New Craft The Leather competition begins
01/06/2017
The 2017 programme began with workshops and visits to tanneries in the Consorzio in mid-May with students and teachers from ten design schools around the world travelling to Italy to take part. Students now have until the winter to design and make products using veg-tanned leather each contestant selected during the visit to Tuscany. The winner of this year’s programme will be named at the February 2018 edition of Lineapelle.
Schools taking part this time are:
- Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo – Japan
- Central Saint Martin’s, London – UK
- Design School, Kolding – Denmark
- Fashion Institute of Technology, New York – US
- Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo – Japan
- Hochschule für Künste, Bremen – Germany
- Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid – Spain
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence – US
- Royal College of Art, London – UK
- SASK, Sint Niklaas – Belgium
Florence-based design professional and specialist in international and creative studies, Diane Becker, will once again be the programme leader for the competition.
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