The Worth Directory

Innovation Fusion Collaboration

THE WORTH DIRECTORY 152275_TEXT_AW_AMENDS.indd 1 29/10/2015 11:12 Funded by the European Commission to develop competitive- ness in small fashion businesses, the Worth project specialises in cross border creative and manufacturer collaborations, aiming to innovate new fashion and lifestyle products in order to maximise assets derived from the resource and skill base of Europe.

With an express aim of creating innovative products to prototype stage, the result is 34 unique European enterprising partnerships managed jointly by Centre for Fashion Enterprise at London Col- lege of Fashion and Institut Français de la Mode: fusions of tradition and invention; craft and technology; hand and machine; history and modernisation across fashion, textiles, jewellery, eyewear, footwear, furniture, fur and leather lifestyle product catego- ries.

WORTH facilitates connections between factories, designers and manufacturers across the regions to access and cross fertilise the broad range of skills and know-how that define Europe as a high-level fashion industry resource base.

CREATIVES & DESIGNERS

CREATIVES & DESIGNERS CREATIVES & DESIGNERS COMPANY NAME Company type Country Email Ana Rajcevic Artist UK [email protected] Andrea Crews Fashion & France [email protected] Creative Brand Anne Sofie Madsen Fashion Denmark [email protected] Designer Apologie Footwear France olivia@apologie-paris.com Designer Bonnie Kirkwood Ltd Textile UK [email protected] Designer Boulezar Fashion Germany [email protected] Designer CJ Carstens Fashion Netherlands [email protected] Designer Dagmar Kestner Fashion Germany [email protected] Designer Elisabeth Vidal Fashion France [email protected] Designer Emma J Shipley Fashion UK [email protected] Illustrator G + N Fashion Netherlands [email protected] Designer Glithero Designers UK [email protected] Hermione de Paula Fashion UK [email protected] Designer Holly Fulton Fashion UK [email protected] Designer Jacquemus Fashion France [email protected] Designer James Long Fashion UK [email protected] Designer Jessie Lecomte Fashion France [email protected] Designer Joanne Stoker Footwear UK [email protected] Designer Jungho Geortay Fashion Belgium [email protected] Designer Lauranne Guyomard Textile France [email protected] Designer Marcha Hüskes Fashion Netherlands [email protected] Designer Marion Vidal Jewellery France [email protected] Designer Neffa Fashion Netherlands [email protected] Designer Nichole de Carle Lingerie UK [email protected] Designer Popkalab Wearable Tech Netherlands [email protected] Developer Samuel Gassmann Jewellery France [email protected] Designer Steve Mono Bag Designer Spain [email protected] Studio Ruuger Designer UK [email protected] Teatum Jones Fashion UK [email protected] Designer Toogood Designers UK [email protected] Vilsbol de Arce Designer Denmark [email protected] Waiting for the Sun Glasses France [email protected] Designer Y.O.U. Shoe Designer Italy [email protected]

ORGANISATIONS & COLLECTIVES COMPANY NAME Company type Country Email Abury Social Germany [email protected] Enterprise Centre for Fashion London’s United [email protected] Enterprise fashion Kingdom incubator & R&D Centexbel Research Belgium [email protected] Centre Finneck Cooperative Germany juergen.teichmann@stiftung- finneck.de Institute Francais de Specialist France [email protected] la Mode fashion institution London College of Specialist United Fashion, UAL fashion Higher Kingdom Education Mihai Eminescu Transylvania Romania contact@ Trust Cooperative mihaieminescutrust.ro Smart Fit-In Adapted Germany [email protected] Products Network Textiellab Textile Netherlands [email protected] Research & Development Universiteit Hasselt Research Belgium [email protected] Institute CREATIVES & DESIGNERS energy and living forces that alone we cannot hope to possess.

The collective is a hotbed of empirical and dynamic creativity. Though the initial inspira- ANA RAJCEVIC tion came from Maroussia, the work is created Ana Rajcevic is an award-winning artist. Based collectively. Since 2 years now, a ready-to-wear between London and Berlin, she works at the line has been launched and the brand that intersections of sculpture and fashion design, used to carry only unique pieces at its begin- specialising in synthetic polymers, metal and ning, is now gaining more and more recogni- leather. After receiving an international MA tion in France and abroad, though still inde- scholarship from University of Arts London pendant from the Fashion industry. in 2010, for the prestigious Fashion Artefact course at London College of Fashion, Ana won www.andreacrews.com the University’s Best Design Award in 2012.

The same year, she also won the Accessories ANNE SOFIE MADSEN Collection of the Year at International Talent After graduating with a Master’s degree from Support, Italy for her collection of bespoke the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Anne head pieces ANIMAL: The Other Side of Evolu- Sofie Madsen gained experience working with tion. Rajcevic has been exhibited internation- John Galliano and Peclers in Paris. Following ally in Galleries and Museums and is a contrib- this, she also worked as a designer for Alexan- uting artist at SHOWstudio Gallery, London. In der McQueen, London. Madsen launched her 2013 Ana received the SEED Award (London) eponymous label in 2010 and has since re- for exceptional talents. Ana’s work has been ceived prestigious awards such as the DANSK featured in major print publications such as Design Talent Award (2013) and was chosen by The Independent, British Vogue, Dazed and Sara Maino (Fashion Editor-in-Chief, Vogue It- Confused and i¬D Magazine. aly) to exhibit at Fashion Week in Milan. In ad- dition to her design work, Madsen also teaches www.anarajcevic.com at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art.

www.annesofiemadsen.com ANDREA CREWS It has been 10 years now that Andrea Crews was created. It all began when Maroussia grad- APOLOGIE uated from les Beaux Arts in Bordeaux and Artistic Director Olivia Cognet combines her started organizing workshops around clothes, luxury shoe expertise and her long experi- mainly vintage pieces, her privileged medium. ence as an accessories stylist for large fashion The idea for a collective came very naturally, houses such as Lanvin, Carven, Sonia Rykiel, Maroussia did not want to work under her own Mugler, JC de Castelbajac and Robert Cler- name, and the energy that was needed to han- gerie. Olivia designs joyful collections, twisted dle a project at the frontier of art and fashion classics, and talkative shoes, full of humor. could not come from a sole person. For Maroussia, Andrea Crews is an alter ego, Her desire is to provide women with pleasure, someone who both embraces life and stirs it make them beautiful, by addressing fashion up. A fictional figure in whom we can all rec- with a chic and French touch, a Parisian touch. ognize ourselves. It is a superego, free, coura- In 2014, the development of Apologie offered geous, and generous, ready to defy the estab- her the opportunity to partner with Sophie Viot lished order. Coster, with whom she now shares the leadership of the brand. Over the last 10 years, a joyful army has been recruited, a crazy troup of actors, a collective http://apologie-paris.com project combining atypical physiques, creative BONNIE KIRKWOOD order to provide his customers with a unique fi- Multi award winning, Royal College of Art MA nal product. In the past years the company has graduate, Bonnie runs her own successful focused on developing knitwear in fur. This global bespoke woven textile design and fab- resulted in three super light and stretchable ric consultancy business. Based in London, techniques that combine the best in knitwear Bonnie works internationally for the highest & fur, including a remarkable demonstration of contemporary interior and fashion design one-sided fur knit. industries. Bonnie’s bespoke service is specialised yet diverse, due to her varied extensive www.cjcarstens.com training and experience to date. Bonnie is able to encompass the design, development and production of woven fabric, for residential and DAGMAR KESTNER commercial interior use and for commercial Dagmar Kestner is a Romanian-born fashion to luxury apparel markets. From her London designer/artist, based in Berlin. She completed based studio, Bonnie creates inspirational her Masters degree in 2013 from the London concepts and seasonal collections of trend – College of Fashion in Fashion Artefact and led hand woven fabric samples. Continuing her graduated with a BA (2009) from the Univer- passion for weaving, Bonnie is a part time lec- sity of Reutlingen (Germany). In Denmark she turer and regular visiting lecturer at several UK assisted artists like Helle Mardahl and worked universities on the Textile Design degree cours- for established fashion designers such as Hen- es, providing technical and creative support to rik Vibskov, Maja Brix (former Head of Design, current students. Henrik Vibskov Femme) and the award-winning danish label Vilsbøl de Arce during several www.bonniekirkwood.com seasons.

