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Fashion and Technology

Next Tuesday, May 4, at 7 pm, Zoom will host a preview of the PowWow Fashion Tech Week. The event is promoted by Digital Fashion Night, the first digital fashion community in Milan. The group will make at WeMake once a month, on the first Tuesday of each month (7-9 pm) to share projects, ideas, talks on paper patterns and urban manufacturing. Since March 2020, appointments are held in streaming.

 

Tuesday’s appointment will be dedicated to the PowWow Fashion Tech Week in Milan (May 18-20) and the Fashion Digital Made Contest. Matteo Viscogliosi, designer, maker and Fab Lab Coordinator at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym will participate for the Fondazione Mondo Digitale.

 

Programme

  • Introduction to Digital Fashion Night
  • Sara Savian, Emotionwear: wearables at Altaroma
  • Fashion Digital Made Contest: Introduction to the digital Milan version of the event with Matteo Viscogliosi, Fondazione Mondo Digitale
  • Spoiler Alert! Projects 2021 preview
  • Q&A live

Live streaming on our YouTube Channel

 

 

FASHION DIGITAL MADE CONTEST

3rd Edition

 

The Fondazione Mondo Digitale, in collaboration with POWWOW Fashion Tech Week, launches the third edition of the "Digital Made. For Young Fashion Talents" Contest to discover and promote innovative solutions in the fashion and textile sectors. Interested young men and women, creatives, stylists, makers, etc. will have the opportunity to exhibit their projects throughout the POWWOW Fashion Tech Week (May 18-20) and be judged by a prestigious jury of experts.

 

The contest is part of Project Digital Made promoted by FMD to accelerate the digital transformation of the fashion sector, promote innovation in SMEs in Italy and develop new skills and professional profiles for the new generations.

 

The initiative is promoted globally by the Consulate General of Italy in Barcelona as part of ITmakES, with the Reshape Platform, in major international events dedicated to fashion, sustainability and new technology.

 

The most interesting projects will be inserted into a circuit of national and international events. Participants presenting the most innovative prototypes will have the opportunity to develop and optimise their projects in the digital environments at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym and present them to prestigious fashion houses in Italy and abroad.

 

PARTICIPATION REQUISITES

The call is open to everyone, individuals and groups. International collaborations are particularly appreciated. You may participate with one or more projects meeting the following requisites:

  • Use of innovative technology for the digital production of clothing or fashion accessories.
  • Use of design software and coding for interactive clothing or intelligent hair styling.
  • Development of new bio or smart wearable materials.
  • Production of a working project prototype.

 

 

REGISTRATION

Registration is free, the deadline is May 5, 2021. To register please complete the application form at innovationgym.org/contest-digital-made3, attaching the project abstracts (in both English and Italian), a photo (300 dpi) of the prototype, a short personal profile and a link to a video presentation (not mandatory).

 

Submitted projects will be evaluated by a jury of Fondazione Mondo Digitale designers and makers and fashion and technology experts from partners and sponsors. Selected applicants will be notified by e-mail.

 

For any further information: contest@mondodigitale.org.          

 

CONTEST SECTIONS

The contest is divided into three categories:

  • Digital fabrication
  • Wearable technology
  • Biomaterial

 

EXHIBITION AND AWARDS CEREMONY

On May 18-21, 2021, selected projects will be exhibited at the “PowWow Fashion Tech Week,” an event followed by experts, technology and fashion enthusiasts, press and public. A committee of experts will select the winning project, which will receive a cash award of €1000. Special mentions and other recognitions will be assigned by the prestigious event partners.

 

The jury will judge projects on the following criteria:

  • Innovation – use of advanced technology in the design and development stages.
  • Originality – ability to address given needs creatively.
  • Scalability – implementation modularity that will allow subsequent development.

 

USE OF MATERIALS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Participation in the contest requires authorisation to use the images of the project/prototype. In particular, FMD and PowWow Fashion Tech Week will have the right to use such material on their websites and social media channels, in communications and promotional material for the event, as well as other exhibitions related to the award. Moreover, the prototype owner authorises use of their project/prototype images on material produced by sponsors and participating institutions. The intellectual property and material property remains that of the owners.

 

PERSONAL DATA

Participation in the contest requires formal acceptance of the treatment of personal data as established by D. Lgs. 196/03 and the European Regulation on Data Protection (GDPR, Ue 2016/679). Further information is available at: mondodigitale.org/it/privacy-policy.

 

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