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Between Borders features many designers from FASHIONCLASH community

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Between Borders - Migration, power and boundless imagination
3 June - 22 October 2023

On Friday June 2nd Tussen Grenzen (Between Borders) exhibition was opened at Museum Arnhem. The exhibition features designers that have been part of one or more FASHIONCLASH projects. Branko Popovic, artistic director of FASHIONCLASH team as one of them.

On Sunday June 18th, the Talk | Perspectives on Unions with State of Fashion will take place. During this interactive talk, moderator Branko Popovic explores with Denzel Veerkamp, ​​Loïs Brandsen and Kalkidan Hoex how connection is reflected in their work. How can connecting cultures, backgrounds and perspectives bring about change in fashion? The (fashion) makers will not only speak, but will activate and present their work in a unique way.
More info: here

With the exhibition Between Borders, Museum Arnhem offers different perspectives on contemporary migration. The museum invites visitors to delve into personal stories about migration. These are stories by visual artists, designers and the public itself. The experience of migration, recognition and empathy is central to this.

All over the world, people move across borders for all kinds of reasons. In the 21st century, more people than ever migrate for all kinds of political, economic and environmental reasons. At the same time, travelling is increasingly difficult for a great many people. How difficult, or easy, it is, is often determined by your passport. Which countries welcome you and which do not? And when you are in another country, when do you feel at home? In the exhibition Between borders, artists, fashion and jewellery designers, and Arnhemmers alike share their answers to those questions.

Between borders consists of two parts. From 3 June, young fashion and jewellery designers living in the Netherlands will show work about living and working between two worlds. From 15 July, (inter)national artists and Arnhemmers will also share their personal experiences with borders and migration.

Migration and fashion
The first part of Between Borders opens on June 3. It shows body-related design, such as fashion and jewelry, by 19 designers living in the Netherlands with a migration background. Migration has long been a topical subject in the fashion world, especially with young makers such as Armia Yousefi, Lisa Konno and Denzel Veerkamp. Interest in this theme is also increasing in the jewelery industry. This becomes visible in the work of designers such as Luisa Kuschel, Kalkidan Hoex and Fleuri la Belle, who graduated from ArtEZ. The exhibition focuses on the personal stories of the makers and their experiences as designers in the Netherlands. Seven of them made new work especially for Between Borders. In addition, filmmaker Elisabetta Agyeiwaa is making a documentary in which nine participating designers have their say.

The month of June is fashion month in Arnhem. In Arnhem, various partners (State of Fashion, ArtEZ, Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem (FDFA), Rijn IJssel and Museum Arnhem) work together in the field of fashion. Museum Arnhem and FDFA have joined forces to choose eight makers who are affiliated with the city of Arnhem. Their work is shown in Between Borders.

Designers
In Between Borders you can admire work by Armia Yousefi, Branko Popovic, Chequita Nahar, David Paulus, Denzel Veerkamp, ​​Fleuri la Belle, Garcia Bello, Kalkidan Hoex, Karim Adduchi, Lisa Konno, Loïs Brandsen, Luisa Kuschel, Marcos Kueh, Maja Simišić , Mehdi Mashayekhi, Murat Akbas, Xhosa, Yinka Buutfeld, Zyanya Emperor. 

Premium Program 2023: A decentralized and inclusive selection procedure

A decentralized and inclusive selection procedure: ”How can we develop a methodology for a decentralized participant selection process to enable a bottom-up decolonial and multi-voice perspective?”

With this research question in mind, FASHIONCLASH took part in PREMIUM 2023, Maastricht University’s honours program. FASHIONCLASH was paired to a multidisciplinary team (“Fashion of the Future” - team) of students including Yasmina Abi Raad, Orla Barr, Anna Fomina, Daniel Rivera Rodriguez and Sofia Sgriccia. For five months, they have been researching and collaborating to create suggestions how to organize decentralised and inclusive selection procedures.

Not only in our practice, but for many organizations, the selection process of participants is a challenge. We all want to work more inclusively, but that requires a systematic transformation. And in cultural organizations, projects often start with a selection process. As an international and interdisciplinary platform, FASHIONCLASH has always been trying to run as broad and diverse a practice as possible. But we want to go further and apply a decolonial perspective to the selection process so that we can give stage to new and unheard of stories in the fashion sector from the bottom up.

In today's globalized world, the need for diverse perspectives and inclusive decision-making processes has become increasingly apparent. It is crucial to ensure that all stakeholders have a voice and are represented in various aspects of society, including participant selection processes. The team "Fashion of the Future" aimed to explore and develop a decentralized methodology for participant selection at FASHIONCLASH, with a focus on enabling a bottom-up decolonial and multi-voice perspective.
Decentralization in the context of participant selection refers to the distribution of decision-making authority across different individuals or departments rather than relying on a centralized system. Organizations can promote inclusivity, diversity, and the recognition of multiple perspectives by adopting a decentralized selection procedure.

On Wednesday 31 May, PREMIUM 2023 concluded with a festive ceremony in Novotel in Maastricht. All teams presented their posters, that summed up their project.

PREMIUM is Maastricht University’s Honours programme for high-performing, motivated master’s students. Once selected, students are grouped together in interdisciplinary teams and given a project to complete for a client from the (local) business or government sector under the guidance of a project mentor. Alongside their project, students receive individual coaching focused on personal competence development. Lastly, students attend several workshops to help cultivate valuable skills and knowledge to prepare them for the job market.

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Zlín Design Week 2023

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From 3 to 10 May 2023, the Zlín Design Week (CZ) took place. The programme of the 9th edition of the festival introduced visitors to universal design principles at various locations in Zlín. Build around the theme of ‘Design for All’, the programme focus was inclusivity in design.

This years edition contained ‘Best in Design’ competition exhibition, a fashion show of young designers, parties, an award show, a conference, and so on. 