In 2013 Dagmar Kestner won the Deutsche BOULEZAR Bank Award for Creative Enterprises (Fashion The design process at Boulezar finds its origin Category) for her artistic body of work and the in their philosophy – each piece is essentially innovative business proposal for the launch of designed for true comfort and an unobtrusive, the 989 by DAGMAR KESTNER collections. In contemporary style that surpasses season- 2014 she collaborated with Muuse.com, creat- al trends and temporary vogues. An idea, a ing an accessory collection for the company. desire or an observation combined with a few Her accessory pieces are sold at avant-garde pencil strokes from the design team are there fashion retailers in Europe, Scandinavia and by all it takes to start the creation of a new the US. Dagmar’s work has been featured in piece. A rough sketch or a simple technical prominent online magazines, print publications drawing are enough for the skilled tailors at the and international blogs such as WGSN, Dazed atelier to understand and interpret the silhou- and Confused and Not Just a Label (UK). ette and the balance of the piece. www.boulezar.com ELISABETH VIDAL A native of Montpellier, a graduate of the CJ CARSTENS School of Industrial Design in Paris, Elisabeth C J Carstens is a fur designer based in the Vidal joined the Masters Course of the Domus Netherlands. After art school he started work- Academy in Milan in 1990, and then worked as ing for the Dutch fur atelier Furlab, focusing on a teaching assistant. In 1993 at TNO Innovation innovations in fur. After Furlab, Coen started for Life, in Delft, the Netherlands, she started his own company to focus on designing his to practice as a designer on projects related own fur collections. C J Carstens produces to agriculture. Returning to Milan in 1994, she fur garments for fashion houses and private worked with two Agencies: Susani & Trimarchi customers. A speciality of C J Carstens is to – design of tableware (Serafino Zani) and Isao develop new looks and techniques in fur in Hosoe Design – fields of workspace (project Strafor Steelcase) and travel (overnight train their studio in London they create time-based SNCF, Fiat concept car). processes that give birth to unique and wonderful products, furniture and installations. www.elisabethvidal.com/ The work is presented in a broad spectrum of media but follows a consistent conceptual path; to capture and present the beauty in the EMMA J SHIPLEY moment that things are made. From machines Emma J Shipley is a graphic artist inspired by that miraculously create wax chandeliers from the irregular patterns and unique beauty of the strung wick, a pouring slide that becomes a 10 natural world; exploring surreal fantasy, imagi- metre long poly-concrete table, to ceramics nation and evolution. that turn vivid blue with UV light, the key char- acteristics of their work are time and transfor- The label was launched at London Fashion mation. With their unique concoction of crea- Week in 2012 after Emma graduated from the tion-performance they aim to bridge creative Royal College of Art, and Browns bought her disciplines and make works that delight and graduate collection of printed scarves. As well capture the imagination of their audience. as winning a number of prizes from the RCA for drawing, more recently Emma J Shipley has In the last year Glithero have worked with or won the Emerging Fashion Brand prize at the along side a number of commercial clients as WGSN Global Fashion Awards and the RISE well as institutions including installations for Newcomer Award at the UK Fashion & Textile the Design Miami Art Fair, commissions for the Awards. Tilburg Textile Museum and a large-scale multi-project work for the Zuiderzee museum that Each intricate artwork is drawn by hand in will tour through 2014. Their works are held in pencil, before being printed onto the finest Ital- a number of collections such as the Victoria ian fabrics and finished by hand. The scarves and Albert Museum, The Israel Museum, and themselves are timeless, collectible pieces to the Stedelijk Museum in Den Bosch. They are be treasured for years to come… represented by Fumi gallery in London and Gallerie Vivid in Rotterdam. emmajshipley.com www.glithero.com

