Transformation of Ulos as Creative Textiles For Fashion Design Learning

Qualified education is one which is able to reflect the globalization movement dinamically. Clothing Education and globalization should provide an implication to the economy accelaration which needs creative effort to drive either local or international market through learning which should contain local genius. One of the local genius departing from cultural artifacts as a solid object is the usage of traditional textile from the Bataknese, North Sumatra, namely Ulos. Based on literature studies, Ulos as traditional textile can be adapted for design ideas which finally could be transformed as a number of creative contemporary objects. The development starts from motifs on Ulos which is cultivated as printing textile or redefining about character of the base material with the traditional weaving technology as well as weaving machine. Through exploration of local content departs from the cultural richness which inspires in producing a number of creative textile which finally transferred as fashion design learning.