Like last year, Branko Popovic from team FASHIONCLASH , was invited to take part in the jury panel of ‘Best in Design’ competition. In addition, he took part in a panel by Design CANTEEN. Together with Jeffrey Heiligers from 1m2 Collective, the conversation involved inclusivity in festivals.

The ‘Design for All’ exhibition offered an overview of how universal design involves our lives, with several examples of specific solutions.
“Our intention was to see the exhibition as a place where a clothing designer, a furniture company owner, an urban architect, and a local cultural enthusiast can meet, and the projects on display can pass on something to each of them – a reflection on the value of design in our lives, on what a universal and inclusive approach brings to us, a spark for debate about the possible barriers we all commonly encounter. We are very pleased that the curators Thea Urdal and Herman Greng Billett from Norway and the duo of Slovak architects Tomáš Tholt and Danica Pišteková have been involved in the preparation,” says festival director Jitka Smolíková. The exhibition was set in building 61 of the former Bata industrial complex.

Best in Design Competition for Young Designers

Zlin Design Week supports new talents who want to discover and develop new paths for design and they do so with the ‘Best in Design’ competition for creatives under 30. The finalists of the fourteenth edition of the competition were exhibited at the G18 Gallery. The exhibition provided a space for connecting clothing, visual communication, and industrial solutions, products, and services. The work of the finalists and winners across the past years of the ‘Best in Design’ competition is presented in a fashion show set in the unusual space of the Tomas Bata Memorial in Zlín. The Fashion show with respect to the Tomas Bata Memorial took place on 10 May, preceded by a programme of discussions and workshops related to the universal design and inclusive fashion festival theme.

Winners of Best in Design competition 2023

Fashion Design category winner is Marija Petraityte from Lithuania. In the fashion category second and third place was taken by Katarína Mydliarová and Jana Vaterková.

Michal Zmek won third place in the Product & Industrial Design category, the second place went to Timea Kepová and the first place to Zuzanna Wójcik.

Tereza Vašková placed third in the Service Design category, Alina Karl took the second place and the winner of this category was Matêj Malecha.

In the Communication category, co-creators Tim Stange and Fabian Meyer shared the third place, Julie Ditetová won the second place and the winner was Adrián Gubrica with impressive Mariupol Memoirial project.

And the overall winner of the entire Best in Design competition is none other than Zuzanna Wójcik!

Zlín Design Week

Zlín Design Week is a week-long design festival where everyone can find inspiration. Through the festival, we are creating for the ninth time a platform for presentation, expression, sharing, unexpected connections, and meeting young designers with professionals. We support young talents and bring fresh air to the design field. The project was created in 2015 at the Faculty of Multimedia Communications at Tomas Bata University in Zlín thanks to the interdisciplinary collaboration of design, marketing, photography, and audiovisual.

EUROPEAN FASHION ALLIANCE: Time for a prosperous creative-driven future of fashion

Greener, more innovative, more creative – at the first summit on Gran Canaria, the members of the European Fashion Alliance “EFA” put together a package of measures and actions for a sustainable and inclusive future of the European fashion industry.

At the invitation of the Gran Canarian fashion network Moda Calida and the local authority Cabildo de Gran Canaria, the members of the European Fashion Alliance (EFA), founded in Frankfurt in June 2022, gathered in Maspalomas on October 19 and 20 during the Gran Canaria Swim Week – the only European Swim Wear Week - for their first summit.

The aim of the summit of 59 representatives from 23 European countries was to discuss and agree on a package of measures and actions that can support and promote the necessary transformation process in the fashion industry in Europe. The alliance, which consists of 29 member organizations, including numerous fashion councils, fashion weeks, research and educational institutions, represents more than 10,000 European companies in the fashion sector, ranging from micro-enterprises to large corporations.

 One of the main topics during the meeting was the “Green Deal” formulated by the European Union in 2019 by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases to zero by 2050, to which the fashion industry must also urgently contribute, according to the commitment of the EFA. The Alliance aims to contribute significantly to achieving a CO₂-neutral, environmentally sustainable, non-toxic and completely circular textile industry and to raise and sensitise the awareness of fashion producers, designers and consumers.

To this end, four pillars on which the targeted measures are to be based were defined during the meeting in Gran Canaria: sustainability, education, policy and innovation.
The European Fashion Alliance believes that sustainability and digital transformation, together with innovation, education and labor market measures, will be the drivers for the fashion industry to make textiles more durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable. To accelerate this transition process, EFA will therefor also focus on the cross-cultural exchanges and interactions between creatives and support young talents as drivers of change through actions, research and campaigning.

CECILIE THORSMARK – COPENHAGEN FASHION WEEK “A fashion week can take advantage of its position to accelerate change and demand change – to move the industry forward. But fashion weeks must also take responsibility in sustainability, keeping in mind a reduced amount of ressources in production, lower carbon – emissions, etc.

For the period from 2023 to 2027, the European Fashion Alliance translates this belief into four main objectives based on the four defined pillars:
1.    Definition of an ethical, social and sustainable code of conduct for EFA members and by extension for the fashion industry.

2.    A new Green Deal for fashion at European level representing fashion culture and business, founded on a European-based circular and social fashion eco-system based on shared data and a shared measurement data system.

3.    Creation and enforcing of sustainable and technological training and social & cultural responsibility practices for EFA key stakeholders.

4.    Empowerment of Generation Z and the new generations as leading forces of value in digital, circular and social transition of the fashion industry.

The members agree that the vision and objectives of the EFA must be translated into concrete action plans and policy frameworks within the next two to three years to drive change. This can only be achieved with a solid understanding of the needs and challenges of the fashion industry, especially the creative and design-oriented stakeholders.

