@article{radulescu_promoting_2023,
	title = {Promoting educational materials in digital fashion},
	volume = {74},
	issn = {12225347},
	url = {http://revistaindustriatextila.ro/images/2023/5/010%20Ion%20Razvan%20Radulescu%20INDUSTRIA%20TEXTILA%20no.5_2023.pdf},
	doi = {10.35530/IT.074.05.2022133},
	abstract = {Specialized fashion software, as a technological instrument for virtual modelling, has a critical role in reducing the length
of the design process and time to market, simplifying communication with other departments and improving the quality
of the creative process.
This paper presents a survey of the modelling technologies used in Romanian clothing companies as a critical starting
point for outlining a new methodology in teaching digital fashion. As part of the larger European survey in the framework
of the Erasmus+ Digital Fashion Project, collected data from Romanian textile companies present their current needs
for clothing designed with computer technologies and 3D software for virtual prototyping.
According to the sampled companies, most have high (over 42\%) and medium (over 33\%) levels of digital skills. The
most needed occupational profile was the 3D Designer, and the age expectation was between 25–40 years. The ability
to design clothing patterns using virtual prototyping was the most selected preference when asked about future
development requirements. The survey results are valuable both in establishing the new methodological framework for
teaching digital fashion and in identifying the needs for the other project outcomes, such as the textile database, the
virtual training platform, and the new curricula.},
	number = {05},
	urldate = {2023-11-05},
	journal = {Industria Textila},
	author = {Radulescu, Ion Razvan and Grosu, Marian Catalin and Olaru, Sabina and Scarlat, Razvan and Ionescu, Irina and Visileanu, Emilia and Rudolf, Andreja},
	month = oct,
	year = {2023},
	pages = {572--578},
}