Leading sustainability NGO Redress opened the highly anticipated 2021 cycle of the Redress Design Award, the renowned global sustainable fashion design competition, now in its 11th cycle. With lead sponsorship from Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Redress continues to propel collective effort to reduce global waste in the fashion industry. This cycle’s prizes include US$10,000 (HK$80,000) in development funding, and bespoke mentorships with world-renowned sustainable fashion experts.
Deadline for entries: 15 March 2021
Additionally, the Redress Design Award 2021 kicks off with a new edition of its Pathway Course, a tailored circular and sustainable fashion design curriculum free to all designers and now open for registration. The 4-session digital course complements Redress’ open-access LEARN platform, which supports emerging designers on a global scale with regularly-updated content on the latest sustainable design practices, with key guides now available in 5 languages.
Educating emerging designers on sustainable design theories and techniques is core to the Redress Design Award programme and its mission to drive growth towards a circular fashion system.
Redress Founder and Board Chair, Christina Dean said, “We must shift education urgently if we are to transform the fashion industry which, post-Covid, is rebuilding itself with sustainability at the centre. Now is the time to act. The industry is screaming for knowledgeable professionals to enter the market with ideas, techniques and creativity that can steer fashion through crisis and onto something more meaningful.”
In addition to CreateHK, sponsors of this year’s Redress Design Award include key industry leaders TAL Group and Avery Dennison, all of whom complement Redress’ mission through their commitment to a more sustainable industry.
More information:
www.redressdesignaward.com