Alongside illustration skills participants study new trends, and research and analyse the contemporary fashion business while reflecting on personal experience, culture, art and design as sources of inspiration. Participants of the Fashion Design Intensive Course are encouraged to develop their own individual ‘visual language’, expressing their style through professional presentation methods and via a final portfolio of designs, incorporating basic graphic design techniques in visual communication fundamental in today’s fashion and luxury markets.

The main notions of market research supports the creation of original ideas in different contexts and cultures, while trend analysis and forecasting skills show how to stay ahead of new movements and influences in fashion.