Reading and reading strategies; introduction to the discourse of professional and technical texts; key words, writing abstracts; the use of dictionaries and other information sources; writing articles and reports; describing graphs; business communication; taking part in discussions.
Special properties of textiles made of luxury fibres, such as cashmere, various types of wool, silk, textiles from non-traditional fibres, textiles with special comfort, textiles for good feeling, intelligent textiles, electronic textiles, leather, fur, technical textiles.
Various body shapes/postures and their influence on the construction/modelling of clothing cuts; development of special cuts for specific shapes/postures; Slovenian and foreign terminology of clothing terms.
Methods of solving stylistic assignments; searching and evaluation of the contents of a message; searching and integration of knowledge from various fields; stimulating interests during the purchase of a new product with the help of fashion and styles; monitoring trends and social attitudes.
Designing a collection of fashion accessories, production of various types of fashion accessories with the use of modelling and clothing technologies; project work in the form of individual experimental work; internal presentation.
Learning the process of planning a new company; entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation, business plan, market analysis, checking the economic feasibility of a business idea, marketing plan, development plan for a production/service process, procuring adequate human resources; critical risk; financing a start-up business.
Function, goals, tasks, fields and the role of design in a society; overview of styles in interior design and the use of artefacts from ancient times to the modern industrial revolution and the development of graphic and industrial design and architecture in the 21st century.