created 'Rave Digital', a downloadable game that displays fashion designs on 3D digital avatars.
https://ravensbournedigital.com/
Rave Digital collaboration
Ravensbourne BA (Hons) Fashion and BA (Hons) Games Design students have united to showcase their designs on 3D avatars. Their revolutionary project, titled Rave Digital, has been celebrated by the likes of Vogue, Forbes and LOVE magazine. This is the first fashion course in the world to embark on such a project.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ravensbourne students thought of how best to showcase their work in the absence of a physical degree show. National lockdown meant fashion students temporarily lost access to the machines and equipment needed to create their garments so had to consider alternatives. In a period of just six weeks, our Fashion and Gaming students created 'Rave Digital', a downloadable game that displays fashion designs on 3D digital avatars.
https://ravensbournedigital.com/
Rave Digital collaboration
Ravensbourne BA (Hons) Fashion and BA (Hons) Games Design students have united to showcase their designs on 3D avatars. Their revolutionary project, titled Rave Digital, has been celebrated by the likes of Vogue, Forbes and LOVE magazine. This is the first fashion course in the world to embark on such a project.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ravensbourne students thought of how best to showcase their work in the absence of a physical degree show. National lockdown meant fashion students temporarily lost access to the machines and equipment needed to create their garments so had to consider alternatives. In a period of just six weeks, our Fashion and Gaming students created 'Rave Digital', a downloadable game that displays fashion designs on 3D digital avatars.
https://ravensbournedigital.com/
Rave Digital collaboration
Ravensbourne BA (Hons) Fashion and BA (Hons) Games Design students have united to showcase their designs on 3D avatars. Their revolutionary project, titled Rave Digital, has been celebrated by the likes of Vogue, Forbes and LOVE magazine. This is the first fashion course in the world to embark on such a project.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ravensbourne students thought of how best to showcase their work in the absence of a physical degree show. National lockdown meant fashion students temporarily lost access to the machines and equipment needed to create their garments so had to consider alternatives. In a period of just six weeks, our Fashion and Gaming students created 'Rave Digital', a downloadable game that displays fashion designs on 3D digital avatars.
https://ravensbournedigital.com/
Rave Digital collaboration
Ravensbourne BA (Hons) Fashion and BA (Hons) Games Design students have united to showcase their designs on 3D avatars. Their revolutionary project, titled Rave Digital, has been celebrated by the likes of Vogue, Forbes and LOVE magazine. This is the first fashion course in the world to embark on such a project.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Ravensbourne students thought of how best to showcase their work in the absence of a physical degree show. National lockdown meant fashion students temporarily lost access to the machines and equipment needed to create their garments so had to consider alternatives. In a period of just six weeks, our Fashion and Gaming students created 'Rave Digital', a downloadable game that displays fashion designs on 3D digital avatars.
https://ravensbournedigital.com/
What can this course do for me?
The course will take a practice-based approach to utilise cutting-edge technologies such as CLO 3D and Marvellous Designer. Designers will be guided through sessions led by industry trailblazers in early digital fashion adoption. These sessions will explore the likes of avatar modelling, digital garment design, character rigging, world building and digital environments, augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D scanning.
With collaboration at its core, designers on this pathway will work to live industry briefs and engage in multidisciplinary projects with students across other courses. These projects will give designers the opportunity to try their hand at the creation of immersive VR environments, virtual garment fittings, sensory experiences, holograms and much more.
In the media
Business of Fashion, New York, Jan 2022
Lee Lapthorne, our Fashion programme director spoke to New York -based Journalist Marc Bain about launching a 'first-of-its-kind' digital technology course for fashion.
GQ, April 2021
Adam Andrascik, a London-based fashion consultant and the former creative director of Parisian luxury house Guy Laroche, is set to lead the Digital Technology For Fashion pathway at Ravensbourne University London, following the critical and audience success of his Rave Digital x Twitch programme, which last year linked up fashion and gaming students.
Forbes, July 2020
Visionary fashion school creates interactive online game to showcase graduates’ collections
For most fashion education institutions, the closure of campuses due to Covid-19 spelled disaster for delivering curriculums centered on physical cutting and construction of garments and accessories.
But Ravensbourne University took a completely different approach, entering into the world of online gaming to provide graduating fashion students an opportunity to build their own fashion world and develop 3D digital design skills fit for a rapidly changing global industry.
Vogue Italia, July 2020
Ravensbourne University: Rave Digital Première
For the first time, Ravensbourne University in London collaborated with the Twitch live streaming platform for the launch of Rave Digital , a downloadable video game designed by the students of the London Institute.
WWD, March 2021
Ravensbourne to launch digital technology for fashion course
As digital fashion becomes the new frontier, students will be able to learn how to make virtual sneakers and digital arts at Ravensbourne.
Vogue Business, September 2020
Inside Twitch’s play for fashion
Ravensbourne programme director Lee Lapthorne discusses whether Twitch could be the new platform for luxury brands.
WWD Magazine, July 2020
Ravensbourne University takes Graduate Fashion Show to Twitch
Ravensbourne partners final-year fashion design students with gaming students to realize their graduate works on digital avatars.