Research and Innovation Centre for Design and Clothing Science

The Research and Innovation Centre for Design and Clothing Science (RICDCS) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, was designed according to the need for implementing effective development, organizing and promoting educational and scientific-research work in the fields of design, clothing science, and the innovative designing of textile products.

The purpose of the Centre is to ensure the effectiveness of scientific-research activities within the field of innovative design (functional and intelligent clothing and/ or other products for technical use), fashionable and unique textile and clothing design and innovative technologies within the fields of clothing engineering, thermal environment ergonomics, and complex study of clothing physiology and comfort.

The Laboratory of Clothing Engineering, Physiology and Construction of garments and Fashion Studio are active within RICDCS. The laboratory has modern facilities with suitable equipment, enabling high-quality implementations of both scientific-research and educational activities in the above areas. Scientific and artistic disciplines are combined together and linked with the creativities of students and stuff.