Fashion, theater students’ collaborate to design 3D runway show

Utilizing a pc to create clothes designs after which view them on a digital model? That’s precisely what college students do within the College of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s School of Tropical Agriculture and Human Sources Fashion Design and Merchandising (FDM) 2D/3D Pc-Aided Design class. However how would their outfits look on the runway, in a enterprise workplace, or quite a lot of different settings?

To seek out out, FDM 338 collaborated with 5 graduate college students within the UH Mānoa Department of Theatre and Dance’s Superior Scenic Design class on 3D vogue runway design initiatives through the spring 2021 semester.

In one of many 4 2D/3D design initiatives, college students in FDM 338 created 3D digital garment designs beneath Affiliate Professor Ju-Younger Kang’s steering based mostly on their goal markets and design ideas. In one of many three scenic design initiatives, theatre and dance college students created 3D runway stage designs beneath Assistant Professor Michelle Bisbee’s steering based mostly on the FDM 338 college students’ goal markets, various 3D digital garment collections and suggestions.

A scholar in FDM 338 shared how fulfilling the collaboration was, saying, “I felt prefer it was plenty of enjoyable and funky to see how these concepts come to life. It was fascinating to see how artists would design a runway present.”

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