Representing the creative future

Pakistani designer Misha Japanwalas

Parsons  –  Jul 2020

Misha Japanwala - Embodying Realities

The Pakistani designer amplifies the voices of women who else wouldn’t be heard by creating body casts that tell stories of oppression, violence, and empowerment.

Royal Academy Antwerp  –  Jun 2020

The thinking behind the first digital show of The Royal Academy of Arts Antwerp

How can dreaming become a tool to create something new?

Staff and students from Italy’s fashion schools on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

Schools  –  Jun 2020

Fashion Schools in Lockdown: Italy

Staff and students from Italy’s fashion schools on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic

Aalto fashion student Janette Laakso working from home

Schools  –  Jun 2020

Fashion Schools in Lockdown: AALTO, Finland

The staff and students at AALTO, Helsinki, have hopes for a more sustainable industry

René Scheibenbauer SS20

Designers  –  May 2020

Time to sync with our feelings, through our clothes

René Scheibenbauer on using emotions as the first step of his design process

Schools  –  May 2020

Fashion Schools in Lockdown: Berlin University of the Arts

“Although we mostly work on our own individual projects, we also work as a team.” UdK staff and students respond to the crisis together

Designers  –  May 2020

Quarantine Dispatch #8: Redefining my craftsmanship

Larissa Sehringer, Parsons fashion student, sees every problem as a design flaw

Designers  –  May 2020

Quarantine Dispatch #6: Connection and interaction as a resource

BFA design student, Petra Fagerstrom, has realised, whilst isolating in Paris, it is not the lack of physical resources that are limiting her

Designers  –  May 2020

The digital future of Kanmin Kim

What is it like studying fashion in Japan during the pandemic?

Parsons  –  May 2020

Fashion Schools in Lockdown: Parsons School of Design, NYC

"They were filling suitcases with stuff to get the hell out"; The Parsons staff and students on navigating the pandemic

Designers  –  May 2020

Quarantine Dispatch #5: One jacket and some toiles

A fashion design student at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin shares her thoughts on making her final collection in lockdown

Schools  –  May 2020

Fashion Schools in lockdown: Swedish School of Textiles

Public education in a country with no lockdown: It is more complicated than it sounds