EVENT TITLE: MINUTIA

DATE: 01-07-2025

TIME: 11.00 am to 1.00 pm

VENUE: Fashion Designing Department

EVENT CONVENER: Dr.V. Bhanu Rekha, Head of the Department, Fashion Designing

EVENT COORDINATORS    : Swetha Menon N.P, Assistant Professor, Fashion Designing, N.Gayathri, Assistant Professor, Fashion Designing, Ram Priya, Assistant Professor, Fashion Designing                                         

NO. OF PARTICIPANTS: 50

SUMMARY OF THE EVENT:

The Department of Fashion Designing successfully conducted MINUTIA, an intra-departmental contest, on 1st July 2025. Themed around “Design Development through Micro-Entity Inspiration”, the event aimed to ignite innovation and thoughtful creativity among budding fashion designers. Moving away from conventional themes, students were encouraged to derive design concepts from micro-elements—whether from nature, structure, texture, or abstract forms—leading to the creation of unique, and sustainable fashion narratives.

The contest provided a platform to reimagine form, material, and storytelling in design through microscopic inspirations.

Highlights:

  • The participants showcased original design concepts inspired by intricate micro-entities.
  • A focus on material innovation, silhouette experimentation, and concept-driven presentation was evident across all entries.
  • Faculty members evaluated the designs based on creativity, relevance to the theme, sustainability, and presentation clarity.
  • The event saw enthusiastic participation from students across all batches, reflecting a strong spirit of innovation and peer learning.

MINUTIA proved to be an intellectually stimulating and creatively enriching experience. It challenged students to think beyond surface-level aesthetics and delve deeper into design ideation. The event reinforced the department’s commitment to nurturing forward-thinking designers equipped to tackle contemporary fashion challenges with originality and purpose.

By celebrating design at the microscopic level, MINUTIA emphasized that innovation lies in the details. It was a testament to how small inspirations can lead to big ideas—paving the way for sustainable, conceptual, and impactful fashion design.

OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM: (Based of SDG)

SDG 4: QUALITY EDUCATION

  • Minutia served as a practical learning experience beyond the classroom, enhancing critical thinking, creativity, and design responsibility. It reflects the department’s commitment to inclusive and equitable quality education by encouraging innovative pedagogy rooted in sustainability and awareness.

SDG 14: LIFE BELOW WATER

  • Students drawing inspiration from microscopic marine organisms (e.g., plankton, coral patterns) raise awareness about marine biodiversity and the importance of ocean conservation. Education on Fashion’s Impact: By incorporating educational components into the contest about how fashion contributes to water pollution (e.g., dye waste, microfibres), students become agents of marine protection.

SDG 15: LIFE ON LAND

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, manage forests sustainably, combat desertification, and halt biodiversity loss. Minutia contributes  to the use of eco-friendly, plant-based, or biodegradable materials, which reduce deforestation, soil degradation, and harm to land-based ecosystems.