#Denim

2020-04-29

ISKO I-SKOOL™ presented the 7th edition’s finalists and its exclusive partners line-up

Students, Young Professionals and tutors – all connected by a digital platform: the traditional two-day event, usually held at Creative Room™ (TV –Italy), turned into a webinar for the occasionto provide knowledge and insights.

Created to nurture young talents all over the world and challenge them to push the endless possibilities of denim, ISKO I-SKOOL™has proven over the yearsto be more than just afashionaward. Officially launched at Neonyt Berlin, where this year’s Creative Theme “North, East, South, West –connected by one planet”was announced, the seventh editionof thisindustry’smust-have programhas now entered one of its most crucial phases –the Educational one.

Throughout the editions,this momentismeant to involve the shortlisted finalists in a special ISKO I-SKOOL™ two-day learning event.With the aim toprovide hand-on experiencesby focusing on technical and soft skills development, the Denim Seminarwastraditionally held at Creative Room™, ISKO’s style and design research hub in Castelfranco Veneto (TV–Italy).

This year’s twenty shortlisted finalists, selected out of more than 150 applications submitted, took part in a very special version of this educational event. Including students from some of the most renowned schools in the world as well as Young Professionals, the group experienced a new format of the fully-immersive experience which was reinvented on purpose to overcome the difficulties resulting from the delicate international circumstances. Relying on Talentlmsdigital platform, the Denim Seminarturned into a Denim Webinar, allowing students and Young Professionalsto learn from ISKO I-SKOOL™ tutors with the long-standing support of both ISKO and Creative Room™ teams.

Approaching denim from all angles, the presentations provide in-depth knowledge on the entire supply chain. Here is the list:

“Welcome to the Denim Webinar” by Irem Orhun, Senior Executive ISKO I-SKOOL™ Project;
“Field to fabric: from cotton to denim fabric” by Baris Ozden, Product Development Manager at ISKO’s R&D Center;-“Responsible design” by Miles Johnson, Denim Designer;
“A good design is a sustainable design –How to create a responsible 5-pocket jeans?” byCreative Room:Massimo Munari - Art Director & Manager, Wendy Pasinato -Designer, Anita Santi – Designer;
“The out-of-standard 5-pocket jeans” by Alessio Berto, The Tailor Pattern Support;-“Presentation skills” by Marina Tonella, Mestieri-LAB®;
“Cadica & ISKO I-SKOOL™” byCADICA Group: Carlo Parisatto -CMO Marketing & Sales Director, Alessandro Marchesini - Head of Sales & Global Business, Mirco Reffo - Art Director;
“Eco-design & sustainable jeans production" by Carme Santacruz Zaragozá, Creative-Brain box at Jeanologia;
“Intellectual property” by Alessandra Vitagliano, Legal Consultant;
“Welcome to Linkedin!” by Sila ?ener, Relationship Manager at LinkedIn®;
“Denim trendsA W 21/22” by Kelly Harrington, Denimhead, archivist and Japanophile.

Furthermore, an exclusive partnersline-up was presented as well, highlighting the network of excellence that the program has developed with key players of the industry:Itema(Platinum partner),Jeanologia(Gold partner), Cadica(Silver partner), Cotton Inc.(Bronze partner), Replay(Copper Partner) and The Tailor Pattern Support(Supporting partner). “This is a very important moment, within the whole ISKO I-SKOOL™ program,” claimed Irem Orhun,ISKO Senior Executive ISKO I-SKOOL™ Project. “The Denim Seminaris when participants have a concrete chance to gain both knowledge and competences to turn their vision into real garments. We wantedto grant them the possibility to fully experience this moment, even in the difficult international situation we are living, finding a new way to reach themall around the world. We are glad we did it and now we are eager to see what this year’s finalists will present at the end of this journey.”

ISKO I-SKOOL™ 7 shortlisted finalists

Students

Kotryna Adomaityte – NTU Nottingham Trent University (UK);

Bianca Betdashtoo – FIDM Los Angeles (USA);Jung Yeon Choi –ESMOD Seoul (South Korea);

Lee Da Young – ESMOD Seoul (South Korea);

Venla Elonsalo – AALTO Helsinki (Finland);

Isabel Hambly – NTU Nottingham Trent University (UK);

Natasha Law – Istituto Marangoni Milan (Italy);

Nargiza Makim –POLIMODA Florence (Italy);

Domenico Orefice – POLIMODA Florence (Italy);

Twinkle Patel – SCAD Savannah (USA);

Lorenzo Seghezzi – NABA Nuova Accademia Belle Arti –Milan (Italy);