G + N The roots of gluejeans lay in the design prac- HERMIONE DE PAULA tice of fashion designers G+N (Gerrit Uitten- Raised in Devon, Hermione de Paula grew up bogaard + Natasja Martens). In 2005 G+N amongst a family of artists, which is where her started the concept development and proto- love for illustration and crafts grew. Armed typing of its first pairs of gluejeans. Over a two with a first class degree from Central St. Mar- year period the design was refined, the glueing tins and training at Christian Dior Couture, techniques were further improved and the con- Alexander McQueen and John Galliano, Her- struction of the jeans got a complete overhaul. mione de Paula launched her luxury ready-to- In the spring of 2008 the first pair of gluejeans wear label in 2010 and only 6 seasons later was presented to the public, the #1. Later that her first pre-collection for AW13 extended the year the #1 won the Dutch Design Award for range to more commercial jersey offerings. best fashion design. AW13 main collection saw the introduction of her first red carpet gowns and bridal wear. www.gplusn.com Her bespoke wedding dresses include hidden messages, song lyrics, and nicknames among other personal touches between the bride and GLITHERO groom and their families. Glithero are British designer Tim Simpson and Dutch designer Sarah van Gameren, who met www.hermionedepaula.com and studied at the Royal College of Art. From HOLLY FULTON emerging design talent and provide funding to Holly Fulton is a womenswear and accessories talented British designers. designer living and working in East London. Born in Scotland, Holly studied in Edinburgh Stocked domestically in Harvey Nichols and before going on to the prestigious Masters at Browns, James Long is sold in some of the the Royal College of Art. She established her most prestigious stores around the world in- eponymous label in 2009 after gaining industry cluding: Candy in Tokyo, Owen NY and Mahani experience in London and Paris. Holly won in Dubai. the Elle New Designer 2010, Scottish Young Designer 2009 and 2010, Elle Talent Launch It is his instantly recognisable use of leather, Pad 2010 and Emerging Talent Accessories at print and denim that is key to the James Long British Fashion Awards 2010. She was a part of aesthetic. Whilst working closely with stylist London’s Fashion East platform for two sea- Luke Day, James Long has become one of sons before being awarded sponsorship and thehottest tickets at LFW. support from the UK’s NEWGEN initiative five seasons in a row. The Holly Fulton label epit- www.jameslonguk.com omises modern relaxed luxury. Attention to detail, complex graphic embellishment and wit- ty twists are what makes Holly’s work instantly JESSIE LECOMTE recognisable. Hand rendered, digitally manip- Jessie Lecomte’s designs frame a woman’s ulated print coupled with unusual fabrications body with the artful subtlety of a Japanese and embellishment create strong unified looks, Kimono: the feminine silhouette accentuated from top to toe. by the sophisticated geometry of her tailoring. The pure, wearable forms of her clothes belie www.hollyfulton.com the fastidious stitching that give them shape and movement: pleats, tucks, and twists lend every piece an edge, from the sharp, unex- JACQUEMUS pected folds on a simple trouser or jersey top, Jacquemus was founded by Simon Porte Jac- to the mass of fine pleats that allow a jacket quemus in 2009, with his first show in 2012. to drape and swoop with the fluid grace of a Born in Salon de Provence between Marseille bird’s wing. and Avignon, he is a self-made designer and is inspired by blue, white, I Marseille and the 80’s. After graduating from the Antwerp Academy in He describes his collections as “Naivety, raw 1996, Lecomte honed her skills working with and ultra-simplicity”. Belgium’s top fashion houses before starting her own label in 2007. Taking inspiration from www.jacquemus.com contemporary art and ethnographic photography as well as pop culture, her vision was marked from the start by its sophistication. JAMES LONG Her foundation stone is the generous quality James Long has fast become one of the most of her textiles, from the finest spun cashmere sought after design talents in London. With to stiff Japanese silks, which are worked over a huge fan base ranging from Alister Mack- with successive layers of embroidery, print ie Creative Director at Another Man, Luke and beadwork, giving the pieces extraordinary Day Fashion Director at GQ Style and Lucas depth of field, but always with an elegant equi- Ossendrijver praising James as his favourite librium. young designer, James has certainly made his mark as a designer to watch. He has now gone http://www.jessielecomte.com/ on to become a NEWGEN favourite, winning its first ever award as well as glowing reviews from Style.com’s Tim Blanks. Most recently James won the Fashion Forward Award, a British Fashion Council initiative set up to promote JOANNE STOKER and fashion products but also through diverse Before creating her range of bespoke con- collaborations. temporary shoes and bags, Joanne learned her art at the renowned Cordwainers College http://wanderlust-story.fr in London, now London College of Fashion, where she graduated with a Masters in Foot- wear Design. She was spotted and mentored MARCHA HÜSKES by Jimmy Choo before establishing her own Every collection made by Marcha Hüskes eponymous brand. The brand that Joanne has is a product of passion for craft and fabrics grown now includes a wide variety of contem- enforced by intelligent design. She creates porary and classically-designed formal, holiday minimalist beauty: a state in which fit, form and and retro shoes – along with hand-crafted fabric reflect a woman’s attitude, and unleash contemporary bags. Based in London, Eng- her pure beauty, inside and out. land, Joanne has collaborated with numerous designers like Matthew Williamson, Dune and With each collection Hüskes offers a complete has along the way picked up many awards selection of versatile fundamentals created including the highly prestigious Vogue Talents with exceptional quality, based on classic Award. silhouettes transformed into quirky designs: making a woman stand out from the crowd, www.joannestoker.com wearing things her own way. Hüskes takes her social responsibility seriously, by mentoring trainees and letting them contribute to the at- JUNGHO GEORTAY elier, helping to fuel their passion for the craft Belgian designer Jungho Geortay graduated and improve their technical skills. from IFM and went on to start a very successful career as a designer in his home country. http://marchahuskes.com With a primary focus on his own label ‘Saint Paul’, Geortay also works as a freelance designer for famous French brands such as MARION VIDAL Armorlux and Paul and Joe. Following a family tradition, Marion Vidal studied architecture during six years in Paris and www.welcometosaintpaul.com Milan. She continued her creative journey at the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where she received LAURANNE GUYOMARD her diploma in 2003. Lauranne Guyomard is a freelance illustrator and textile designer based in Paris. She spe- She launched her eponymous jewellery brand cializes in creating intricate and poetic prints, in 2004. At the same time, she designed ac- all hand drawn, merging narration bases with cessories for special collaborations with re- geometrical abstractions. Aiming to keep nowned houses such as Celine, Christofle, ahead of artistic trends she realizes textile Lacoste. In 2011, she received the Grand Prix research produced by playing with colours, de la Création de la Ville de Paris (Great Prize textures, density and raised designs. The goal for Creation, by the City of Paris). In 2012, she is to have prints that are both visual and tactile opened her boutique in Paris, 13 avenue Tru- discoveries. daine.

After studying at the Beaux Arts of Lyon, she http://marionvidal.com created a textile design studio, Wanderlust story, allowing her to associate her 2 passions: fashion and travel. The aim is to illustrate mag- NEFFA ical moments of a journey, to represent differ- After completing Fashion Design at Utrecht ent cultures, to evoke sensations and emotions School of Arts, Aniela Hoitink worked for var- felt when we travel, through different artistic ious fashion companies, gaining a wealth of experience in developing artworks, all-over pat- tech-driven couture, interactive installations, terns and designing entire collections. Aniela sculpture and photography. launched Neffa in 2004, as a way to better express her creativeness and to give her the op- POPKALAB is a design research studio with portunity to turn her original ideas into surpris- a focus on innovation in the field of wearable ing products and concepts. Using technology technology. Wearables are transforming the and microbiology, Aniela tries to improve or way we communicate. Clothes are becoming change the properties of textile. Aniela helps a key interface for graphic and kinetic ex- companies, research institutes and universities pression and conforming to our moods and by applying their technology into prototypes feelings – they become intelligent. We are or designs in order to make it more appealing specialised on electronic textiles and reactive for a specific target group or a wider audience. garments for entertainment and life style. She also initiates her own projects and gives inspiring presentations. Her work is featured in www.popkalab.com/ various magazines and blogs as WGSN, Icon and Coulture and is regularly exhibited. SAMUEL GASSMANN www.neffa.nl Samuel Gassmann was born in 1975 in Paris, France, to an artistic family (his father was a photographer, and mother a painter). After NICHOLE DE CARLE studying Art History at La Sorbonne, he began Nichole de Carle London is an exclusive brand working as a curator for numerous contempo- of luxury lingerie and swimwear, defined by its rary art exhibitions and as a freelance journal- rich tastes, innovative stylistic signature and ist for Arte’s Metropolis magazine. fine craftsmanship. Quintessentially British, the designer Nichole de Carle uses her rich In 2007, he began researching the “Origin of cultural heritage to define the values of quality the Button” for a documentary project. Dur- and skill of her ancestors. The de Carle Hu- ing this time, he became drawn to its histor- guenots are of Royal decent and were known ical context and to recreate this concept of as exceptional artisans, craftsmen and profes- the “button who wanders through different sionals of high societal positions. shirts” in the modern day, he starts expressing through the form of cufflinks. His line starts on Nichole de Carle graduated from the world-re- a full scale soon after, with an article on Elle nowned Contour Design course at De Montfort magazine. He now works with clients in Paris, University with First Class Honours, having de- London, New York, Tokyo, Antwerp, Stockholm, veloped rare skills required for the creation of Hong Kong, and the list is still growing. couture lingerie, swimwear, corsetry and bridal wear. These skills later secured her positions samuelgassmann.com at the renowned fashion houses such as Alex- ander McQueen, Donna Karan and Pleasure State, where she further developed her unique STEVE MONO craft and vision. Steve Mono is a contemporary Spanish brand founded in 2007 by the designer Gonzalo Fon- www.nicholedecarlelondon.com seca based on the idea of reinterpreting classic bags, accessories, and other small leather goods for a modern lifestyle. Influenced by POPKALAB travel, office culture, utility, movies, and an Ricardo O’Nascimento in an artist and re- appreciation for the old, he continues to focus searcher in the field of new media and inter- on designing essential items for every day and active art. He has been producing interactive every journey. pieces that are exhibited, published and awarded worldwide. He investigates body- en- Every collection is timeless, functional and vironment relations focused on innovative, sustainable. Made in Spain, every step from tanning to packaging is produced by in-house TEATUM JONES Spanish leather artisans in creating the most Catherine Teatum and Rob Jones are the de- personal items. This process, in conjunction signers behind the label Teatum Jones. Having with the design philosophy, ensures modern trained in Womenswear at Ravensbourne and yet timeless pieces that get better with age. Central Saint Martinís respectively. Teatum and Jones met whilst working together on mens- www.stevemono.com wear and became enamoured with one another’s sense of escapism.

