FASH 2018 / 17. June 2018
Annika Klaas
1st Prize European Fashion Award – FASH 2018 Category Students |
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Concept |
I like to fathom the formal and technical potential of knitwear for the development and implementation of innovative concepts, whether for new designs – with a subtle interplay of structures and colors – or for shapes, that would not be manufacturable in classic tailoring. Knitting technology offers innovations in the production of knitwear, and computercontrolled knitting machines can reduce human work to a minimum, thus enabling a local production once more, as the Adidas Speedfactory demonstrates. This leads to new possibilities of design, like customization. My ideal is to use this potential for a holistic and sustainable design approach, also in interdisciplinary teams. |
Award Ceremony |
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Jury statement | A stringent, stylish and very mature collection, which was manufactured with the most modern knitting technology in excellent quality.
Annika Klaas has designed a very stringent, stylish and modern collection with a clear concept that she communicate very well. The skillfully reduced silhouette and filigree details are convincing. Her small collection goes into depth, especially in her own construction and production of knitwear with the latest knitting technology. A fresh and at the same time very mature, accurate and balanced work with outstanding technical implementation. These qualities are also reflected in her other projects such as the development of a three-dimensional knitted typography, knitted sneakers or a trade fair stand at the Pitti Filati 2016. |
Education | 1st Semester Master, Hochschule Reutlingen (Reutlingen University) Prof. Änna Piel † |
Prize | Cash prize of 2500 euro, Mentoring Program, Public Relations |
Contact | annika.klaas@gmail.com Instagram @annikaklaas |
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FASH 2018 / 16. June 2018
Maria Presser
1st Preis European Fashion Award – FASH 2018 Category Graduates |
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Concept |
Maria Presser: “Don’t be a square” is the slogan of my menswear collection “The Bonnie Situation”. The outfits play with the expectations of the viewer in order to encourage a more sophisticated perception of fashion beyond stereotypes. Postmodern stylistic devices such as deconstruction based on the model of literary examples are translated into a fashion context: Preppy style and high-visibility workwear meet and merge as two hierarchically opposing genres. Other design elements are quotes and allusions, overdrafts and surprise effects such as new combinations of various patterns. The collection thrives on this “intertextuality” and thus ties in with the work of cult director Quentin Tarantino, whose movies such as “Pulp Fiction” (1994) became prototypes of postmodern film aesthetics. The intensive study of the arts and socio-cultural contexts is an important part of my work on modern, sophisticated and progressive menswear. I strive for the deconstruction of oppositions such as conceptual and commercial in the fashion industry, a novel form of reception and review of fashion and a further development in the self-image of the fashion designer. |
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Jury statement | A very harmonious balance between streetwear and business fashion at a high professional level.
With the combination of two supposedly opposing genres, Maria Presser designed an ironic and mature dialogue between trendy streetwear and traditional business fashion. Dressed, it immediately looks cool, natural and discreetly refined. |
Education | Bachelor, AMD – Akademie Mode & Design, Berlin Prof. Antje Drinkuth |
Prize | Cash prize of 2500 euro, Mentoring Program, Public Relations |
Contact | maria@presser-architekten.de Instagram @mariapresser www.mariapresser.com |
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FASH 2018 / 12. June 2018
Carine Kuntz + Alexander Gaertner
Finalist’s Award European Fashion Award – FASH 2018 |
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Concept |
EKMA (abbreviation for Ektoplasma) is a joint project between textile and fashion design. The womenswear collection is influenced by the fields of spiritism and mediumism. Especially the documented materialization phenomena by parapsychologist Albert von Schrenck-Notzing became a source of inspiration. Through textile manipulation the fabrics received new haptic and visual properties. An interaction of simple and opulent silhouettes, milky-translucent layers, moiré effects and flowing surfaces.
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Education | Carine Kuntz (Master Fashion) Alexander Gaertner (Master Textile) Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin), Prof. Clara Leskovar, Prof. Doreen Schulz, Prof. Dr. Zane Berzina |
Prize | Cash prize of 500 euro, Mentoring Program, Public Relations |
Contact | Carine Kuntz kuntzgaertner@gmail.com Instagram @kuntzgaertner Alexander Gaertner kuntzgaertner@gmail.com Instagram @alexandergaertner |
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