Sust3DFashion Project

How can the fashion industry truly respond to the EU’s urgent call for a circular economy? According to the EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles, all products must be durable, recyclable, and eco-friendly by 2030. 🇪🇺 The transition isn't just about fabrics it’s about technology and collaboration.

Our Sust3DFashion Interdisciplinary Handbook is a strategic roadmap developed under the Erasmus+ VET framework. It is designed to merge two worlds that must now speak the same language: traditional textile craftsmanship and digital 3D design. 🤝💻

What exactly does the Handbook offer? 📖👇
This manual provides the technical "know-how" to fill the knowledge gap between sectors. It features practical techniques for Digital 3D Integration to create high-performance garments and introduces Zero-Waste Prototyping methods to drastically reduce fabric waste. ♻️

Furthermore, it includes a guide to Sustainable Materiality for selecting bio-based filaments and presents Flexible Mentoring Models to foster rapid, interdisciplinary innovation. 🚀

Who is this for? 🎓
✅ Fashion Professionals & Designers: To upgrade their skills for the digital and green transition.
✅ SMEs & Businesses: To adopt affordable, sustainable, and cutting-edge 3D technologies.
✅ VET Providers: A ready-to-use curriculum to train the next generation of "green" creators.

The transition to a Green and Digital economy is a collaborative journey. Let’s bridge the gap between tradition and technology together to create a fashion industry that goes back to the planet! 🤝⚙️

Discover it here: https://sust3dfashion.eu/results/

Digital technologies are redefining fashion from concept to production. 🌍

SUST3D Fashion focuses on how 3D design and innovation can support more efficient, creative, and sustainable approaches across the textile sector — preparing learners for the industry’s digital evolution. 👗⚙️

Innovation, sustainability, and policy — connected through learning. 🌍📘
The Sust3DFashion MOOC highlights how 3D workflows can reduce waste, improve production efficiency, and support more sustainable practices in line with EU policy frameworks.
A practical learning experience designed for the future of fashion. 👗💡

NGO NEST Berlin

Learning comes alive through dialogue. 💡

By engaging experts and creative professionals during the Athens Hackathon, SUST3D Fashion reinforced its commitment to continuous improvement, collaboration, and education that responds to real industry challenges. ⚙️👗

Designed for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. 🌍💡

connects innovation, sustainability, and real-world relevance through a learning experience built around clarity and accessibility. Whether you are expanding your skill set or deepening your expertise, the MOOC offers a practical way to explore fashion’s digital evolution.

Explore the platform: https://mooc.sust3dfashion.eu/

NGO NEST Berlin

Fashion is evolving through technology and sustainability. 🌱

The Sust3DFashion MOOC brings together 9 interactive modules designed to help learners explore digital tools, 3D design, and innovative approaches shaping the future of fashion.

Learning becomes powerful when theory meets practice. 🚀📘

The Sust3DFashion MOOC brings together engaging videos developed by project partners, clear theoretical chapters, interactive quizzes, and real-world case studies. Designed for students, professionals, and curious learners alike, the platform shows how 3D design and digital tools can drive innovation and more sustainable practices across the textile sector.

Explore the MOOC: https://mooc.sust3dfashion.eu/

NGO NEST Berlin

No experience. No limits. Just learning. 🚀

SUST3D Fashion removes barriers and invites learners from all backgrounds to explore new tools, ideas, and sustainable approaches shaping the fashion industry. 💻👗🌱

Turn curiosity into future-ready skills. 🚀👗
With 9 interactive modules, SUST3D Fashion invites you to explore how 3D design, digital tools, innovation, and sustainability are reshaping the fashion industry. Through videos, quizzes, theory, and real case studies, learning stays practical, engaging, and easy to access — wherever you are.

Start your journey: https://mooc.sust3dfashion.eu/

NGO NEST Berlin

Between the autumn light of Athens and the ancient streets of Pláka, something powerful took shape. ✨

Seam the Change brought together 26 innovators from 8 European cities to rethink the future of fashion — collaboratively, creatively, and courageously.

For five days, experimentation replaced perfection, mentoring replaced hierarchy, and circularity guided every idea. From exploring policy to hands-on prototyping, teams challenged assumptions and shaped visions grounded in sustainability, social justice, and real-world feasibility.

🎉 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 to the winning projects 𝐑𝐞𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐤 and 𝐍𝐎𝐄𝐌𝐀, two bold steps toward a more regenerative textile future.

The revolution is collaborative — and it’s already underway.

