In addition to standard equipment (see Computer Facilities), the Beauty Marketing & Product Develop-ment students have access to a fragrance organ used in their Fundamentals of Fragrance class in order to mix oils and create fragrances, bulk ingredients to blend beauty products in Principles of Beauty Science, and samples of the latest product innovations in Funda-mentals of Skin Care & Wellness. Students in the Bachelor in Beauty Business Management program utilize merchandising fixtures in the Merchandising in the Beauty Environment class.

BEAUTY MARKETING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT / BEAUTY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

DESIGN

The Bachelor of Arts in Design is taught on the Los Angeles campus. Students have access to the 3-D Prototyping Lab which contains MACs and a PC laptop, pattern cutting tables, conference table, vinyl cutter, a heat press, Epson Photo printer, Glowforge laser cutter with an air filter, Formlabs 3-D additive laser printer with two wash tanks, MakerBot Replicator Mini, Maker-Bot Digitizer, and an UltiMaker 3-D filament printer.

DIGITAL MEDIA / DIGITAL CINEMA

FIDM’s Digital Media and Digital Cinema majors are based in the Digital Media Center, built expressly to house both FIDM Productions and the primary Digital Media lab. The majors also use an additional lab dedicated solely to Digital Media, Digital Cinema, and Graphic Design. Both labs are fully equipped with cutting-edge hardware and software (see Computer Facilities), including Apple computers with large display monitors and high quality speakers designed and placed to disperse sound throughout the lab. Ceiling mounted high-definition LED projectors are provid-ed for detailed instructions as well as top-mounted automated screens with high resolution displays and Tectronic printers and scanners that are capable of outputting professional-grade projects. The Digital Media and Digital Cinema majors provide Canon digital DSLR cameras with video capability and other profes-sional level production equipment for checkout by the students, as well as granting students access to FIDM Productions' professional facilities and technology, in-cluding an insert stage, professional audio equipment, and a fully equipped machine room. The technology in the labs and in the professional facility is updated every year. Digital facilities and equipment are currently available only on the Los Angeles campus.

FASHION DESIGN

FASHION KNITWEAR DESIGN

There are two Knitwear labs that support both the Fashion Knitwear Design and Textile Design students. The first of the labs has seven CAD stations, a scanner, and a color printer. All computers in the Knitwear lab are loaded with Adobe Creative Cloud, Stoll M1 Plus, and WeavePoint software for programming both com-puterized knitting and weaving equipment. There are several punch card handloom knitting machines avail-able for students to use during class and studio time. A linker is available for garment assembly. The hand-looms knitting machines have double beds for reverse stitching. There are four harness Baby Wolf looms, an AVL 24 Dobby loom, and two warping stations. All the looms are setup with different design capabilities to maximize patter versatility.

The second lab has two STOLL industrial knitting ma-chines, one 7.2 multi-gauge, and one 5.2 multi-gauge. The STOLL Knitwear Lab has one computer station loaded with the same software as listed above. The studios have staffing to support the use of the equipment.

Students in the Fashion Design Program use industrial single needle sewing machines in order to produce completed sewn garments, applying all the techniques taught in each course. Overlock machines are also used to sew over the edge of the fabric to prevent fraying and provide a finished look. Some overlock machines in FIDM's facilities have cutters to remove excess material and are known as sergers. Merrow

The Fashion Knitwear Design program, facilities, and equipment are only available on the Los Angeles Campus.

machines and four thread/overlock machines are used by students to complete the edges of fabrics. Two types of dress forms are used in the program, torso only, and full body dress forms. They provide students with the ability to fit sample garments, measure and establish a pattern, and to drape garments using muslin or fabric. Irons and ironing boards are used to press garments. Students also use pattern tables to draft patterns, cut fabrics and paper, or any other use in order to support the process of creating and completing a garment. Throughout their program, students use rolling racks to hang their patterns, garments, and muslin samples. Fashion Design sewing labs are also used by Mer-chandise Product Development and Apparel Industry Management students. All Fashion Design facilities and equipment are also used by the Advanced Study programs. They include Advanced Fashion Design, Film & TV Costume Design, and Theatre Costume Design. All first-year Fashion Design equipment and facilities are available on the Los Angeles and Orange County lo-cations. Second-year facilities and equipment are only available on the Los Angeles campus. Students also use CAD (Computer Aided Design) programs. There are several computer rooms with Mac computers equipped with Adobe programs such as Illustrator and Photo-shop. Computer programs, hardware, and systems are also used in Computer Pattern Drafting classes, where students use the Gerber Accumark system.

GRAPHIC DESIGN