STUDIO RUUGER Besotted with the power of a story and drawn Oliver Ruuger hails from Hiiumaa (‘land of the to both romance and tragedy the duo find mischievous spirit’), a small island in the Baltic themselves compelled to seek out beauty and Sea. Growing up in a fishing community, he refinement in what is ordinarily considered worked with his hands every day, building toys dark or obscure. The designers are conceptual and trinkets from locally-available objects; a in their approach to design whilst remaining pattern which laid the early foundation for his loyal to an ethos of authenticity, desirability appreciation of craftsmanship, and his deep and quality British craftsmanship, hailed as affinity for material. ‘textile pioneers’ by Afsun Qureshi style.com. Teatum and Jones’ signature is within their an- In 2011, Ruuger graduated from the pioneering thropological approach to design and fashion. Fashion Artefact M.A. course at the London The Teatum Jones woman has a refined and College of Fashion; his final collection con- contemporary take on elegance. She is drawn sisted of paired objects such as umbrellas, to the label’s continual dialogue between briefcases and saddles, made from leather, the masculine and feminine, allowing her to metal and horsehair. The objects appeared achieve the perfect balance between structure, weightless, invisibly suspended 1 meter from fluidity, colour and texture. the ground. The pieces were selected for the reputable Futuremap exhibition and the col- Having made the decision to launch their own lection won both the Best Off-Catwalk Design label, Teatum and Jones spent several years Award from the college itself as well as the researching and developing their ideas for Accessories Collection of the Year Award at what they envisioned as a contemporarily rel- International Talent Support in Italy. evant Womenswear brand. After being chosen as one of the 10 finalists for the Fashion Fringe Later that year Ruuger established his epon- competition in 2009, they launched their debut ymous studio, in collaboration with partners capsule Womenswear collection in Septem- Volker Koch and Elke Filpes. Since its founda- ber 2010. They are excited to be showing their tion, the studio has exhibited a diverse range debut Salon Show for AW14/15 at London of work at London and Paris Fashion Week, Fashion Week. and at renowned art galleries and museums worldwide. Studio Ruuger is recognised for Teatum and Jones are very proud to have re- its avant-garde, highly labour-intensive luxury cently been announced as the CFE’s 2013/14 objects, which occupy the borderline between ‘Venture Designers’ joining an alumni of some sculpture and product; taking inspiration from of the most directional and successful design- experiments with technique and form, its sig- ers currently showing in London Fashion Week. nature is a balance between visual appeal and functional integrity. The use of exquisite ma- http://teatumjones.com terials, coupled with a high level of multi-disci- plinary craftsmanship, results in unexpected, intensely desirable and visually striking luxury TOOGOOD products. FAYE TOOGOOD Faye Toogood is a British designer. Her furni- www.oliverruuger.com ture and objects demonstrate a preoccupation with materiality and experimentation. All of her pieces are handmade by small-scale fabrica- tors and traditional artisans, with an honesty VILSBOL DE ARCE to the rawness and irregularity of the chosen Prisca Vilsbol is a Copenhagen-based de- material. signer working primarily in fashion. With her company Vilsbol de Arce, she creates poetic, With an academic training in the theory and sculptural and handcrafted collections. She practise of fine art, and a vocational back- combines her background as a master pat- ground at the forefront of the magazine indus- tern-cutter, with her interest in using innova- try, Toogood approaches product design with a tive materials and 3D modelling to enhance singular and acutely honed eye. Her the wearable experience. Prisca’s experi- highly sculptural work, while showing an as- ence includes design, entrepreneurship, cos- tute respect for the past, is derived from pure tume-making, manufacturing, sculpture, and self-expression and instinct. teaching.

Toogood’s objects are grouped together into http://vilsboldearce.com her trademark numbered ‘Assemblages’. This allows her to avoid the formulaic, to experiment with the materials and processes that WAITING FOR THE SUN dominate her thinking at a particular time. Antoine Mocquard and Julien Tual founded With each Assemblage, she engages not only WAITING FOR THE SUN eyewear company 5 with the products themselves but also with the years ago. Their first target was to create a three-dimensional space in which they are ex- new wooden technology produced with wood hibited, working across multiple disciplines to powder, the waste of the timber industry. They create a single body of work with an intuitive created bois2 material based on this idea, a and unified narrative. mixture of wood powder and organic acetate. Antoine Mocquard is an engineer, working in ERICA TOOGOOD product development for the last 15 years. Ju- Erica Toogood is a British clothes designer and lien Tual is a former artist, designing for the last product developer. Trained as a patterncutter, 10 years in the fashion industry. she developed a passion for homegrown manufacturing and the time-honoured techniques www.boiscarre.com of English tailoring by working closely with designers at the forefront of British fashion. A background in theatrical production as well as garment design lends her work a flair for YOU the dramatic, with a deep-seated desire to Alon Siman-tov is an Israeli designer, based explore – and test – the boundaries of con- in Milan, who has lived and worked Italy from struction and convention. Merging elements the early 90’s. He started his professional of couture, drama and interior design, she has experience designing fashion & textiles for created bespoke pieces for high-profile clients men, women and kids at Enrico Coveri in in the fashion, advertising and magazine indus- Florence. Later he created the concept for the tries. first menswear collection at Roberto Cavalli. Alon Siman-tov starts to approach technique Coupling an interest in the sculptural qualities & experience working with leather, fur, em- of fabric with an expertise in classic cutting broidery, prints and hand-krafts. In begining methods, Toogood’s work examines the idea of of 2000 Alon worked with Romeo Gigli as a silhouette in both two and three dimensions. A fashion designer, trend searcher, materials and strong trend towards form-enveloping abstrac- decoration technique researcher, and be- tion encourages her clients to reconsider their came responsible for all the accessories col- ideas of the human figure. lections for men and women. Five years later Alon accepted a position at Levi’s Europe as a http://t-o-o-g-o-o-d.com creative director for shoes & accessories for men, women and kids. Recently alon opened a consulting & design studio in Milan, consulting on style for various companies.

