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AMFI summer course Virtual Fashion Design 2024 prepares fashion students and professionals for digitalisation

The intensive two-week Virtual Fashion Design summer course “THE NEW REAL” offers professionals and fashion students (bachelor or master level) the chance to become part of the latest digital developments in fashion. Including materials from AMFI’s 3D Research & Technology department, the curriculum encourages new ways of thinking, with...

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Lecturer’s address: ‘The fashion industry needs to reinvent itself', what role can AMFI play in this?

The environmentally polluting fashion industry urgently needs to 'reinvent' itself. That is what José Teunissen, programme director at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), argued in her lecturer's address on Tuesday. How can her own education contribute to making the industry greener? “The Chinese online clothing company Shein burns 1 billion...

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AMFI names Deniz Köksal head of Fashion & Business and Development programme

The Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) has appointed fashion researcher Deniz Köksal as the head of its Fashion & Business and development programme. Köksal announced the news via a post on his LinkedIn page on Tuesday, writing: “It is truly an honour to join the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and serve AMFI.” He continued: “I am so...

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New AMFI director on school culture: "Knowing how not to do something, doesn’t necessarily mean you know how to do it"

It has now been over two years since an independent report labelled the culture at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) as unsafe. New director José Teunissen tells local Amsterdam news platform AT5 that the school has definitively done away with the ‘breakdown culture’ that emerged from the investigation. Some context: In 2021, the fashion...

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AMFI director José Teunissen to teach fashion design and identity course

Dutch educator José Teunissen and programme director at Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), has been named special educator for the fashion programme in fashion design and identity at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA for short), as per a press release shared by HvA. In the new course, Teunissen will look at fashion as a cultural...

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AMFI names new head of fashion and branding

The Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) has appointed Dutch fashion professional and lecturer Bregje Lampe as its new head of the school’s fashion and branding bachelor programme, as per an official statement published on LinkedIn. Since 2019, Bregje Lampe has worked as a fashion lecturer and coach at AMFI and she has served as chair of the...

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Ruben Jurriën wins Lichting 2022 with graduation collection 'Pak van mijn hart!

Amsterdam - Ruben Jurriën is the winner of Lichting 2022. This was announced after the annual Lichting show in the Dutch capital. During the show seven selected alumni of Dutch fashion academies showed their work, as well as three alumni who were chosen through an open call. This year's international jury consisted of Sleek Magazine editor and...

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Students of AMFI’s digital fashion course talk the future of sustainable production

Virtual fashion has continued to tighten its grip on the industry and, in light of its indubitable impact, an increasing number of brands are starting to turn to using the alternative production method for both its sustainable benefits and appeal to the younger generation of shoppers. However, with a notable lack of fashion-educated tech people...

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Apply now for AMFI's Summer Course Digital Design!

AMFI is unique in her education on 3D Virtual Fashion and 3D Research & Technology that relate to Mixed Reality Fashion, performance and industry. We would like to give you the opportunity to be part of these developments and the change of paradigm in fashion. Sign- up and join our two-week summer course on Virtual Fashion Design: THE NEW REAL....

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Amsterdam Fashion Institute launches digital design summer course

The Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) has launched a two-week digital design summer course entitled ‘Virtual Fashion Design: The New Real’. As digital fashion weeks, digital filters, the metaverse and virtual shows are increasingly becoming a part of the fashion industry, AMFI has created this course to offer in-depth knowledge about 3D virtual...

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Dirk Reynders steps down as director of AMFI

Dirk Reynders, the director of Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AMFI), is stepping down, according to various media reports. The announcement comes about six months after an investigation revealed an unsafe culture at the school. Earlier, students demanded Reynders' departure. Last year, it came out that the students and teachers felt...

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AMFI to host both online and physical open days

In the last week of October, the Amsterdam Fashion Institute hosts its first open day of the academic year again. Last years’ first fully online open days were a great success, AMFI has therefore decided to host an online and physical open day in the same week. AMFI’s open days will take place on 26th and 30th of October and 7th and 11th of...