DILYS WILLIAMS – CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE FASHION “We should not only change the content of fashion, but also change the rules and goals of fashion. Fashion is often evaluated in economic terms by growth and numbers. But it is important to create value in cultural terms. To communicate what fashion can contribute to people's well-being and what impact – positive and negative – it has on our society.”

For 2023, EFA will therefore launch a Europe-wide survey through its members to investigate the needs and challenges of micro, small, medium and large enterprises operating in the fashion and textile industry, as well as education and research-oriented and other industry-related stakeholders.

The knowledge gained from this should enable EFA to create a priority-driven policy framework in response to the current legislation resulting from, amongst others, the European Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles and the creation of new EU policies and programs to support fashion and creative industries. The aim is to give stakeholders a better understanding of European legislation – an area in which many creative entrepreneurs are still “lost in translation”.

Moreover, EFA will involve and empower young talents and voices by actively engaging them in leadership roles and activities within the organization alongside established brands and organizations. 

PASCAL MORAND – FEDERATION DE LA HAUTE COUTURE ET DE LA MODE “Fashion goes beyond the market, it’s about culture. We are in a market economy; it also concerns those who are not in the market to understand that creative fashion can play a sustainable engine role more globally”

ABOUT EFA

The European Fashion Alliance is the first transnational alliance of European fashion institutions. It aims to promote a fertile, sustainable and inclusive ecosystem for European fashion. EFA acts as a strong collective voice advocating and accelerating the transition of European fashion to a more sustainable, innovative, inclusive and creative future.

 

ASOCIACION CREADORES DE MODA DE ESPANA – AUSTRIAN FASHION ASSOCIATION – BALTIC FASHION FEDERATION – BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL – BULGARIAN FASHION ASSOCIATION – CAMERA NAZIONALE DELLA MODA ITALIANA – CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE FASHION – COPENHAGEN FASHION WEEK – COUNCIL OF IRISH FASHION DESIGNERS – ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS – FASHION COUNCIL GERMANY – FÉDÉRATION DE LA HAUTE COUTURE ET DE LA MODE – FÉDÉRATION FRANÇAISE DU PRÊT À PORTER FÉMININ – FINNISH TEXTILE & FASHION – FLANDERS DC- GLOBAL FASHION AGENDA- HUNGARIAN FASHION DESIGN AGENCY – ISLANDIC FASHION COUNCIL - MODA-FAD – MODALISBOA – MODA CALIDA - MODE SUISSE – NORWEGIAN FASHION HUB – SKOPJE FASHION WEEKEND – SLOWAK FASHION COUNCIL – SWEDISH FASHION COUNCIL – TASKFORCE FASHION – THE PRINCE’S FOUNDATION – WALLONIE-BRUXELLES DESIGN MODE.

An update from Team FASHIONCLASH

FASHIONCLASH has moved organically over the years, driven by commitment, intuition and friendship. Since 2009, we have realized more than 200 projects and offered more than 1000 designers and artists a stage and supported them in their practice development. Always driven by a community of designers, friends, family, entrepreneurs, visitors, volunteers and other colleagues or passers-by. The campaign of the 14th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival is an ode to that. 

Things are constantly changing. Nawie Kuiper and Laurens Hamacher have decided after 14 years to further develop their dreams and ambitions outside of FASHIONCLASH. They will leave the team on December 31 2022, and step down from the board of the foundation. 

Branko Popovic, Els Petit and Jessie Beurskens continue in the same vision, mission and spirit of FASHIONCLASH to use fashion for a positive change in the (fashion) world and support the new generation of designers. They build on a hospitable and indestructible house on which Nawie and Laurens have left an indelible mark. 

FASHIONCLASH is entering a new phase, professionally and personally. It's exciting, but it always has been. Filled with pride, love and carried by friendship, we thank all who have supported FASHIONCLASH, and in advance everyone who will continue and/or do so. 

Our biggest THANKS goes out to champions and top colleagues, in heart and in deed, that are Nawie and Laurens. Founders and honorary members of FASHIONCLASH Family! 

All photos: Laura Knipsael

FASHIONCLASH in De Makers Podcast #131

De Makers Podcast is dé podcast voor makers, artiesten en liefhebbers. Theatermaker Dide Vonk bevraagt in deze podcast andere makers hoe zij leven & ondernemen in de kunst & cultuur sector.

Aflevering #131 van De Makers Podcast staat in het teken van… FASHIONCLASH Festival! In deze aflevering spreekt ze met co-founder Branko Popovic en deelnemers Jessica Joosse en Fabienne van der Weiden van fashiontech studio LABELEDBY en Joline Kwakkenbos en Britt Liberg van Elliot Collective. Ze hebben het over hoe je een modelabel opbouwt. Hoe kom je aan geld en hoe start je samenwerkingen? En hoe zorg je dat je volhoudt? Dit, en nog veel meer hoor je in de ruim 1 uur durende aflevering!

Heb je er liever beeld bij? De aflevering staat ook op YouTube!

Winners of Bilbao International Art&Fashion BIAAF Contest 2022

Jef Montes, Tal Maslavi and Asier Quintana Villa, winners of our VIII edition of the Bilbao International Art&Fashion BIAAF Contest.

The young designers have been awarded, respectively, with the Best Apparel Design Award, Best Accessory Design, each with a prize of 10,000 euros, and the Iñaki Azkuna Award for Best Emerging Basque Designer, with a prize of 5,000 euros.

The Dutch designer Jef Montes won the Best Design Award; the Israeli Tal Maslavi received the Best Accessories Award; and the Biscayan Asier Quintana Villa received the Iñaki Azkuna Award for Best Basque Emerging Designer.

