9 th INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE, CLOTHING & DESIGN CONFERENCE – Magic World of Textiles October 07 th to 10 th 2018, DUBROVNIK, CROATIA 1 DESIGNING OF FASHION COLLECTION INSPIRED BY CULTURAL HERITAGE – METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS OF A PROJECT WORK Edit CSANÁK Abstract: In this article author reports about the results of a project work realized at the Óbuda University in Budapest (Hungary) in cooperation with Serbian students, who participated in Erasmus+ student exchange program based on bilateral agreement between the Óbuda University Sándor Rejtő Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Product Design (Budapest, Hungary) and Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Department of Clothing Engineering (Zrenjanin, Serbia). It informs about the methodology of a project work which goal was to fulfill the content of the regularly scheduled, and popular course with topics suited to a larger group of students. The base assignment to the students was to make a research on specific areas establishing the requirements and framing the design concept of a multi-capsuled fashion collection, organizing the labor in teamwork and to elaborate results in a thesis. Specific requirements of the project helped the student integration and maintained the student solidarity, making their stay exciting and enjoyable. Students gained knowledge in collection development and experiences important for future professional life. Within this assignment was necessary to distribute and allocate the responsibilities of 8 team members. The author reports about stages of this multifaceted mission introducing the methodology of the project, and organization of the practical work with the students. Keywords: fashion design, fashion collection, team management, organization 1. Introduction Designing a fashion collection is a challenge full of exciting tasks. Organization work phases – such as collecting the source material, designing the product range, pre-production, patterning and sampling process, presentation of the ready samples and elaboration of the results – is a multifaceted mission that needs multi- faced, talented persons. Designers are usually marked to be talented. Talent is described as a 'complex, unequivocally defined property group that is most capable of performing a socially useful activity at a higher level than average' [1] Degree of this natural ability – to be good at something, especially without being taught – varies: its quality is a unique combination of mental (often athletic, creative, or artistic) aptitude; a special mixture of visual, perceptual, manual, organizational and communicative (verbal and written) skills, and operational capabilities. Participants of the project introduced in this article were students on exchange from the Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Department of Clothing Engineering from Zrenjanin (Serbia). Tutor of the below-introduced project work was Dr. Edit Csanák (DLA), Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Product Design. 2. Methodology of realisation of the project work Projects provide an excellent platform for personal development on many levels and can stimulate team working, problem solving, self-esteem and confidence of the student. Respect for themselves and the environment, as well as a huge sense of achievement, play important role in the methodology of the course. Óbuda University Sándor Rejt Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering has successfully developed the content of an 8 credit course 'Project Work', which is commonly offered and chosen by the incoming students. Projects can be set up in different fields: Textile-, Garments, Paper-, or Printing design and technology, but also in Marketing, Quality and Environmental management, Environmental engineering. Project works could be various: - Making leaflets/posters, booklets or website with information on different topics; - Design, or product of plans, portfolio for fabrics, garment, leather goods; - Fashion product or collection; - Methods, analyses, technology research at diverse fields of technical sciences, field of art and design.