YOU Footwear (Your Own Universe) was founded in 2011 with Max Bosio the Italian architect and visual designer, a men’s footwear collection combining contemporary style, sports and craftsmanship entirely made in Italy. This is a “cross-cultural” shoe with a humanist concept that blends the immediacy of the sneaker with the sophisticated metropolitan touch of casual wear. ORGANISATIONS & COLLECTIVES Popkalab Wearable Tech Netherlands [email protected] Developer Samuel Gassmann Jewellery France [email protected] Designer Steve Mono Bag Designer Spain [email protected] Studio Ruuger Designer UK [email protected] Teatum Jones Fashion UK [email protected] Designer Toogood Designers UK [email protected] Vilsbol de Arce Designer Denmark [email protected] Waiting for the Sun Glasses France [email protected] Designer Y.O.U. Shoe Designer Italy [email protected]

ORGANISATIONS & COLLECTIVES ORGANISATIONS & COLLECTIVES COMPANY NAME Company type Country Email Abury Social Germany [email protected] Enterprise Centre for Fashion London’s United [email protected] Enterprise fashion Kingdom incubator & R&D Centexbel Research Belgium [email protected] Centre Finneck Cooperative Germany juergen.teichmann@stiftung- finneck.de Institute Francais de Specialist France [email protected] la Mode fashion institution London College of Specialist United Fashion, UAL fashion Higher Kingdom Education Mihai Eminescu Transylvania Romania contact@ Trust Cooperative mihaieminescutrust.ro Smart Fit-In Adapted Germany [email protected] Products Network Textiellab Textile Netherlands [email protected] Research & Development Universiteit Hasselt Research Belgium [email protected] Institute ORGANISATIONS & COLLECTIVES in Belgium as well as being a leading centre across Europe, with five activities that reinforce ABURY each other. Activities include Applied Research After having finished her studies of econom- & Development, Dissemination of Knowledge, ics, business administration and cultural man- Standardisation, Testing and Certification. agement Andrea Kolb started her career in marketing communication. Andrea was always MYRIAM VANNESTE drawn to arts and culture and in 2007 she Has a PhD in polymer chemistry at the Catho- moved to Marrakech and opened a city palace lic University of Leuven (KULeuven) – Belgium. she had previously restored with a team and She started as research scientist at Centexbel artisans, the AnaYela, a “Place of Inspiration“. in the domain of yarn engineering working on It has won the World Hotel Award 4 times. This subjects like heatsetting, spin-finish, texturing, experience inspired her to create ABURY – a yarn uniformity, hydrophilic/hydrophobic yarn/ luxury fashion brand that uses design to em- tapes. She is now Manager R&D Division “Tex- power crafts and inspire change. In 2013 she tile Functionalisation & Surface Modification” was awarded with the Victress Award for So- regarding coating & finishing of textiles with cial Entrepreneurship. ABURY brings together focus on (sustainable) functionalization, use of traditional, old world crafts with avant-garde durable processes and new applications design to create a new luxury style that fosters intercultural exchange and preserves world INE DE VILDER crafts. The designer is embedded in a craft cul- After studies as industrial engineer, option ture to learn and share ideas from one another chemistry, Ine De Vilder obtained her PhD in and to create a collection together, bringing chemistry at Ghent University in Belgium. After the best of heritage knowledge and wisdom to working as assistant at Ghent University, she high design and sustainable solutions. joined Centexbel in 2011 as Research Scien- tist. Her areas of specialisation are innovative http://abury.net materials and processes for textile coating and finishes, mainly focussed on hotmelt applications and flame retardance. CENTRE FOR FASHION ENTERPRISE Centre for Fashion Enterprise is the pioneer- www.centexbel.be ing incubation platform for emerging fashion designers in London, working with over 100 designers a year in UK . Working with the next FINNECK generation of iconic design innovators, CFE The Finneck Foundation is church-related and fast tracks designers into businesses. Success- has its main office in Rastenberg, Germany. In es include Erdem, Richard Nicoll,Peter Pilotto, the region of Thuringia its main area of work is Meadham Kirchhoff and Mary Katrantzou. with disabled children and youth care, as well CFE provides expert guidance in the fields of as an educational facility and working in the finance, legal, manufacturing and marketing. listed fields as well as in the fields of habitation From strategic advice on progressive business and sheltered workshops. solutions to bespoke mentoring from industry leaders and key influencers. With activities dating back to 1505, the foundation was officially founded in 1918 as a fed- www.fashion-enterprise.com eral association of Saxonia-Weimar-Eisenach in Rastenberg, and at that time was a care home for children with tuberculosis. CENTEXBEL As a collective research centre, Centexbel The Finneck foundation contains six sheltered aims to reinforce the market positioning of tex- workshops for disabled people or people with tile companies by promoting and supporting a psychological disabilities in Soemmerda, Ar- innovation. Therefore, Centexbel aims to be the tern, Rastenberg and Bad Frankenhausen. It of- most important centre of expertise on textiles fers people with physical disabilities job opportunities, social interaction and helps to lessen partners with top brands and helps launch the disabilities and the respective effects that new businesses. It has been nurturing creative result from them. talent for over a century, offering courses in all things fashion, with over 70 undergraduate and www.stiftung-finneck.de postgraduate degrees, and 165 short courses. Across every subject, it encourages students to examine the past and challenge the pres- INSTITUTE FRANÇAIS DE LA MODE ent. To have inventive, assertive ideas that IFM (Institut Français de la Mode) is a higher challenge social and political agendas. It gives education institution offering a broad range them the skills, opportunities – and above all, of activities: postgraduate academic pro- the freedom – to put those ideas into practice. grammes, entrepreneurship curriculum, executive education, and expertise in areas such London College of Fashion is a partner with as textile, fashion, luxury and design indus- Institute Français de la Mode in conceiving and tries. IFM enables students to follow one year delivering the WORTH programme. high-level postgraduate programmes in fashion and luxury management (one in French, one in www.arts.ac.uk/fashion English) and design. IFM maintains very close links with the industry. Businesses from the sector are very well represented in its gov- MIHAI EMINESCU TRUST erning bodies. A group of patron companies Mihai Eminescu Trust, based in the Transylva- finance a grant system that guarantees the nia region, was founded to protect the tradi- diversity of its student body. tional ways of life carried out in their villages. Not only do they work to maintain the historic Academic and market research are important houses, barns and bridges, they also provide assets of IFM, offering numerous publications education to conserve the heritage of the in social, human, economic and strategic man- region. agement sciences applied to fashion, design and luxury. This industry expertise, combined www.mihaieminescutrust.org with that of IFM’s faculty, enriches the experience offered in the postgraduate and executive education programmes as well as in the SMART FIT-IN part-time Executive MBA programme with its Smart Fit-In is an international, cross-industry unique opportunities for international mobility communication network between researchers, (New York, Hong Kong). manufacturers and users of innovative, adapted products – clothes, shoes, furniture, acces- Institute Français de la Mode is a partner with sories – for people with and without movement London College of Fashion in conceiving and restrictions. delivering the WORTH programme. http://en.smart-fit-in.de/ www.ifm-paris.com

