Objective The leather goods industry is undergoing a profound transition from traditional manufacturing to a "design-driven, technology-empowered, and culture-enriched" model. As a pivotal hub connecting artistic creativity, engineering technology, commercial logic, and cultural expression, the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents in leather art design and production has become a critical proposition for driving industry transformation and upgradation.

Analysis Grounded in interdisciplinary teaching principles, this paper reconstructs the connotative model of interdisciplinary talents and proposes systematic cultivation strategies. Through the redesign of the curriculum system (integrating modules of artistic creativity, engineering technology, commercial logic, and cultural expression), innovation in teaching modes (emphasizing project-based and interdisciplinary collaboration), deepened industry-education integration (aligning with real-world industry needs), and upgraded evaluation mechanisms (establishing multi-dimensional competency assessment systems), the education of leather art design and production shifts from "single-point skill training" to "systemic innovation empowerment."

Conclusion This paradigm will achieve symbiotic evolution among the education chain, talent chain, and industrial chain, forming a new model for cultivating interdisciplinary talents that adapts to industry transformation and upgrading. It not only overcomes the limitations of "skill islands" in traditional education but also provides a replicable educational innovation practice sample for the digital transformation of traditional industries, while preserving the consistency of specialized terminology such as "design-driven, technology-empowered, and culture-enriched" and "interdisciplinary talents" as per the reference translation.