Jury
Filep Motwary, Editor at Large der Vogue Greece
An international jury with experts from design, industry, trade, communication and media will select the prize winners in two rounds according to defined criteria. First, 20 finalists will be selected from all applications. In Berlin, the prize winners in the categories will be selected. The jury’s decision is not legally contestable.
The members of the Jury FASH 2020
The other members of the jury will be announced shortly.
Joel S. Horwitz, Design Consultant (VOGUE Collection, adidas, Review, KIOMI und J. Lindeberg). He won the “Designer for Tomorrow” (Peek & Cloppenburg) and the Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award with his diloma collection at the Berlin University of the Arts and was able to present his designs at the Fashion Week in Tokyo.
Filep Motwary is the Editor at Large of Vogue Greece. The journalist and photographer is considered as one of the most knowledgeable experts of upcoming designers in Europe and he is often invited to mentor young creatives and to participate in various juries at fashion schools.
Between 2011-2015 he collaborated closely with the Hyères Festival.
For the past 10 years, Motwary serves as the Fashion Features Editor of Dapper Dan Magazine. As curator and author in 2016 he presented both the book and exhibition “Haute-à-Porter“ (Lannoo) at the Modemuseum of Hasselt while this year he released his second publication titled “Theorem[a]: The Body, Emotion + Politics in Fashion“ (Skira) Since 2005, he has interviewed over 350 leading experts from the world of fashion. www.filepmotwary.com
Joachim Schirrmacher works as a Creative Consultant in Berlin. He offer his 25 years of expertise in fashion and design for governments, corporate and academic clients. He wrote for renowned Media like Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Since 2004 he is Project Director of the European Fashion Award FASH by SDBI.
Kerstin Strauss is Creative Director at Engelbert Strauss, Europe’s market leader in workwear. She is a creative, driven leader with over fifteen years of retail operations and brand management experience.
In 2018, she founded the Workwear Couture label, which combines workwear with haute couture which has premiered in the likes of Los Angeles and Berlin.
Mi-Kyong Yeom has almost 25 years’ experience in the fashion business as a fashion designer. She has worked across Asia and Europe for various fashion houses, such as Akris and Hugo Boss. Mi-Kyong is currently the Head of Design for Alpha Tauri and Red Bull.
Moderation: Helge Aszmoneit
Helge Aszmoneit is responsible for Information Services at the Rat für Formgebung (German Design Council). Since 1987 she has headed one of the most important design libraries in Germany with almost 20,000 books and numerous international journals in the fields of industrial and product design, visual communication, architecture, advertising and fashion. The research, evaluation and communication of content for students, designers, media and companies is the focus of her work.
Helge Aszmoneit is also a renowned expert for design competitions, which she has conceived and carried out for over 20 years for the German Design Council and external clients. She is also a lecturer for seminars, lectures and consultations as well as teaching assignments at design universities. In a private research project, she is currently investigating the history of the creation and development of international design awards. www.german-design-council.de