The PowWow Fashion Tech Week (May 18-20) begins today in virtual mode. This is the first international event organised in Italy dedicated to innovation and technology applied to the world of fashion, beauty and lifestyle. The event will be held on-line in a virtual fair, the PowWow Virtual Arena, which will host all participants and international exhibitors in ad hoc spaces for workshops, workrooms and networking. Participants can access the virtual arena, developed by Sicilian start-up Coderblock, personalising their avatars and interacting with other guests in real time.
The event will include a “digital catwalk” of the 25 finalists of the third edition of the Digital Made. For Young Fashion Talents Contest promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, an event partner.
The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 20 at 6:30 pm with Mirta Michilli, FMD Director General, and:
- Gaia Danese, Consul General for Italy in Barcelona
- Aldo Sollazzo, Noumena
- Ilaria La Manna, Architect and Designer
- Luca Leonardi, Consorzio Arca
- Alessio Tommasetti, Architect
- Mia Vilardo and Riccardo Polidoro, Studio Elitre
Two workshops are also scheduled [see Digital Made]
- May 18, 3:00-5:00 pm | Digital Tailoring
From creation through paper models to the development of textures and 3D models on avatars with Clo 3D;
In collaboration with Dama Academy.
- May 19, 4:10-6:10 | Digital Fashion Class
Designing with open-source software for digital manufacturing. Producing clothes on demand, locally, thanks to distributed manufacturing and the Fab Lab Network;
In collaboration with Wemake.
Project Digital Made is coordinated by Matteo Viscogliosi, designer, maker and coordinator of the Fab Lab at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym.