La Terminal Building, in the renewed creative area of Zorrozaurre, was the venue for this year’s awards ceremony, which was attended by the Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Maria Aburto; the Provincial Councilor for Economic Promotion of Bizkaia, Ainara Basurko; the Councilor for Economic Development, Commerce and Employment of the City of Bilbao, Xabier Otxandiano, the Councilor of the Youth and Sports Area of the City of Bilbao, Itxaso Erroteta, and the Director of the Youth and Sports Area of the City of Bilbao, Idoia Uriarte, among others.

The winners of the three categories were chosen from among more than 1,300 proposals from promising young designers from 92 different countries who participated in the contest. The international jury was chaired by Javier Alonso Partner of Let’s Grow in Fashion and Lifestyle Business Angel, with representatives of the LVMH group, Vogue and the Balenciaga Museum, as well as leading Spanish fashion designers such as Miriam Ocariz and Mercedes de Miguel, who chose the 30 finalists of the contest in May.

The 30 finalists’ pieces can be seen until June 19 in a unique exhibition at La Terminal Building.

This edition has been characterized by artistic and cultural references such as Pop Art by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, the novel ‘1984’ by George Orwell, the film ‘Inception’ by Christopher Nolan, the mobile sculptures of Alexander Calder, Dadaism or Performative Art. The proposals received, in fact, have shown this year that “fashion is above all a means of artistic and creative expression,” stresses the organization.

The 30 finalist collections reflect the concerns and hopes of these young designers, many of them students at prestigious universities and fashion schools around the world (Parsons, FIT, Central Saint Martin’s, London College of Fashion, Shenkar, Kyoto Seika University, KADK, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Antwerp, Polimoda, IED…).

Despite the incredible designs that were finalists in this edition, only three of them were the winners of the three prizes that were awarded that night.

The award for Best Outfit Design was for Jef Montes (Netherlands – ArtEZ University of the Arts). The Dutchman took the first prize for his collection Marinero. Manufactured by rain, Marinero is a work that is inspired by the growth of flowers and plants. The sea and water have been very important in his work, as Jef Montes has used new materials and techniques in the creation of Marinero. From algae materials to create yarns and dye prototypes to filaments of smart materials, all of it brought together in a provocative and innovative design that has created unique 3D shapes.

In the accessories category, Tal Maslavi (Israel) from Shenkar College of Engineering and Design won the award for Best Accessory Design. A groundbreaking accessories collection, based on the cynical reality in which we live that seeks to challenge and rethink things in the world, this is how the artist described his work. Inspired by Dadaism, the collection’s accessories try to reflect the cynicism and lack of clarity of the era in which we live.

The last award of the evening for Best Emerging Basque Designer was received by Asier Quintana Villa, a student at the Royal Danish Academy, for his Logela collection. The Basque designer was inspired by the combination of Performance Art and the design process to shape a collection that explores five emotions connected with the bedroom: fear, roots, refuge, creativity, and self-discovery. Asier employed different shades of black in the process that helped him tell a story through the various textures of each garment. This combination of materials and shades results in an innovative project that reveals the tailoring techniques applied.

Jef Montes

European Fashion Councils create first European Fashion Alliance

Taskforce Fashion, a coalition of three Dutch fashion platforms (State of Fashion, M-ODE and FASHIONCLASH) has joined European Fashion Alliance.

Frankfurt Agreement: 25 European fashion institutions creating the “European Fashion Alliance”. A powerful new network of fashion organisations aiming to unite and change the European fashion landscape.

Berlin, 21 June 2022. The first real transnational alliance of European fashion councils and institutions is founded by 25 European fashion organizations aiming to empower a prosperous, sustainable and inclusive European fashion ecosystem. During a two-day summit in Frankfurt at the end of March 2022, Fashion Council Germany brought together the most leading European fashion organisations to form a coalition of change, with the support of Messe Frankfurt and its global Texpertise Network.

Inspired by the words of Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth calling for the reinforcement of the fashion industry on European level, the Alliance aims to be a strong common voice advocating for and accelerating the transition of European fashion towards a more sustainable, innovative and inclusive creative future.

With the Frankfurt Agreement, the European fashion organisations decided to join this new industry coalition and the intention to develop collectively an active and reactive strategy for the industry’s need to change in the next months.

The Alliance is created to strengthen and enlarge a new network of councils and institutions to develop a common understanding of practical objectives of how the fashion industry and its multiple actors, support organisations and indirectly SMEs and large companies and professionals, can collectively help to transform the industry and protect the planet and all its inhabitants better. With this Alliance, the European fashion organisations who are representing a large and unique part of the fashion industry, aim collectively to reinforce European fashion on a sustainable, inclusive, innovative and promotional level and to accelerate the translation of these objectives into realistic actions and policy recommendations.
With this one-of-a-kind network of European fashion councils, promotion institutions, incubators and clusters the new Alliance aims not only to share, educate and research market knowledge, contacts and best practices but also to advocate at European level with different economic, political and social stakeholders for a prosperous future.

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, stated in her opening speech at the Frankfurt summit on 23rd of March 2022: “Fashion is a key industry for creative design. I know that you have come together today, to discuss amongst others, the possibility of creating the European Fashion Alliance. I personally think this is a brilliant idea. See me as a facilitator and count on my support.”

The first summit in March was supported by Messe Frankfurt, the world’s leading organiser of textile trade fairs. Messe Frankfurt’s Texpertise Network, a combination of a global network and expertise in the international textile business held in high regard worldwide, currently comprises 60 international events for the entire textile sector including the segments of Apparel Fabrics & Fashion, Interior & Contract Textiles, Technical Textiles & Textile Processing, and Textile Care. Today, 21st June, the European fashion alliance uses this international platform to present its vision & mission during a panel talk.

The EFA members invite other similar mindset organizations to support its mission and ambition to create a better future by joining the alliance. The next summit of the European Fashion Alliance will take place during Gran Canaria Swim Week by Mode Cálida from the 18th till 21st of October 2022.

