Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design Technology)

Move beyond the traditional approaches to fashion design by incorporating technological innovation and new materials into your designs.

Fashion design is entering a new era. This shift is being driven by technological advances such as smart textiles, digital fabrication, embedded electronics, and intelligent, networked wearables.

From lifestyle applications to medical uses, clothing can improve people’s lives, both environmentally and socially.

Taking our Fashion Design Technology major, you’ll closely study the human body, pattern making, construction techniques, and the materials and machinery used in the industry to produce specialist garments.

You’ll explore the functional, protective, and intelligent aspects of fashion design. And you’ll look at clothing in wider contexts, including the history of fashion, ethical production practices, sustainability, and the evolving cultural trends and cutting-edge applications in fashion design.

This predominantly studio-based subject also includes lectures, workshops, and group work.

While honing your craft with the latest software and digital equipment, you’ll work closely with lecturers and tutors through one-on-one mentorship and critique sessions. The University is positioned at the centre of New Zealand’s thriving cultural, creative, and innovation landscape.

This brings a range of unique benefits, from guest speakers, industry pathways, and possible work experience in the film industry and beyond.

Gain cutting-edge skills based on emerging technologies and create designs that can solve challenges and improve people’s lives. You’ll be well prepared for a variety of fashion design technology roles and to actively shape the future of this industry.

You’ll have the opportunity to submit your creations to exhibitions and competitions and take part in our end-of-year wearable technology fashion show.