Abstract

CUERVO, Marisa. Prólogo. Cuad. Cent. Estud. Diseñ. Comun., Ensayos [online]. 2014, n.48, pp.13-17. ISSN 1853-3523.

This Journal published by the Design and Communication Studies Center of the Faculty of Design and Communication at the University of Palermo, Argentina corresponds to a collaboration with Parsons the New School for Design, one of the most prestigious educational institutions dedicated to Design Education, based in New York, USA. The multidisciplinary view on Fashion Design as a discipline in constant growth and evolution, reveals new trends and discoveries which find in this paper different and innovative responses. This enriching academic exchange on education in the field of fashion design in the context of the global industry's changing scenario, opens the debate and poses the challenge of forming designers with a solid theoretical and practical support to help to their integration into professional life. Thirteen authors, seven Argentines and six Americans, addressing the problem through the eyes of their own specific discipline. The articles deepen into the fashion context and include topics related to business and entrepreneurship, history, student development, architecture, crafts, fashion design education, art, psychology, photography, sociology, anthropology, communication, philosophy and ecology.

Keywords : Anthropology; Architecture; Art; Business; Communication; Crafts; Ecology; Entrepreneurship; Fashion design education; History; Philosophy; Photography; Psychology; Sociology; Student development.

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