Members of the European Fashion Alliance:
Asociación Creadores De Moda de España (Spain), https://creadores.org/
Austrian Fashion Association (Austria), https://www.austrianfashionassociation.at
Baltic Fashion Federation (Latvia), https://bffederation.com
Bulgarian Fashion Association (Bulgaria), https://www.bgfa.eu/
Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana (Italy), https://www.cameramoda.it/
Copenhagen Fashion Week (Denmark), https://copenhagenfashionweek.com/
Council of Irish Fashion Designers (Ireland), https://irishfashiondesigners.com/
Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonia)https://dima.artun.ee/
Fashion Council Germany (Germany); https://www.fashion-council-germany.org/
Fédération de la Haute Couture de la Mode (France), https://fhcm.paris/fr/
Fédération Français du Prêt-à-Porter Féminin (France), https://pretaporter.com/
Flanders DC (Belgium), https://www.flandersdc.be/en
Icelandic Fashion Council (Iceland) , www.fatahonnunarfelag.is
Global Fashion Agenda, https://globalfashionagenda.org
Gran Canaria Moda Cálida (Spain), https://www.grancanariamodacalida.com/
MODA-FAD (Spain), https://www.fad.cat/moda-fad/en
Mode Suisse (Switzerland), https://www.modesuisse.com/
Modalisboa (Portugal), https://www.modalisboa.pt
Norwegian Fashion Hub (Norway), https://www.norwegianfashionhub.com
Slovak Fashion Council, (Slovakia), https://slovakfashioncouncil.sk/
Swedish Fashion Council (Sweden), https://www.swedishfashioncouncil.se
Finnish Textile & Fashion (Finland), https://www.stjm.fi/
Taskforce Fashion (Netherlands), https://taskforcefashion.nl/
The Prince’s Foundation (UK), https://princes-foundation.org/
Wallonie Bruxelles Design Mode (Belgium), https://www.wbdm.be

www.europeanfashionalliance.org


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FASHIONCLASH x Balaton Sound

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FASHIONCLASH teamed up with Balaton Sound festival, that will take place June 29 - July 2 in Zamárdi - Lake Balaton (Hungary).

Within the context of their fashion show programme Belgian fashion designer Sander Bos will showcase work from his Miss Bos brand.

Especially for FASHIONCLASH community, there is a 15% discount Promo code which can be used until 14 June. Promo code ‘FASHIONCLASH’ is valid for passes and tickets only. Discount code will get you 15 % off your purchase when applied at online checkout and only can be redeemed for 1 pass or 1 ticket at once.

Get your tickets!

Balaton Sound, one of the largest and most colourful open-air electronic beach festivals in Europe, set in the sunny and scenic Lake Balaton in Hungary, is returning for 2022 offering an unrivalled luxury VIP experience featuring some of the biggest global electronic music artists, such as Alesso, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, as well as the award winning Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Fisher, Paul Kalkbrenner, Robin Schulz and many more.

https://balatonsound.com

Miss Bos is the brand and brain child of designer Sander Bos. Sander was born and raised in Hasselt Belgium. After studying Art is high school, he decided to take his love for art and take it to fashion. He completed his Master of fashion design from the Royal academy of fine arts in Antwerp. Swiftly after that he started his own brand which would "become a Belgian fashion house that projects impressions from modern art".
Not much after that Sande Bos entered Making the cut, a tv-program which focuses on a fashion competition, where he landed in the finals. The Miss Bos line is a subline of the Sander Bos brand. Keeping the essence of Sander Bos, the line stays a reflection of modern art, but adding a layer of wearability. The clothing comes from the same inspiration, but a different perspective.

www.missbos.be

Zlin Design Week 2022

The Best in Design – Best of ´22 exhibition opening
photo Vojtěch Plhák

Branko Popovic, co-director of FASHIONCLASH, took part in the jury panel of the The Best in Design international competion that takes place in the context of Zlin Design Week. In addition, he attend the design week in person and was invited to provide a workshop.

After two hybrid years, affected by Covid-19, Zlin Design Week returned in full force. From May 6th until May 13th, the extensive program of exhibitions, workshops, fashion shows and conferences took place at various locations.

Although perhaps an unknown destination for many foreign design enthusiasts, the city of Zlin with its industrial past, manufacturing industry and strong educational network has the perfect ingredients to function as a platform for design thinking and showcasing. The program is not only extensive in its set up, but especially in the multi-layered attention to quality and content.
In addition, the program has a strong focus on inclusive design, which is not so far-fetched at all; Bata's socialist ideal and caring for workers provides a foundation for this narrative.

Read the full report on Branko’s blog.

On Sunday evening May 8th, Zlin Design Week presented a live fashion show for the first time.
The show featured collections by Lukáš Krnáč who studied at the Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Michaela Hriňová (Aimoffcl), Tamara Koperová, Studio 3 a collective of three designers, Miyogiji, promising brand Famale Official by Petra Famlerová, Šárka Zejdová, Alexandra Kondačová and Zuzana Ľos-Božiková who is currently a 4th year BA student at the Fashion Design Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. Singer Giudi supported this year ZDW with her live performance, which added a nice element to the packed fashion show.
More about the fashion show on Branko’s blog.

top 3 of the fashion design categoty of Best in Design contest:
Kristýna Šenkýřová Lovasová, Václav Černý and Milan Florián Flíček

photo Sára Mašková

FASHIONCLASH winner Inspiratieprijs Cultuurfonds Limburg 2021

FASHIONCLASH wint Inspiratieprijs Cultuurfonds Limburg 2021

Branko Popovic, Nawie Kuiper, Laurens Hamacher en Jessie Beurskens, oprichters, inspiratoren en coaches van FASHIONCLASH winnen dit jaar de Inspiratieprijs van het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Limburg. Zij vallen in de categorie digitale technologie als ambacht binnen kunst en ontwerp. Edmond Staal, vice-voorzitter van het Cultuurfonds Limburg, reikt de prijs op 25 november uit. De prijs bestaat uit een bedrag van € 15.000 en een glasobject van kunstenares Ruth Houkes.