TEXTIELLAB LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION, UNIVER- The TextielLab is part of the TextielMuseum. SITY OF THE ARTS LONDON This advanced in-house workplace is a major London College of Fashion, University of the contributor to the museum’s global reputa- Arts (UAL) is the largest specialist higher tion. The Lab is the museum’s beating heart: education establishment in Europe. London a ‘factory’ in the old factory where – just like College of Fashion, UAL is a world leader in 100 years ago – the latest techniques are used fashion design, media and business educa- to develop innovative fabrics and applications. tion. In boundary-pushing research where The TextielLab is known throughout Europe for fashion intersects with science, engineering, its prototypes, autonomous works and exclu- and technology, and in enterprise, where it sive productions. Textile students from the Netherlands and abroad come here to work on Organic Photovoltaic Devices and Light Emit- their graduation project, international fashion ting Devices, printed sensors … are among his designers develop fabrics for their next collec- expertise. tion, interior architects experiment with materials and techniques and artists find inspiration INGE VERBOVEN for their latest creations. PhD student, Institute for Materials Research (IMO-IMOMEC) – Hasselt University www.textielmuseum.nl Inge Verboven graduated in 2013 at the Uni- versity College XIOS in Belgium as an industrial engineer electro mechanics. After working UHASSELT two months as a calculator for a metalworking IMO-IMOMEC company, she decided to discover new hori- IMO is the Institute for Materials Research of zons and started working as a researcher for Hasselt University, located at the university the Institute for Materials Research in Diepen- campus in Diepenbeek (Province of Limburg, beek. She is now part of the Functional Materi- Flanders, Belgium). There is a very close col- als Engineering group under the leadership of laboration with IMEC (Interuniversity Microe- Professor Wim Deferme. Within the POLEOT lectronics Centre, Louvain) which local division project she was researching and processing IMOMEC is housed within the premises of IMO. the direct printing of organic light emitting The largest part of the fundamental research diodes (OLEDs) on textile. This project ended in the core competence field is performed by in May 2015 and now Inge is continuing her IMO, while the majority of the applied research research on the same subject as a PhD stu- programs in collaboration with industrial part- dent. Besides her PhD she is providing consult- ners is performed by IMOMEC. ing services to companies involving different printing techniques like spray coating and spin There are about 110 people working at coating. IMO-IMOMEC. About 50 students are prepar- ing their PhD, The team is strongly interdiscipli- www.uhasselt.be/IMO nary (chemists, physicists, engineers, biomedi- cal researchers…).

WIM DEFERME Professor – group leader, Functional Materials Engineering, IMO-IMOMEC – Hasselt University (BE)

Wim Deferme obtained an engineering degree in Applied Physics at the technical University of Eindhoven in The Netherlands in 2003. He obtained a PhD in Materials Physics at Hasselt University in 2009 on the surface termination of synthetic diamond. In 2009, as a postdoc, he started research in the field of Printable Elec- tronics and since February 2014 he is assistant Professor at Hasselt University heading a group of 4 PhD students, 1 full-time researcher and several bachelor and master students in the field of “Functional Materials Engineer- ing”. His research activities are located in the printing of functional materials. Ink formulation towards functional inks, printing techniques such as inkjet printing, screen printing and spray coating and several applications such as SPECIALIST MAKERS

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SPECIALIST MAKERS COMPANY NAME Company type Country Email 247INNOVA24H Bag factory Spain produccion247@gmail. com A+Z Design Fabric Belgium [email protected] Developer Arpin Fabric FranceSPECIALIST MAKERS Weavers Bolflex Shoe Portugal [email protected] Manufacturer Carolin Schulze Designer Germany [email protected]

Cervin Hosiery France [email protected] Manufacturer Custoitex Hosiery Portugal [email protected] Manufacturer DA.MA. Pelletteria Bag Italy [email protected] Manufacturer Deltracon Fabric Belgium [email protected] Manufacturer Desa Deri Leather Turkey [email protected] Manufacturer Elasta Fabric Belgium [email protected] Manufacturer Erpro 3D Printer France [email protected] Essequardo Srl Eyewear Italy [email protected] Manufacturer Granorte Cork Portugal [email protected] Manufacturer House of Sophie Lace France [email protected] Hallette Manufacturer Kokoon Technology UK tim.antos@kokoontech. Specialists com La Paz Surfboard Portugal [email protected] Manufacturer Laulhère Beret France [email protected] Manufacturer Laurenz Stockner Metal Worker Italy [email protected] Les Bijoux Jewellery Italy [email protected] Maker Lunatika Bag Italy [email protected] Manufacturer Maille Création Knitting France [email protected] Specialist Marven Artisanal Italy [email protected] Maker Mitica Lingerie Italy [email protected] Manufacturer Nuovi Gioielli Marble Italy [email protected] Manufacturer Overgaard + Dyrman Furniture Denmark [email protected] Maker Phonotonic Smart Musical France [email protected] Object Maker Point d'Esprit Fabric France [email protected] Manufacturer Prisma Srl Metal fittings Italy [email protected] manufacturer Reltex Footwear France [email protected] Manufacturer Roberto Ardigo Fur Italy [email protected] Manufacturer Seifert and Skinner Filament Belgium [email protected] Winding Specialist Stéphane Gontard Shoe France norbert.lafontaine@ manufacturer stephanegontard.com Tessitura Luigi Fabric Italy [email protected] Bevilacqua Manufacturer Tonak a.s. Hat Czech [email protected] Manufacturer Republic Toscoveneta Marble and Italy [email protected] Granite Manufacturer

SPECIALIST MAKERS BOLFLEX Based outside Porto, Portugal, Bolflex special- ise in the creation of shoe parts. Using traditional techniques, teamed with modern day technologies in manufacturing, the company are working at the cutting edge of shoe sole 247 INNOVA 24H production. Leather manufacturers, 247 INNOVA 24H, are based in Ubrique, Spain, a city well known for www.bolflex.pt its leather manufacturing. The company was founded in 2011 by Antonio Nunoz, who has more than 30 years’ experience working with CAROLIN SCHULZE AND RAPHAEL BILLER leather goods. The company offers its clients a CRAFT COOPERATIVE full production service, from developing proto- Working as a craft cooperative, designers types through to managing partners and sup- Carolin Schulze and Raphael Biller are based pliers. Working with Jacquemus for the Worth in Leipzig, Germany. Both designers studied project has been the first time that Nunoz has product design with specialisation in wood collaborated with a young fashion designer. works in Schneeberg. Carolin Schulze is currently developing the concept of a 3D printed insect snack, which involves rethinking the ba- A + Z DESIGN sics of the average human diet. Raphael Biller A+Z Design is a textile design studio special- currently specializes in graffiti furniture design. ising in the development of innovative textures He uses material found on the streets or spray through the use of technical materials: poly- painted by artists, to create unique pieces, mers, coatings, technical impressions, inks and each with a story to tell, that draw people’s dyes. It is also a studio using traditional know- attention towards the rapidly changing areas how to a trendy design: handmade exclusive where graffiti can be found in cities. designs, drawings, colour schemes, screen printing, weaving, dyeing to the reserve, and www.carolinschulze.de manipulation of varied textiles. The combina- tion of tradition and an innovation result in a unique design. CERVIN Cervin has been established for over 50 years and its state- of- the- art technology is ARPIN still rooted deep in the natural landscape of The Arpin factory first saw the light of day in the Cevennes mountains. Cervin’s home is Seez-Saint-Bernard, in 1817. It is still the same Sumène, which is known as “‘the cradle of spot where, to this very day, Arpin’s superb silk’”,, where traditions and superior craftsman- products are manufactured. Considered a ship have been handed down through several symbol of incomparable style and ultimate generations. One of the few remaining com- point of reference for all those who ‘live’ and panies in the world creating fully fashioned silk love mountains on a daily basis, or for their stockings, the company’s aim is to combine leisure pursuits. The various production stages, professional knowledge. which have not changed for almost two centuries (a total of up to 24 steps, depending on www.cervin-store.com the fabric), are carried out on machines which are now listed as part of the National Heritage. Arpin also look at the future, combining tra- CUSTOITEX dition and innovation in its collections which The Portuguese Custoitex are expert manufac- perfectly harmonise between mountain and turers of shapewear. Based in Porto, Portugal, modern style. they are a leading producer of circular knit, stylish undergarments. www.arpin1817.com DA. MA. PELLETERIA DESA DERI Luxury bag manufacturer DA.MA. Pelleteria are Burak Celet is the General Manager Board able to offer a complete service from design Member of the premium leather goods brand through to conception of product, including DESA and the luxury accessories brand NINE- sourcing materials. The Italian company have TEENSEVENTYTWO. Founded as a family created a solid reputation for creating beauti- company in 1972 DESA a 43 year old heritage ful product with excellent standards of quality, combining traditional values of craftsmanship using innovative techniques. with high quality and unique design. DESA prides herself on the high quality leather www.danielemarinelli.it goods, accessories and ready-to-wear with an emphasis of leather outerwear, and shoes. With an impressive educational background, DELTRACON and more than 15 years with DESA, Burak Ce- Deltracon is a linen weaver from the heart of let holds a successful career. He graduated in the world’s linen industry: the Flanders. The May 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree company has been developing and producing in Mechanical Engineering from the Bogazici high end linen fabrics since 1989. The compa- University in Istanbul. He had his master de- ny’s goal? Offering an always creative, original grees as following; Business Administration and innovative design product of the highest in United States and a Masters of Science in quality using and respecting a natural fibre: Leather Technology in UK, in both of which he flax. graduated with distinction.

