MS in Fashion Design Technology
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Future-Ready Spaces for New Designers and Working Professionals
The Fashion & Textile Futures Center at Thomas Jefferson University is a 14,000-square-foot innovation hub designed to fuel creativity and prepare students for the future of fashion. Whether a new student or a working professional expanding your skill set, you can access industry-standard tools and emerging technologies in a collaborative, future-focused environment.
Immersive Technology & Extended Reality
- AR/VR lab with Meta Quest 2 headsets and cutting-edge virtual design software for immersive exploration of the metaverse, avatar fashion, and virtual merchandising
- Full integration with CLO 3D and virtual try-on environments
- 3D Body Scanners hands-on to develop custom-fit garments and virtual avatars for both digital and physical design applications
Digital & Physical Prototyping Labs
- 3D Printing & Laser Cutting Facilities for prototyping accessories, closures, trims, and innovative construction techniques
- Plotters and Large-Format printers to create mood boards, technical flats, digital patterns, websites, and marketing collateral
State-of-the-Art Textile Labs
- Digital Textile Printing Lab to produce original surface designs on-demand
- Access to custom jacquard looms, knitting machines, and standing looms for innovative textile exploration.
- Hands-on textile testing and sampling with opportunities in our Bruner Lab to evaluate properties of developed sustainable biomaterials
Collaborative Learning Spaces
Dedicated design studio classrooms, drawing and fashion sketching rooms, and lecture spaces designed to support hands-on learning, creative thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Whether designing for the physical world, the digital realm, or the intersection of both, our facility empowers you to explore, prototype, and execute ideas that redefine what fashion can be.