Sinds 2009 is FASHIONCLASH onder leiding van Branko Popovic, Nawie Kuiper en Laurens Hamacher actief als een ontwikkeling en interdisciplinair showcase platform voor mode. Sinds een aantal jaren is het team aangevuld met Jessie Beurskens, die net als de grondleggers afgestudeerd is aan de Kunstacademie van Maastricht. De prijs is tijdelijk verhoogd door een toegenomen behoefte aan steun aan initiatieven in cultuur en natuur in deze periode.

Branko Popovic, Nawie Kuiper, Laurens Hamacher en Jessie Beurskens belichamen de reden waarom deze prijs wordt uitgereikt. Voor jong en oud in de kunsten zijn zij een voorbeeld voor de wijze waarop zij thema’s zoals inclusie en diversiteit bespreekbaar en zichtbaar maken. Hun maatschappelijk engagement en verbindende rol is onlosmakelijk verbonden met de wijze waarop zij het platform aansturen. De cultuurregio Zuid-Limburg heeft met deze inspiratoren een parel in huis die gekoesterd moet worden naar de bescheiden mening van de jury.

Uit het juryrapport:

“FASHIONCLASH durft letterlijk de clash op te zoeken, door diverse disciplines en media - waaronder digitale technologie - in te zetten om de eigen positie en die van de deelnemers te bevragen in een verrassende CLASH. Zij weten talenten op een innoverende manier mee te nemen in de jaarlijkse thematieken die een kritische reflectie zijn op maatschappelijke vraagstukken, beeldende kunst en vormgeving. FASHIONCLASH speelt voor die jonge talenten de rol van katalysator.”

De jury bestaat uit Chequita Nahar, voorzitter jury en bestuurslid Cultuurfonds; Peter Missotten, lector Technology Driven Art ZUYD; Hans Gubbels, algemeen directeur Discovery Museum; John Gubbels, bestuurslid Cultuurfonds en Mariëlle van Eijs, jurysecretaris.

Over het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds

Het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds brengt mensen, werelden en ideeën samen om cultuur en natuur te laten leven. Dankzij onze bijdragen, fondsen en prijzen ontstaan nieuwe culturele initiatieven en wordt cultureel erfgoed behouden. Dat doen we met schenkers en makers, liefhebbers en experts, bedenkers en beschermers. En met de bijdrages van de VriendenLoterij, de Nederlandse Loterij en van al onze donateurs. Het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Limburg is een van de twaalf provinciale afdelingen. www.cultuurfonds.nl

OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival - ‘Local and In-depth’

OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival ‘Local and In-depth’ Edition
30October —30November

2021OBSESSED! is a biennial jewelry festival that takes place in various cities throughout the Netherlands -Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Apeldoorn, Den Bosch, Eindhoven and Belgium -Antwerp.

The upcoming third edition of OBSESSED! connects the best jewelry related events -museum and gallery exhibitions, artist open studios, pop-ups, lectures, fairs and book launches -into one intriguing program curated by Current Obsession.
@currentobsessionmagWith this edition's overarching theme of 'Local and Deep', CO seeks to highlight and support local 'gems' -by opening museum archives and studio doors to our global audience.

Share your OBSESSED! experiences via #obsessedwithjewellery
See full programme on www.obsessedwithjewellery.com

Animation by Marc Ferrer Vives @msistemaand | soundscape by Matthias Kispert @mkispert | Website by @www_stuudio

Chiron Floris x Young Office Bonnefantenmuseum

FASHIONCLASH connected fashion designer Chiron Floris to Young Office of Bonnefontenmuseum.
Here below you can see the results of the collaboration.

'I designed a signature piece that represents the spirit of YOUNG OFFICE. A great source of inspiration during the design process was Grayson Perry's Walthamtsow Tapestry. Each jacket has its own unique and patchwork, designed and made by a member of YOUNG OFFICE' - Chiron Floris

IG: Chiron Floris
More about Young Office here

Photography by Guy Houben

Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem 2021 re- examines the PURPOSE of the current fashion system

The new edition of the Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem will officially start soon on the 3rd of June 2021. This year, together with designers, artists and partners, the festival has a hybrid character due to the current global pandemic.
Together with designers, partners and curators Fashion + Design Festival Arnhem will investigate how the desire for a deeper purpose manifests itself in fashion and design. And how the fashion system is reinventing itself, after the reset.
It is about PURPOSE, but certainly also about REPURPOSE and a reset of the fashion system in a contemplative way. The festival zooms in on the way in which fashion and product design responds to the changing focus from material to immaterial happiness and purpose, based on the ten dimensions.

The ten dimensions refer to domains such as consumption, gender equality, ratio, emotion, empathy and are derived from the Tree of Life of Kabbalistic teachings, with the aim of finding a perfect balance in a combination of these dimensions. The entire program this year is focused on showing different paradigms in the dimensions, allowing visitors to see that contemporary ideas about PURPOSE, sustainability to find a new balance and fundamental mentality shift.

The seventh edition of the festival will take place from 3 June to 3 July 2021 in Arnhem city center, with a COVID-19 proof set-up, a high-quality hybrid festival, where online and offline events alternate and complement each other. Every week a number of dimensions from the overarching theme 'PURPOSE' are highlighted. FDFA offers depth on the theme every week by means of videos and hybrid events. The programming takes place mainly on Thursdays and Fridays in June and is organized in collaboration with partners of the FDFA.

