Inspiring Designer Ying Gao

As a fashion designer and university professor, Ying Gao has achieved personal distinction through her numerous creative projects: six solo exhibitions in France, in Switzerland, in Canada, and participation in around sixty group exhibitions around the world (MAK Vienna, MFA Boston, Ars Electronica, and others). Her varied creative work has enjoyed international media coverage: over…

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Inspiring Designer Marina Toeters

Last tuesday I attented a lecture given by Marina Toeters, a designer and researcher on fashion technology. She started at MAHKU Utrecht by exploring the gap between designers and technicians in the world of fashion, which she finished with a Master of Art cum laude. She motivates collaboration for fashion innovation and is initiator of by-wire.net, which…

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Inspiring Designer Lauren Bowker

Lauren Bowker first started of as a student at the Manchester School of Art where she found her interest towards chemical engineering. For her graduation she designed the pollution sensing jacket, for which she received her first award. Lauren went on to study printed textiles at the Royal College of Art London, creating several additional colour-change…

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Internship GHIMELLS

To prepare myself for the graduation project I decided to take an internship with a haute couture fashion label to better understand the design processes and the way of working with the materials. GHIMELLS was enthusiastic about my story and gave me the opportunity to investigate how to create sustainable clothing. The elaborate study case…

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