Since 2009 Deltracon’s product portfolio is Desa’s production operation includes a tannery being enriched with the in-house production of of 20,000m2 in Çorlu, two plants of 25,500m2 linen textile accessories: trimmings. Tiebacks, in İstanbul and Düzce for production of wom- tassels, ribbons, cords… An original and in- en’s & men’s outerwear, handbags and acces- novative offer of an accessory that might be sories, as well as distribution of those products considered superfluous nowadays, but adds a via retail channels. Company provides integrat- unique touch to every home or decoration. A ed solutions for several international brands creative way of making something truly your such as Prada, Miu Miu and Chanel. Desa’s own! retail operation sustains 107 stores in Turkey; Desa also has an online store and 1 store in Deltracon is the creative expression of age-old London. craftsmanship. The linen industry find roots in the Belgian landscape and small scale weavers www.desa.com.tr such as Deltracon try to maintain this unique knowhow and carry it on through time. As a family owned business traditions and passion ELASTA for the craft are of great importance. Sa- Annick Depre has been the Manager at Elasta voir-faire should be respected and kept alive, for nearly 10 years. Elasta undertakes weaving, but Deltracon realizes that, to make products braiding and knitting of elastic and non-elastic for today and tomorrow it’s necessary to stay narrow fabrics. They integrate special yarns informed and keep an open mind to the future and finishes into their standard products. and an ever changing market. Developing smart textiles is one of their core innovative areas. Each link of the design, production and sale chain is essential for the creation of a high www.elasta.be quality product with a heart. Therefore Deltra- con strives to construct and maintain an hon- est and personal relationship with the custom- ERPRO ers, suppliers, collaborators and its staff. Based in Paris, the Erpro group offers a fully in- tegrated service from concept engineering and www.deltracon.be design through to prototyping, injection mould- ing and pre-production parts manufacture. the family team as Marketing Director. Based The group’s in-house capabilities encompass- in the Paris showroom, and liaising on a regu- es several 3D printing technologies, including lar basis with the top design names in couture FDM, Stereolithography, Selective Laser Sin- and ready to wear, Maud oversees the brand tering, Direct Metal Laser Sintering Aluminium, image of the company around the world and Maraging and Stainless Steel). her finely-tuned creative eye controls all as- pects of communication, media relations, trade Erpro group is active Europe-wide in a range of shows and marketing to ensure the continued leading-edge technology industries including growth of the brand globally. aerospace, automotive and medical, as well as cosmetics and product design. The group’s An international living reference in the art of customers include EADS, Dassault Aviation, making French lace and tulle, the story of the Eurocopter, Renault, Peugeot-Citroen, Visteon, House of Sophie Hallette was woven in col- Delphi, Sagem and Faurecia. laboration with the top names in 20th century haute couture and continues today with young http://www.erpro.fr couture and contemporary designers. For almost 130 years, the House of Sophie Hal- lette has passionately, perserveringly created ESSEQUADRO SRL unparalleled tulles and laces that inspire haute A family began the career in the late ’40s couture, ready-to-wear, decoration and luxury glasses. The latest generation has picked up lingerie designers from around the world. the baton, with one goal: to design and produce directly glasses beautiful and that will www.sophiehallette.com appeal to customers. University and then apprenticeship as a mastery of the field in the factories, the sacrifice and passion of Stephen KOKOON Scauzillo have borne fruit: the Essequadro Srl, Kokoon headphones help you sleep great example of craftsmanship and creativity. anywhere. Remaining comfortable and cool for long periods wherever you are; rolling around www.essequadroeyewear.it in the bed, or resting on the window of an aircraft or train these headphones act as extra cushions for your ears. Their high end audio, GRANORTE noise cancellation and isolation technology Granorte is a Portuguese company, founded in sets the perfect ambiance whilst our innova- 1972 to recycle the cork waste from the cork tive brain sensing technology (EEG) helps you stoppers manufacturing. From the beginning better understand your sleep and enables your they gained a reputation all over the world music to automatically fade away and wake thanks to the excellent quality of their cork you at the perfect point in your sleep cycle. products. The vast knowledge in their special Kokoon was founded by Tim & Rich; Richard field allowed them to develop into an expand- studied Electronic Engineering at Cambridge ing producer of cork technical solutions. To- University and has over five years experience day, Granorte offers a complete range of cork at Cambridge Consultants Ltd. a leading prod- products from granulated to agglomerated uct & electronic design consultancy whilst Tim cork, cork rolls, wall and floor coverings. studied Mechanical Engineering winning the Royal Academy of Engineering prize for Most www.granorte.pt Innovative UK University project before working at a product design consultancy, a leading management consultancy and the UK’s largest HOUSE OF SOPHIE HALLETTE bank setting up a digital innovation function. Maud Lescroart has been surrounded by lace since she was born because her family own kokoontech.com the beautiful lace-makers, Sophie Hallette. Lace is in her blood and in 2003 Maud joined LA PAZ tions are carefully controlled for both the level Back in 2011, Porto-based Jose Miguel de of quality required by customers and the inter- Abreu and André Bastos Texeira decided to national regulations relating to environmental combine their creative ideas in a new clothing issues. brand, called La Paz. Inspired by the centuries long maritime traditions of Portugal and sea- www.lesbijoux.it farers’ clothing, they create menswear collections that address street life and reinterpret time-honoured designs with a very authentic LUNATIKA mix of high quality of material and make, and Based in Italy, bag manufacturer Lunatika a great deal of attention to details. This surf- focus on the traditional techniques of crafting board project allows the young label of Portu- products from the best quality leather, whilst guese menswear to highlight its Atlantic origins always looking to innovate their techniques with a striking innovative product. and product offering. Proudly promoting their Made in Italylabel, the brand was launched in http://lapaz.pt/ 2000 to produce affordable bags with luxurious designs.

