Born on the initiative of Associazione Culturale Lazzari, Textile Design Contest2 is aimed at the creation of links between young designers who are about to enter the world of work and the domains of Textile, Fashion and Clothing Industries. Held with the co-operation of Regione Veneto, Provincia di Treviso and Comune di Treviso, IUAV University it is also sponsored by the Camera di Commercio, Ascom, Unindustria Treviso.

Entrants will be asked to create and design a fabric through design methods that border on actual professional performances, with a direct concrete approach to textile industry and the related fields of fashion and Italian fashion in particular. Any creator, aged 18 to 30, may enter the contest provided he/she is interested in the design and creation of fabrics. For example students of Fashion, Design and Art Faculties, students of Schools for textile technicians, of Architecture, Fashion and Graphic Design Institutes, as well as of Academies of the Fine Arts etc. are all eligible.

Deadline: Monday, 18 June 2007. Visit the site for details [PDF].

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