This content draws from the article “Seam the Change: A Fashion Hackathon That Brings Together and Transforms” by Fashion Revolution:
https://www.fashionrevolutionfrance.org/post/seam-the-change-a-fashion-hackathon-that-brings-together-and-transforms

Chambre de Commerce Italienne de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Côte d'Azur

Some feedback from our experts...!! 🇬🇷

𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝟑𝐃𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐍: 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐎𝐍! ♻️

Our Seam the Change Hackathon was successfully elaborated within the 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝟑𝐃 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐬+ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 – and what an inspiring experience it was!

Designers, makers, VET learners, SMEs and policy actors from France, Italy, Germany, Greece and Türkiye came together in Athens (11-14 November 2025) to 𝐜𝐨-𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 through hands-on teamwork, prototyping, design thinking and 3D tools.

The hackathon aimed to:
✨ spark innovation through experimentation
✨ develop skills in circular and digital fashion
✨ foster collaboration between local and EU partners
✨ turn ideas into real prototypes and concepts

🏆 The event concluded with 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, celebrated for their creative and sustainable fashion solutions.

Thank you to everyone who contributed their creativity, skills and energy to make this event a success.

👉 For more information and updates, visit:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560528780035

European Knowledge Spot

𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞: 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧

📅 𝟏𝟏–𝟏𝟒 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
📍 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐮𝐛 𝐀𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬

Join us for Seam the Change, a 4-day hands-on fashion & sustainability hackathon bringing together creative minds, designers, makers, and digital innovators to co-create circular, practical solutions for the future of fashion and textiles in Athens.

🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 (Residents / Visitors / Participants)
👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2ihTT-LLRzQJs4FJlg8k-LYDATRAlKRD-LBcXK-IdOnHEUQ/viewform

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠

Over four dynamic days, participants will mix blended learning, prototyping, and mentorship to explore how 3D design, printing, and circular economy principles can transform the textile and fashion industries.The event includes interactive sessions, MOOC presentations, and cross-European mentorship from experts in sustainability, design, and technology.

🗓️ 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚

𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟏 – 𝐓𝐮𝐞 𝟏𝟏/𝟏𝟏 | 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟓:𝟎𝟎
🔹 System mapping, policy & context, challenge deep-dives
👤 Facilitator: Nicholas Yatromanolakis

𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐 – 𝐖𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟐/𝟏𝟏 | 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟔:𝟎𝟎
🔹 Idea pitches & team formation
🔹 Mentor clinics & prototyping sessions

𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟑 – 𝐓𝐡𝐮 𝟏𝟑/𝟏𝟏 | 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟒:𝟎𝟎
🔹 MOOC presentation & digital learning integration
🔹 Hacking & validation sessions

𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟒 – 𝐅𝐫𝐢 𝟏𝟒/𝟏𝟏 | 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎–𝟏𝟒:𝟎𝟎
🔹 Mentoring Workshop & project follow-up

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠?

Because innovation doesn’t happen alone.

🫂 When experts from 3D printing and fashion & textile come together, they don’t just share techniques — they exchange perspectives.

One sees patterns in pixels, the other in threads — and together, they design something neither could have imagined alone.

That’s the power of 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: a space to learn, unlearn, and reinvent — side by side.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞?

Eduforma Formazione e Consulenza
EdU International

✨ The fashion industry is facing a turning point — innovation and sustainability are no longer optional, they are essential. Among the technologies driving this change, 3D printing stands out for its potential to transform design, production, and the circular economy.

In this context, the #𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝟑𝐃𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐂 is being developed by 6 European partners and will soon be available in 5 languages. Conceived as a truly collaborative effort, the course is designed to provide learners with a structured pathway, combining theory, videos, quizzes, and real case studies.

Across 9 interconnected modules, the MOOC will guide participants from the fundamentals of 3-D design in the textile and fashion sector, to the use of CAD software, the exploration of printing technologies and equipment, and the process of converting digital concepts into physical models. The programme will also address the environmental benefits and circular-economy applications of 3D printing, while exploring how these innovations can be integrated into real manufacturing workflows.

The journey will culminate in a case-study module, showcasing how creativity, innovation, and sustainability come together in practice. This final step is not just about learning tools, but about understanding how to apply them to shape the future of the fashion industry.

📚 More than a course, the MOOC will be a complete learning pathway — making cutting-edge knowledge in 3D printing and sustainable fashion accessible, practical, and future-oriented.

👉 Stay tuned: the launch is coming soon.

Chambre de Commerce Italienne de Nice, Sophia Antipolis, Côte d'Azur