LAULHÈRE http://lunatikaitalystyle.weebly.com In a region that once boasted 21 beret factories, Laulhère is the last of them. Established in 1840, Laulhère is today the oldest beret MAILLE CRÉATION factory in France and the very last of the 21 Maille Création was founded as a cooperative factories that once drove the economics of the in 1993 with 26 employees/associates and cel- south west region of France. ebrated its’ 20 years anniversary in 2013, with the clientele, output and annual turnover have Today Laulhère continues to produce this increasing substantially with 74 employees / unique iconic hat to the same exacting stand- associates. ards as over 150 years ago. Staff of 48 trades- men and women are unique in their knowhow A great deal of effort and commitment has and proud of their companies heritage. contributed to this success and expansion. The commercial development has been directed www.laulhere-france.com towards the upper end of the market and this has been achieved by increasing the capabilities of the organization and the willingness of LAURENZ STOCKNER the employees to work at improving their skills. In 2003 Laurenz Stockner started work as an artistic iron and metalworker. Laurenz is a MARC LEMETAYER one man company with the focus on arts and Marc Lemetayer has been with Maille Création crafts, based in Brixen, North Italy Half of his since its origin in 1993 as one of four found- work is contract work for architects, designers er members that initiated the formation of a and artists. The second half is production of cooperative and recruited the other employ- metal bowls, which is sold through exhibitions. ees/associates. Marc has been the Managing Director since 2011 and also deals in the cre- www.laurenz.it ative side of the operations, working with the fashion designers in our clients fashion houses to create each collection. LES BIJOUX Florence-based company Les Bijoux deals with exclusive production of metal fittings for leath- MARVEN er goods and clothing. Prototypes are made Established over 40 years ago, family business in real time and are professionally designed for Marven, located in the Riviera del Brenta, man- the process of industrialization. The produc- ufactures precious and non-precious artistic and artisanal products. The brand MARVEN OVERGAARD + DYRMAN comes from the merger of the three family With a strong passion for traditional craftsman- members’ names: MARisa, VENicio and ENrico. ship and refined details, Overgaard + Dyrman The company creates wonderful jewels and is a contemporary furniture maker located home accessories, characterized by strong outside Copenhagen, Denmark. By merging hand-crafty and innovative traits, experiment- traditional craft techniques with modern tech- ing different materials, such as precious and nology, Overgaard + Dyrman’s approach to semiprecious stones, pearls, leather, resin, design, bridges the past with the present. Murano glass and fabric. The family usually Christian Dyrman, Technical Director / Head of collaborates with designers, fashion design- Metal Workshop ers, architects and artists, as it can count on a great technical expertise to develop custom- Christian’s focus is on the technicalities of the ized projects starting from the prototype up to projects carried out at O&D. He benefits from the finished product. his background as a blacksmith when he designs and manufactures the special tools used www.marvenitaly.com and unique fixtures and moulds required for the production of O&D’s products.

MITICA Jasper Overgaard, Creative Director / Head of itica was born from a team of twenty-year-ex- Leather Workshop perienced professionals who pride themselves Jasper is a creative thinker who primarily with avant-garde research, design and creation focuses on the creative direction of the pro- of underwear, lingerie and beachwear collec- jects carried out at O&D. His passion is in the tions for men, women and children. embedded aesthetics of materials, and he is a strong advocate for the graceful aging of Mitica can provide their customers full support products. in creating collections, starting from stylistic research, trend analysis, projecting collection http://oandd.dk/ development, production of sale samples all the way to production management. PHONOTONIC Mitica always keeps in mind the customer’s Phonotonic develops smart musical objects. need and the market trends in order to de- Their first product is a new way for everyone to velop underwear, loungewear and beachwear make music. It is easy, personal and fun. The collections with the best price/quality ratio and product is a wearable and an app that turns always guaranteeing Made in Italy manufactur- movement into music. It enables to control the ing. beat and the melody just by moving. Phono- tonic changes today the way we make, listen and enjoy music. NUOVI GIOIELLI The Nuovi Gioielli company, located in Musso- http://www.phonotonic.net lente, was founded in 1985 on the initiative of Ivano Torresan and Giovanni Berton. The spirit of traditional craft fused with cutting-edge de- POINT D’ESPRIT sign has created the exciting new concepts of Based in France, Point d’Esprit are manufac- Nuovi Gioielli Made in Italy. Variety, dynamism, turers of innovative fabrics and lace. Their innovation: The creative and continuous quest innovative production techniques allow them for new technologies and materials guarantees to push the boundaries of technology when the high quality of the finished product. creating new fabrics. http://www.nuovigioielli.com/ PRISMA SRL Prisma is a precision mechanical engineering company. Collaborating with the Marion Vidal traditional craftsmanship and French culture by WORTH project, they explored a new sector creating modern shoes in line with the values and developed metallic pieces for jewellery. of high quality and authenticity of the Maison. Manufacturing of all shoes, for women and for www.prismaitaly.it men, are carried out exclusively in France, in Stéphane Gontard’s workshop in the Mayenne region of France. Stéphane Gontard is devel- RELTEX oping partnerships with young shoe designers Since 1970, RELTEX produces soles made and creative ready-to-wear brands who are from the pure hevea milk under the brand keen on the ‘Made in France’ quality. LACTAE HEVEA. These soles of natural origin are entirely handmade in FRANCE through a www.stephane-gontard.com unique worldwide craftsmanship. The LACTAE HEVEA soles have a capillary microstructure, plenty of tiny air cushions, giving their unri- TESSITURA LUIGI BEVILACQUA valled suppleness, lightness and comfort for an Tessitura Luigi Bevilacqua, a family owned outstanding well-being. business, over recent years has considerably developed both its national and international www.lactae-hevea.com trade. They have seen a significant increase in sales due to the opening-up of new markets, the growth of mechanical production to back ROBERTO ARDIGO up the hand-operated looms and to the devel- Roberto Ardigo began his company in 1973, opment of a whole sector dedicated to hotel producing fur products for private customers. supplies. From 2000 onwards, they have specialised in the production of fur accessories and today The Venice premises of the business are home work with some of the most important fash- to their antique looms as well as hosting part ion companies in the world. All products are of the production facilities – with 25 hand-op- certified by TF, control company of the Italian erated and still working looms – as well as Chamber of Commerce and are 100% Made in the warehouse and showroom. The company, Italy. Working from Cesanatico, Italy, the com- already present on the most important interna- pany has five employees. tional markets, is strengthening its trade relations with countries with fast-growing econo- www.robertoardigo.it mies, such as China and the Far East, where a new luxury and wealth led to a search for exclusive goods. SEIFERT AND SKINNER Seifert and Skinner are experts in filament www.luigi-bevilacqua.com winding, composite pressure vessels and composite product design and development. Based in Belgium, founders Axel Seifert and TONAK Michael Skinner are experts in the field. Hav- Tonak, based in Czech Republic, is one of the ing created the company in 2002, they bring world’s largest and most prominent manufac- with them abundance of knowledge in engi- turers of headwear with over 200 years’ experi- neering and processes, which they share with ence, both in Novy Jicin and Strakonice, cou- their clients through specialist consultancy. pled with an extensive know-how guarantee and excellence in product quality. The Com- http://www.seifert-skinner.com/ pany’s offering includes a wide range of milli- nery products, especially felt hats, hat bodies and knitted headwear, which enables Tonak to STÉPHANE GONTARD meet any requirements that their customers in Stéphane Gontard, a French bootmaker’s more than 50 countries worldwide may have. brand since 1835, is driving forward its skills in http://www.tonak.cz TOSCOVENETA Since 1962 Toscoveneta have been producing marble and granite slabs, tiles and semi-finished products, up to the smallest details of furnishings (such as fireplaces, etc) accord- ing to the customer’s specifications. They succeed in meeting the needs of the most demanding customers thanks to up-to-date instruments and the most advanced machines for cutting, milling, and polishing. Through the collaboration with Marion Vidal, Toscoveneta entered a new realm of expertise in extremely small and precise making that opens the doors of the jewellery industry to them. http://www.toscoveneta.com/