Transitions Loopholes Toolkit

TRANSITIONS (ERASMUS + Project)  is a strategic alliance for innovation formed by research and technological centers, Vocational Education and Training (VET), Higher Education Institutions (HEI), public policy actors, SMEs and other sector organizations from Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden.​ The project aims to nurture the textile and fashion transition to an Industry 4.0 system and a circular economy by developing new learning methods, tools, and practices to help students, young designers, and professionals to face real challenges.

The Transitions partners have developed a modular curriculum for the textile and fashion sector to support the transition towards sustainability and digitalization at three educational levels: VET, HEI and Professionals. The Transitions Labs tested the modular curriculum across all the levels and used the Loopholes toolkit as a tool for the training.

​Transitions Labs are short training programs focused on testing the Transitions modular curricula:

  • Acting as Laboratories for supporting transitions towards sustainability and digitalization in Textile and Fashion ecosystems.
  • Fostering cooperation between vocational training, professionals and higher education institutions.

TCBL Association member IAAC - Fab Lab Barcelona led the coordination of the Transition Labs, the pilots that test the curriculum with local stakeholders. They have shared their current background which is based on the design and running of Fabricademy, a Textile & Technology Academy consisting of a transdisciplinary course. It trains students in the know-how of systemic approaches, the emergence of new business models based on distributed design principles, new education models based on active learning, hands-on activities and distributed support.

Access the toolkit at circularloopholes.net

Stay in touch with us by contacting: transitions@transitionsproject.eu

The project was co-funded by the European Union Erasmus + Strategic Alliance Program under grant agreement nº 101056544-TRANSITIONS-ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PI-ALL-INNO.