The Woolmark Company has increased its awards for the highly anticipated International Woolmark Awards this year to further explore and support emerging designers. In the Grand Prize, the Innovation Award was added to recognize the outstanding contributions of textile companies in the innovative research and development of wool fabrics and yarns.
The finalists in the Asian finals include:
Men's wear group: BMUET (TE) - Korea; PRONOUNCE - China; ROGGYKEI - Japan; SixLee - China; STAFFONLY - China.
Women's wear group: KYE-Korea; PEGGY HARTANTO-Indonesia; SHUSHU/TONG-China; YUIMA NAKAZATO-Japan.
The regional finals of the International Woolmark Awards will be held in Dubai, London, Milan, New York, Seoul and Sydney in July. The 65 finalists in the regional finals will receive AU$2,000 to produce entries. This year, the men's and women's team champions in the regional finals will receive a prize of AU$70,000 and compete for the global finals as a representative of each region. The amount of prizes for the men's and women's teams in the global finals will be further increased, and the two champion designers will each receive a prize of 200,000 Australian dollars.
The competition added a new innovation award to recognize the most creative fabrics or yarns in the final. Winners of the Innovation Awards will receive a $100,000 bonus and commercial promotion opportunities. Textile companies responsible for developing the fabric will have the opportunity to participate in The Woolmark Company's global trade promotion program.
“As the pressure on young designers continues to increase, we have re-adjusted the awards and given more attention and support to young design talents and partners,†said Stuart McCullough, Managing Director of The Woolmark Company.
“Every year, the finalists bring a lot of amazing works. When you feel that you may already know all the works, you will be amazed by the new fabric or yarn work, which is why we added the Innovation Award. The establishment of this award will further intensify the competition and make our trading partners gain global recognition and finally gain a head start in the wool market."
The Woolmark Company invited Jonathan Zawada, an Australian multi-agency artist based in Los Angeles, to design the Woolmark Awards Regional Finals and the Global Finals trophy. The versatile Zawada uses the marine plastic waste products produced by the Ocean Collection to make trophies. These marble-inspired marine plastic wastes are made from waste plastic recycled from the Australian coastline.
"I've been interested in green energy and recycling business through the use of recyclable materials trophy, the winners and I hope this work can feel like a sculptural beauty of art and appreciate the environmental significance it carries." Zawada representation .
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- 4. Bacterial cellulose fibre
- 5. Collagen Fibre
- 6. Fibre made from spider silk
- 7. Milk-weed fibre
- 8. Milk fibre or Casein fibre
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