The programme
Inspire tomorrow's fashion innovationsBecome a fashion designer, a creator able to imagine and lead innovation processes that give rise to ambitious collections. Driven by hands-on teaching, in-company experience and a network of professionals, the Mastère Design de Mode & Innovation enables you to create meaningful fashion worlds, structured as genuine clothing systems with strong practical value, to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and to root your projects in industrial, cultural, technological and social contexts that are constantly changing. You develop your strategic vision, assert your creative leadership and master innovative tools, from artificial intelligence to parametric design and from digital prototyping to augmented reality, within an approach that is sensitive, sustainable, responsible, inclusive and alert to the challenges facing the fashion industry.
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Curriculum
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Teaching strengths
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ESDAC's strongest and most distinctive feature is the chance to tailor your course by choosing an option that will nurture each student's creativity and technical skill.
General and artistic culture classes, with courses in fashion semiology, management culture, economic management, soft skills, English, entrepreneurial management, and the history of fashion and textiles in innovation.
Prompting in fashion, AI, the design of tomorrow through software, 3D, textile technology and innovation technology, design projects with project-based classes, innovative collection building, fashion design and product accessories.
The notions of fashion and the ephemeral lie at the heart of this master's programme, with analysis and feasibility phases for each creation supported by pattern-making and fashion design classes.
Optional modules are offered so that students can tailor their course. Practical classes and lectures, project supervision and workshops.
Taking part in open days to present work, support with finding a placement, creative workshops, and more.
An optional international seminar.
After the master's
On completion of the qualification, the master's leads straight into working life.The roles targeted by the qualification
Once you have graduated, you will be able to work in one of these sectors and take up these roles linked to the qualification.
➜ Ready-to-wear brands
➜ Design studios
➜ Textile innovation laboratories
➜ Consultancies specialising in design, research and development
➜ Companies specialising in sustainable materials
➜ Trend forecasting agencies
➜ Design consultancy agencies
➜ Self-employed freelance practice
➜ Fashion art director
➜ Creative director
➜ Fashion innovation director
➜ Textile research and development officer
➜ 3D fashion designer
➜ Wearable technology designer
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“A former ESDAC student in interior architecture, I now run my own interior architecture practice between Megève and Geneva.
My success is also, in part, theirs and that of the whole teaching team. I had the chance to compare this programme with many other schools through the work-study students who came from all over France. ESDAC is clearly one of the most complete programmes available: you are given every key you need to succeed in the professional world, and it is then up to each student to take hold of them seriously. The teachers are committed and knowledgeable, the programmes are in step with what the market expects, and the skills you gain make a real career possible, including internationally, for motivated students.
I would recommend this school without hesitation, as much for its human dimension as for its professional quality. ”
“Product design is a discipline I teach at ESDAC, where we try to design everyday objects methodically across every possible sector (sport, medical, luxury, craft, industrial production runs, and so on). What we really want to pass on to students is a passion and a curiosity for making things, and the habit of thinking before putting an idea forward and then building it on solid foundations”. “ In this section we try to find the designer that each student wants to become. ”
“What is great about ESDAC is that the teachers are there to guide us in what we want to do. We steer our projects with our tutors, but the ideas come from us. It is a collective effort with our tutors, and that is what is beautiful about this school. Nicolas Robineau was my technical tutor; he always gave me the keys I needed so that I was never stuck with my ideas. As students we tend to swing between doing too little and taking on too much, so while we are still studying we can let go, open up everything a building can be and build on our knowledge, our technique and that urge to put a viable project in front of our examiners. It is genuinely hands-on experience, and I wish it on every student of interior architecture or Design d'Espace. ”
“My aim is to give students a concrete picture of what the profession expects. Professionals know exactly what they are looking for, and it is essential that students have that lightbulb moment: understanding how to develop a project in a sound, structured way.
I place great value on dialogue, offering different approaches to broaden their skill set and open up as many opportunities as possible. The strength of our teaching also lies in the fact that most of our lecturers are working professionals: we know in practical terms where to guide them so that they become the designers they want to be. ”