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DIKNIGA

Dedicated to the Design And Development Of Innovative Knitted Textiles And Garments

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Laboratory of Design and Development of Innovative Knitted Textiles and Garments (DIKNIGA)

University of West Attica

Welcome to DIKNIGA Laboratory

The mission of the “Design and Development of Innovative Knitted Textiles and Garments” (DIKNIGA) Laboratory is to support academic and research activities related to the phases of design, engineering, optimization,  manufacture and quality control of fabrics, garments and industrial products. The lab is focused on issues related to research and development of innovative textile products (fabrics and garments), research and development of new sustainable technologies for garments’ design and manufacturing, design of knitted fabrics using digital technologies, sustainability and cyclic economy, design and development of smart materials, smart technical textiles and multifunctional garments. Research is also conducted in the areas of detail product design, 3D parametric modeling, CAD and CAGD of industrial products and garments. The laboratory supports a large number of academic courses related to the aforementioned fields, undergraduate and postgraduate diploma theses, as well as Ph.D. dissertations.

The Laboratory was established by Decision No. 24006, Government Gazette Issue B ‘2070 / 04.06.2019.

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LABORATORY FACILITIES

DIKNIGA laboratory consist of individual rooms, where there is the necessary equipment and devices for the supporting of the specific research objects, like design and manufacturing of knitted fabric/garment, development of innovative textile products, etc.

  • Design – students become creative with special tools

  • Manufacturing – the initial ideas become a reality

  • Development – using latest technologies to face challenges

Following the development trends of the global textile world, the laboratory is dedicated to the teaching, learning, research, and developing of the modern textile applications.

SUBJECTS OF THE LABORATORY

The Laboratory aims at following the latest developments of new sustainable technologies for the production of garments.

Students are trained on the latest software packages used in the textile sector and especially to CAD systems for fashion design.

Students are trained to the most contemporary systems used for quality control and quality assessment of knitted fabrics and garments. They are also getting familiar with the relevant ISO certificates.

All environmental technologies like sustainable design, circular economy, green technology constitute research objects of the lab.

Students are getting familiar to the logistics and suplly chain technologies, used at the textile and clothing sector.

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” It was really interesting to take a look at the textile laboratories of UNIWA and to be given a tour around the Ancient Olive Grove Campus while learning more about the history of the university. After meeting other Greek and international students, we got the chance to further discuss each other’s projects and explore the old city center of Athens together later on. I am really thankful for this enriching experience! “

Anne-Celine Couck, UGent student

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