The digital program consists of an opening week with designer talks on the theme PURPOSE within the ten dimensions. Throughout the month, the FDFA presents digital programs, such as video interviews with the talents within the dimensions, how they create videos about the creative process and craft with local Arnhem designers and substantive visual installations. The FDFA lets experts talk about the hacks for a sustainable, upcycled wardrobe, and where clothing comes from.

The FDFA gives a seminar on PURPOSE & RE-PURPOSE and within the themes talks are hosted about sustainable projects such as The Linen Project and Fashion For Good about the future of circular design and new biobased materials. The Linen Project is investigating whether it is possible to start the local production of flax, linen and (linen) products in a sustainable manner in the Netherlands, so that the quality and origin of the products can be brought back to a local level. On the interactive parts, workshops are given in crafts such as screen printing and knitting. During the Fashion Month, the final exam students of ArtEZ University of Arts and Rijn IJssel Creative Industry will show their graduation collections.

View the program: www.fdfarnhem.nl/programma

Image credit:
1. Collectie Arnhem - Photo: Wendelien Daan / Styling: Mary-Lou Berkulin / model: Lisette Ros
2. PAINTED SERIES (SASKIA VAN DRIMMELEN EN MARGREET SWEERTS) Model Liv tenThije (Tjarda Model Management) / Photo Wendelien Daan ©2020 / Styling Mary-Lou Berkulin

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FASHIONCLASH doet mee met Anjeractie.

Van 28 mei tot en met 5 juni doet FASHIONCLASH mee aan de jaarlijkse actie van het Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. In totaal collecteren 1182 organisatie in het hele land om geld op te halen voor lokale cultuur en natuur. Samen spelen ze een belangrijke rol om dorpen, buurten en regio’s bruisender te maken.

De collecte is dit jaar voor de tweede keer mobiel, via appjes, mailtjes en social media. De opbrengst van de actie is voor de organisaties die actievoeren.

FASHIONCLASH voert actie om jonge makers te helpen werk te ontwikkelen en te tonen aan breed publiek. En juist nu willen we verder experimenteren met digitalisering en presentatie vormen om het podium te kunnen blijven bieden.

FASHIONCLASH biedt podium en ondersteuning aan jonge ontwerpers en kunstenaars, plaatst mode in maatschappelijke context en draag zo bij aan positieve verandering in de samenleving. Daarnaast zijn de activiteiten van FASHIONCLASH voor een breed publiek.
Het is juist nu gebleken hoe kwetsbaar de jonge makers zijn en het bieden van platform is heel hard nodig. Om door te kunnen gaan als platform en om te innoveren is het noodzakelijk om juist nu te investeren in digitalisering.
Denk aan het maken van opnames, inhuren van techniek en het mogelijk maken van livestream om activiteiten van FASHIONCLASH voor zoveel mogelijk bereikbaar te houden. Het opgehaalde bedrag zal direct en concreet gebruikt worden voor digitalisering van de 13e editie van FASHIONCLASH Festival.

Doneer via de onderstaande QR-code een bedrag naar keuze.

https://cultuurfonds.gift/c/mobiele-collecte-2021?p=44239055

Redress Design Award 2021 Semi Finalists

The Redress Design Award announced the semi-finalists of its 11th cycle – 30 talented sustainable designers from across the globe representing the future of fashion. This year, for the first time in the programme’s history, the public has been invited as an official judge to determine via online vote one designer from the semi-finalists to directly enter the final round of the competition. The winner of this People's Choice Award will present their collection at the Grand Final Show in September 2021, alongside nine other finalists to be selected by an international panel of expert judges.

Help decide which of the 30 Redress Design Award Semi-finalists will win the title of People’s Choice 2021! Simply select your favourite sustainable fashion designer based on their sketches and written statement, and hit ‘NEXT’.

Voting closes on 8 May 2021. The most voted-for designer will be announced along with the Redress Design Award 2021 finalists on 13 May 2021.

By voting, your name will be entered into a draw for a chance to win a copy of Redress’ ‘Dress [with] Sense: The Practical Guide to a Conscious Closet’, a stylish guide to environment-friendly ways of buying, wearing, caring for, and decluttering your wardrobe.

The Redress Design Award 2021’s Semi-finalists are:
●Federico Badini Confalonieri, United Kingdom
●Nawoda Bandara, Sri Lanka
●Saskia Baur-Schmid, Australia
●Jessica Chang, Taiwan
●Ruwanthi Gajadeera, Sri Lanka
●Saraansh Gupta, India
●Purnima Jain, India
●Jin Pei-Wen, Taiwan
●Paula Keilholz, Germany
●Isabella Li Kostrzewa, United States of America
●Psy Lau, Hong Kong
●Jasmine Leung, Hong Kong
●Liu Jing, Hong Kong
●Liu Feng, Mainland China
●Ffion Martin, United Kingdom
●Andra Nistor, United Kingdom
●Tulika Ranjan, India
●Sofia Sanchez, United Kingdom
●Lucy Saunders, United Kingdom
●Lili Sipeki, United Kingdom
●Friederike Snelting, Germany
●Berivan Tomay, United Kingdom
●Sabine Viksne, Latvia
●Kristina Vyzaite, United Kingdom
●Wei Jia , Mainland China
●Felipe Wu, United Kingdom
●Xia Mingwei, Mainland China
●Xu YiDan, Mainland China
●Taofeeq Yahaya, Nigeria
●Sheeky Yue, Mainland China

www.redressdesignaward.com/2021/semi-finalists

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Makers in gesprek met demissionair minister Ingrid van Engelshoven

Creatieve Makers in gesprek digitaal in gesprek met Ingrid van Engelshoven

Zelfstandigen in de culturele en creatieve sector worden extra hard geraakt door de coronacrisis. Demissionair minister Ingrid van Engelshoven sprak met 14 makers uit verschillende disciplines over de impact die de crisis op hun werk heeft: ‘We moeten ervoor zorgen dat de cultuursector sterker uit deze crisis komt. Ook een volgend kabinet moet hier stappen op zetten. Belangrijk is ervoor te zorgen dat de steun bij de mensen terecht komt waarvoor het bedoeld is’.

