Textile & Fashion Innovation

B.Des in Textile & Fashion Innovation

Textiles today are more than fabric — they are digital, sustainable, smart, and global. The B.Des in Textile & Fashion Innovation at WUD combines India’s rich craft heritage with cutting-edge technology, preparing students to design textiles for couture, sustainability, sportswear, interiors, and smart applications.
Students acquire strong technical and conceptual skills through weaving, dyeing, printing, surface design, knitting, and garment construction, while also mastering AI-driven design, bio-textiles, digital print, virtual sampling, and circular fashion systems. Material experimentation and interdisciplinary collaboration encourage students to create their own design language, blending tradition with innovation.
Graduates emerge as hybrid textile designers — skilled in craft, fluent in digital, and future-ready in sustainability and innovation. Career opportunities span fashion, interiors, performance textiles, smart wearables, digital fashion, retail innovation, new product development and craft-tech entrepreneurship, offering secure, rewarding, and globally relevant futures. Career roles include Textile Designer, Fashion Accessories Designer, Surface & Print Designer, Smart Textile Innovator, Digital Sampling Specialist, Furniture, Furnishing & Lifestyle Designer, Visual Merchandiser, Craft-Tech Entrepreneur, and Museum/Textile Conservator. With India’s position as a global textile hub, opportunities extend across both domestic and international markets.

B.Des. (Textile & Fashion Innovation) Curriculum


1 SEM 2 SEM 3 SEM 4 SEM 5 SEM 6 SEM 7 SEM 8 SEM
Core Specialization
Representation 1 Representation 2 Textile Design Studio I Textile Design Studio II Textile Design Studio III Textile Design Studio IV Textile Entrepreneurship Lab Graduation Project
Creative Narration & Visual structure Design Process Global Textile & Fashion Futures I Global Textile & Fashion Futures II Virtual Sampling & Digital Twins  
  Introduction to Fashion Lab     AI & Digital Textile Futures Textiles for Performance & Protection I Wearable Technologies I
    Textile Science & Technology Introduction to Chemical Processing Garment & Textile Production  
Non Core
Sensory Perception Environmental Studies Digital Imaging & Editing I Digital Imaging & Editing II Digital Tools III/ CAD for Textiles Digital Tools: 3D CAD for Fashion    
Material Manipulation and Construction Colour and Form/td> Appreciation of Traditional Textiles Appreciation of Traditional Textiles II Craft Research & Documentation      
Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity 1 Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity 2     Pattern Making I Pattern Making II Pattern Making III  
            Global Textile Trade & Impact Merchandising
Professional Practices
 
Essential
Language I Language II     Trend Forecasting    
Digital Tools I   Sustainable Materials & Circular Design   Sustainable Textile Systems    
      Textile as Art Form & Expression   Home & Interior Textiles  
Minor Specialization
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