The Challenges for Fashion, Jewellery and Accessory Design in the 21st Century. A Lecture by Elizabeth Fischer

Date: 28.09.2019, Saturday, 2 pm - 5 pm.
Location: Aquarium Lecture Hall, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University.
Speaker: Prof. Elizabeth Fischer  ( Dean of Fashion and Jewellery, Geneva School of Art and Design, HEAD – Genève )
Mediator: Prof. Jie Sun ( Tongji D&I )
Language: English

Organizer: Tongji D&I, New Center of Contemporary Jewellery and Fashion Culture (NoCC).
Support by: Swissnex China (the Science Consulate of Switzerland in China).


Lecture content.


The pressure to innovate is constant, and the main discourse is that innovation is the answer to current problems. However, whatever the innovation, the highest tech and state of the art items we wear, we are still human beings, and every morning we get up and get dressed to go out into the world and meet the social circles we live in.


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Today, education must take the challenges of the future on board, and in answer to the younger generations' aspiration. Here a few of the main challenges, that our school is currently working on. We will focus on examples in fashion and accessories design to discuss the topic.


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Here is the state of art and innovative examples of the 1940s and 1960s that heralded great changes in materials and aesthetics. Dior looked to the past of his shapes but used new synthetics to achieve the desired look. Courreges looked to the future but was inspired by a child-women and not adult women for the shape and patterns of his clothes. Professor Elizabeth will also be based on her teaching and research at the College of Art and Design in Geneva to interpret and share more different views and explanations to our students.


The portrait of Elizabeth Fischer.


About
Elizabeth Fischer is Professor and the head of the Bachelor's and Master's Program in Fashion, Jewelry, Watches and Accessories, Geneva School of Art and Design, Switzerland. She focuses on the broad cultural history of decorations, covering fashion, jewelry, clocks, accessories, body decorations, clothing, fabrics and other aspects, and explores the relationship between body and accessories and clothing. At the same time, she often participates in scientific cooperation projects, plans exhibitions, gives speeches at major institutions, museums and seminars around the world, and has published a large number of articles on jewelry and fashion.

The College of Design and Innovation (D&I), Tongji University is one of the world leading design college. The overall goal of the college is to establish an international, innovative, forward-looking and research-oriented world-class college of design with a great sense of mission of the era, international perspective and native characteristics. The New Centre of Contemporary Jewellery and Fashion Culture (NoCC) at Tongji ( D&I ) is an international think tank, the only of its kind in China, to unite the powerful resources of the university and the contemporary design and art community. It built on the scholarly and institutional resources of the D&I Tongji University, also explores the practice, culture, industry and management of the jewellery from cultural, educational and research perspectives, develops creative leadership in the cultural entrepreneurs.

Swissnex China is the Science Consulate of Switzerland for China, which builds bridges by connecting Switzerland and China in education, research and innovation. By crossing conventional boundaries, we offer a platform to foster collaboration and creativity for inspiring research and ground-breaking innovation. Swissnex is the Swiss global network connecting the dots in education, research, and innovation. Its mission is to support the outreach and active engagement of its partners in the international exchange of knowledge, ideas and talent.