Friday 15 November

Centre Céramique

Fashion Makes Sense is FASHIONCLASH’s ongoing participatory programme dedicated to social design, inclusion, and education. The initiative connects professionals and non-professionals — especially young people — in collaborative creative processes.
The exhibition on the third floor of Centre Céramique presents results from several participatory projects, including Mensen Dragen Mensen (People Carrying People) developed with Noah Jansen and partners for Heiligdomsvaart Maastricht. Over 100 participants — aged 3 to 70 + — co-created costumes, banners, and objects made from recycled textiles collected viaRd4 Reinigingsdiensten.
Also featured: presentations by Ecopolitan Magazine, Kunstbende Fashion winner Tara Smit, and students from AMFI’s Hypercraft minor, developed in collaboration with FASHIONCLASH. Upcycling workshops will take place throughout the weekend, and on Sunday 16 November the Fashion Makes Sense Talk, moderated by Carmen Hogg, brings together participating designers and artists.

Free access
Centre Céramique
Avenue Ceramique 50, 6221 JM Maastricht

A selection of emerging designers graduating in 2025 from Dutch academies including AMFI, HKU, ArtEZ, Design Academy Eindhoven, Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, WDKA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Toneelacademie Maastricht
IMarlon Claessen curates the ESSENCE Exhibition, featuring international designers whose work embodies FASHIONCLASH’s mission: to foster intercultural dialogue, creative exchange, and socially engaged fashion narratives.
Marlon Claessen cureert de ESSENCE expositie, waarin internationale ontwerpers worden samengebracht rond de missie van FASHIONCLASH: het stimuleren van interculturele dialoog, creatieve uitwisseling en sociaal geëngageerde modeverhalen.

Marlon Claessen cureert de ESSENCE expositie, waarin internationale ontwerpers worden samengebracht rond de missie van FASHIONCLASH: het stimuleren van interculturele dialoog, creatieve uitwisseling en sociaal geëngageerde modeverhalen.tem description

Het Werkgebouw is a vibrant creative hub where 35 makers share their craft, space, and inspiration. From weavers to welders, product designers to fashion creators, it’s a place where collaboration sparks innovation and imagination.

This year, during FASHIONCLASH Festival, there doors open to the public. Discover fashion, design, and craftsmanship in all their forms: from sustainable clothing and playful accessories to unique handmade jewelry. Step inside the ateliers, meet the makers, and feel the creative energy that fills the building.

Esra Çöpür is a fashion designer who moves fluidly between disciplines such as installation art, performance, theatre, music, and film.
'Everything I Touch Turns Into Me’. In this work, installations, garments, and image transfers on wood merge into a visual landscape of identity and culture. Esra explores how intuition and creativity shape her identity through patterns and materials. “Everything I make becomes a part of me; sometimes my hands find answers my mind struggles with.”
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In this workshop, we speculate about the future of protest fashion. Together, we will imagine the future of protests and design for it.
This workshop is organized by Speculative Futures Maastricht, in collaboration with Limestone Bookshop, FASHIONCLASH, and Viewmaster Projects.
Limestone Bookshop Maastricht
Grote Gracht 63
Maastricht