Op uitnodiging van Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie heeft Branko Popovic namens FASHIONCLASH deelgenomen aan het gesprek.

Link naar de post: Linkedin

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De Modeshow Podcast

Branko Popovic, van FASHIONCLASH team was te gest bij de tweede aflevering van De Modeshow podcast. De Modeshow is een initiatief van mode journaliste Georgette Koning die hiermee platform geeft aan verschillende waarden gedreven modemakers.

Aflevering 02: Idealisme, inclusiviteit, identiteit gaat over over mode & inspiratie. Waar moet je als modeontwerper je inspiratie vandaan halen om relevant te zijn?

“In deze aflevering praat ik met drie gasten over mode en inspiratie. De mode-industrie ligt onder een vergrootglas. Bij een nieuwe generatie ontwerpers spelen ethische waarden als inclusiviteit, culturele identiteit en gender een grote rol. Duurzaamheid is al een gegeven, maar de draagbaarheid van de kleding is veel minder een vereiste. Wat ik mij afvraag: Waar moet je als betrokken modeontwerper je inspiratie vandaan halen om relevant te zijn?  Wat wil de hedendaagse modeontwerper precies bereiken? Gaat het ‘nieuwe ontwerpen’ ten koste van het aloude ambacht? Wélke gevolgen heeft dat allemaal voor het beroep van modeontwerper?

 Ik praat met Bonne Reijn oprichter van Bonne Suits, over wat zijn inspiratie was voor het ontwerpen van zijn succesvolle ‘poor man’s suit’. De Arubaanse Darwin Winklaar studeerde mode aan de Rietveld Academie met een performance over zijn culturele identiteit. Branko Popovic, mede-oprichter van het jaarlijkse mode-event FASHIONCLASH Festival, vertelt over het nut van het festival en hoe elke editie hem een nieuwe wereld brengt met nieuwe perspectieven. “Er zijn altijd ontwerpers die hoop brengen en daar moet een podium voor worden gegeven.”

Beluister de aflevering en abboneer je op de podcast: www.demodeshow.nl

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Chromarama, the role of design in colour blindness

From 4 to 7 February 2021, Kukka presents the textile project Chromarama, with an online exhibition from De Wasserij in Rotterdam.

Chromarama questions one of the most basic aspects of design: colour. Chromarama investigates colour perception and experience by people with Colour Vision Deficiency (CVD), more commonly known as colour blindness, translated into jacquard woven tapestries. For most people seeing all colours comes naturally. Yet 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are colour blind. What role can design (education) play? How do you ensure that visual information is not lost? How can we take visual limitations into account in both functional and aesthetic design?  
This artistic research has been translated into five jacquard woven tapestries. The graphic colour studies, inspired by Josef Albers and the Ishihara test, play with shape, contrast, texture, subtle shine, pattern and tactility. This talk discusses the research process and the design of the tapestries. With Chromarama, Kukka wants to contribute to a (design) world, where there is room for valuable experiences of people with a visual impairment or disability.

The exhibition opens on Thursday, February 4 at 11:00 am with an online tour. Laura Luchtman from Kukka will tell more about the project in a virtual lecture on Friday 5 February at 11:00 am. Both events can be followed online for free.

More information:
Practical information exhibition “Chromarama” | online
Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 February

Thursday February 4 | 11:00 - 12:00
virtual opening with artist talk via Instagram Live @kukkadesign

Friday February 5 | 11:00 - 11:40
virtual lecture via Zoom, register for free via Eventbrite

Chromarama is made possible by Dutch Creative Industries Fund, Stokroos Foundation, TextielMuseum and De Wasserij.

Photography by Studio Soest

Photo by Iris Tempelaar

Photo by Iris Tempelaar

About Kukka
Kukka is Laura Luchtman's textile and surface design studio. Kukka focuses on experimental colour and material research and is driven by the ecological and social aspects of sustainability. Through groundbreaking approaches to textiles, colour, production and consumption, Kukka aims to change our perception and provide opportunities for a more conscious industry. 

www.kukka.nl

Redress Design Award 2021 now open for entries

Leading sustainability NGO Redress opened the highly anticipated 2021 cycle of the Redress Design Award, the renowned global sustainable fashion design competition, now in its 11th cycle. With lead sponsorship from Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Redress continues to propel collective effort to reduce global waste in the fashion industry. This cycle’s prizes include US$10,000 (HK$80,000) in development funding, and bespoke mentorships with world-renowned sustainable fashion experts.

Deadline for entries: 15 March 2021

Additionally, the Redress Design Award 2021 kicks off with a new edition of its Pathway Course, a tailored circular and sustainable fashion design curriculum free to all designers and now open for registration. The 4-session digital course complements Redress’ open-access LEARN platform, which supports emerging designers on a global scale with regularly-updated content on the latest sustainable design practices, with key guides now available in 5 languages.

Educating emerging designers on sustainable design theories and techniques is core to the Redress Design Award programme and its mission to drive growth towards a circular fashion system.

Redress Founder and Board Chair, Christina Dean said, “We must shift education urgently if we are to transform the fashion industry which, post-Covid, is rebuilding itself with sustainability at the centre. Now is the time to act. The industry is screaming for knowledgeable professionals to enter the market with ideas, techniques and creativity that can steer fashion through crisis and onto something more meaningful.”

In addition to CreateHK, sponsors of this year’s Redress Design Award include key industry leaders TAL Group and Avery Dennison, all of whom complement Redress’ mission through their commitment to a more sustainable industry.

More information:
www.redressdesignaward.com