Redress Design Award 2021 Semi Finalists

The Redress Design Award announced the semi-finalists of its 11th cycle – 30 talented sustainable designers from across the globe representing the future of fashion. This year, for the first time in the programme’s history, the public has been invited as an official judge to determine via online vote one designer from the semi-finalists to directly enter the final round of the competition. The winner of this People's Choice Award will present their collection at the Grand Final Show in September 2021, alongside nine other finalists to be selected by an international panel of expert judges.

Help decide which of the 30 Redress Design Award Semi-finalists will win the title of People’s Choice 2021! Simply select your favourite sustainable fashion designer based on their sketches and written statement, and hit ‘NEXT’.

Voting closes on 8 May 2021. The most voted-for designer will be announced along with the Redress Design Award 2021 finalists on 13 May 2021.

By voting, your name will be entered into a draw for a chance to win a copy of Redress’ ‘Dress [with] Sense: The Practical Guide to a Conscious Closet’, a stylish guide to environment-friendly ways of buying, wearing, caring for, and decluttering your wardrobe.

The Redress Design Award 2021’s Semi-finalists are:
●Federico Badini Confalonieri, United Kingdom
●Nawoda Bandara, Sri Lanka
●Saskia Baur-Schmid, Australia
●Jessica Chang, Taiwan
●Ruwanthi Gajadeera, Sri Lanka
●Saraansh Gupta, India
●Purnima Jain, India
●Jin Pei-Wen, Taiwan
●Paula Keilholz, Germany
●Isabella Li Kostrzewa, United States of America
●Psy Lau, Hong Kong
●Jasmine Leung, Hong Kong
●Liu Jing, Hong Kong
●Liu Feng, Mainland China
●Ffion Martin, United Kingdom
●Andra Nistor, United Kingdom
●Tulika Ranjan, India
●Sofia Sanchez, United Kingdom
●Lucy Saunders, United Kingdom
●Lili Sipeki, United Kingdom
●Friederike Snelting, Germany
●Berivan Tomay, United Kingdom
●Sabine Viksne, Latvia
●Kristina Vyzaite, United Kingdom
●Wei Jia , Mainland China
●Felipe Wu, United Kingdom
●Xia Mingwei, Mainland China
●Xu YiDan, Mainland China
●Taofeeq Yahaya, Nigeria
●Sheeky Yue, Mainland China

www.redressdesignaward.com/2021/semi-finalists

Redress Design Award 2021 now open for entries

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

Outsiderwear

OUTSIDERWEAR
Streetwear by Outsider and Insider Artists

Outsider artists tend to be a little bit different. They often sidestep a conventional arts education, and operate outside of the mainstream art world. Sometimes they face mental or physical disabilities, homelessness and vulnerability. 

Outsiderwear is a new collaborative project combining talented outsider artists with a range of fashion designers and creatives, both emerging and established.

For the first edition of Outsiderwear, some 40 out- and insider artists join forces: sometimes in pairs, as well as in other, larger compositions. In the coming months, these teams will undertake a diverse range of creative projects: from performances and exhibitions to a series of band shirts and an underwear line. The result of these experimental collaborations will be shown and sold during the multidisciplinary Outsiderwear Festival, running from 12 March to 25 April 2021 in Amsterdam.

Outsiderwear is an initiative of artist Jan Hoek and Foundation Captain Hoek, in collaboration with Foundation M-ODE and Outsider Art Galerie.

Outsiderwear Festival
Lasting six weeks, the first Outsiderwear Festival seeks to celebrate creativity in all its forms, combining the worlds of outsider and insider artists in stimulating ways. Multiple locations in Amsterdam will host surprising exhibitions, shop-in-shops, an activist photo campaign, and a number of tours and talks.
Confirmed festival locations include Outsider Art Galerie, Hermitage Amsterdam, Patta Store, Galerie Vriend van Bavink and Zeedijk60.

The participants come from a range of varied backgrounds, from niche artists and big streetwear labels to independent designers and visual artists. During the Outsiderwear Festival, the following collaborations will be presented:

Theatergroep LeBelle X Duran Lantink 


Daniël Jos Eerenberg X Wobbewear


Ben Augustus X Piet Parra


Bruin Parry X Jan Hoek 


Antoine Monod de Froideville X Bonne Suits


Nielsjan Tavernier X Tom van de Borght


Rudy de Gruyl X Benedikt Fischer 


Stichting ArtBRUUT / Makom inloophuis X Tenant of Culture


Joey Bocciardo X Fenna Miedema X Lionel Plak X Nancy X MULAS HYBRID HAUS X SUMIBU X Tirino Yspol


Aadesokan X Maxivive (Lagos)


Ayse Somunchu X Bas Kosters


Regillio Benjamin X Desmond Tjon A Koy X Patta 


Mark Bossink X Sophie Hardeman


Sijtse Keur X Norbert de Jong X Alexxx X Hans Klastat X Minke de Fonkert X Bonne Suits 

Outsiderwear Bandshirts van o.a. Cengiz Imamdi 

Outsiderwear X Tattoo-project


Speech performance by Ulrike Möntmann


Various solo presentations, including Johan Vanderscheldenen and Naomi Schupper

Despite increasing attention for outsider art – now with its own museums, biennials and galleries – this world rarely experiences close contact with the creative industry at large. Outsiderwear wants to break this dichotomy, because many outsiders deserve wider recognition, whilst many insider makers feel a deep affinity with unconventional outsider practices.

Jan Hoek: "The first collaborations of Outsiderwear are beginning to take shape. It’s so special to see how logically the collaboration between outsiders and insiders works. I look forward to a future in which the boundaries between these two worlds fade away.”
Outsiderwear is supported by Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie, VSB Fonds, Rabobank Amsterdam, StimuleringsfondsCreatieve Industrie, Stichting DOEN, Prins Bernhard Cultuurf onds and Stichting Cordaan and works together with Outsider Art Galerie, Herenplaats, De Volksbond (GJ Scheurleerweg), Stichting ArtBRUUT / Makom inloophuis, De Witte Olifant, Bijzonder Amsterdams, TheatergroepLeBelle and De Meijboom.

www.outsiderwear.nl  
instagram.com/outsiderwear_official

AGENDA
OUTSIDERWEAR FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM
12 March – 25 April
Presentation out- and insider collaborations. Collection sales begin. Webshop launch. Opening party. Exhibitions, tours and talks. Locations: Outsider Art Galerie, Hermitage Amsterdam, Super SEXYLAND World, Vriend van Bavink, Patta Store, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, ABCND Store and Zeedijk60.

OUTSIDERWEAR ON TOUR
March – August 2021 Expansion of collection. Exhibitions.
Shop-in-shops. Biennial presentation.

Esrah van Rooij - Theater LeBelle X Duran Lantink