The aim of the Master's programme in textile design - innovative fashion of the Italian Design Institute is to train professionals in the field of textiles, design and prints.
It is a professional figure who is of fundamental support to the creative direction in designing the collections.
IDI's innovative training pathway in Textile Design, in a blended formula, is an advanced master's degree that, through a didactic approach that is as close as ever to the realities of business, aims to create an increasingly in-demand figure of Fashion/Textile designers who, equipped with an all-round professional culture, are able to combine technical skills in materials and graphics with the construction of final forms, thanks to the glue of colour and an understanding of predictive trends. The lecturers, competent professionals in the sector, will face with the students a transversal path of "worlds and fashions", of great emotional impact, as well as functional and logistical, where emotion precedes and then significantly translates into ideas. The alternation of online and face-to-face lessons, with "immersions" in real working activity, aims to build "work tables" differentiated by professionalism and sectors, thanks to the cognitive and communicative power achieved. Visits by illustrious testimonials and company approaches are envisaged, preluding a form of internship preparatory to concrete insertion in work activities, connecting this with one's talent and propensity. The students will thus be enabled to put into practice the skills acquired in the realisation of a stylistic/professional project work, focused on the translation and effective consolidation of the notions acquired. At the end of the experiences, thus broadened and transversal, the students will be able to design personal and original ideas, expressing both their stylistic and technical creativity.
The Master's course is open to all recent graduates or diploma holders in art or related disciplines who wish to broaden their knowledge, approach or deepen their understanding of design and
of printing on fabric, in order to learn fundamental notions and techniques.
The students will enrich their knowledge in the field of Fashion Textile, relating this to a general understanding of the fashion scene. They will learn to use in an advanced, professional and autonomous way, the most widely used programmes of the leading companies in the sector, Photoshop and Illustrator, in order to design their own concept and thus express their talent. Above all, they will learn to recognise their emotions, rationalise ideas, share and communicate.
TEXTILE AREA
● Analysis of industry stylistic trends, creative techniques, avant-garde design
● iconic brands and designers, - analysis and visualisation of printing, weaving, finishing 'effects' processes
● Analysis of prints with reference to designers and iconographic prints
● Analysis of drawing types (professional thematic archiving
● Both traditional and digital technical creative processes
● Analysis of inspirational design types with their classification and archiving
● Analysis of drawing assembly types,
all-over/foulard/degradé
● Insights into current lifestyles: sustainability, recycling and artificial intelligence
COLOR AREA
● Colour and its variants
● Subjective and objective colour
● Notions of armouring and chromopsychology
DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION OF THE PROJECT IDEA
● Concept elaboration, development of ideas through the collection of images and materials
● Creation of mood boards, palettes and colour charts
● Digitising with graphics software (Illustator and Photoshop) TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY
● Textiles: fibres, yarns and the spinning cycle
● Raw materials: natural fibres, animal fibres, chemical fibres (artificial and synthetic)
● Textile surfaces: woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, non-woven fabrics
Basic weaves Canvas, twill, satin
● Main fabric types
● Finishing cycle
● Fabric maintenance
● Textile surface treatments
● Fabric types: Printed, Dyed, Special processes
● Analysis of the main textile printing techniques
● How to develop a project commissioned by a client
LABORATORY PHASE with MANUAL TEXTILE SAMPLING
Devoré print
● Application of devouring product on fabric
● Carbonizzo
Flock print
● Flock glue application using stencils or squares ● Flock application
Foil printing
● Applying foil glue using stencils or squares
● Foil application
Optimisable craft techniques
Producers in the supply chain need highly professional figures, capable of conceptualising, designing, managing and dialoguing, at every level, with all the figures involved in the production of 'collections' of clothing, furniture/interiors, furnishing complements and accessories, as well as specific sectors of use (denim world, beach world...). At the end of the course, students will thus be able to work as fashion textile designers, style and fashion consultants and/or more specific figures such as fashion graphic designers. They will be able to work as freelancers or in style and product offices, as well as in management/logistics offices for the advancement of 'collections'.
Possibility of financing the registration fee
Reworking and updating the CV for dissemination to companies in the sector at the end of the national training course.
The textile designer is a crucial figure in the design world, specialising in the creation and design of fabrics for various sectors, including fashion, furniture, and the automotive industry. He/she combines creativity and technical skills to develop innovative, functional and high-quality fabrics, meeting the aesthetic and practical needs of the market.
Fase d’aula Blended: dal 26 gennaio al 26 marzo 2026
Lezioni Online: dal 26 gennaio al 9 marzo 2026
Lezioni in Presenza: dal 16 al 21 marzo 2026 presso Achille Pinto Factory (CO)
Sviluppo Europa s.r.l.
Via Albricci, 9 - 20122 Milan
P.I. 10282190965
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