Open Call for Sustainable Challenge 2021
The greatest challenge of circular design returns in 2021 with MODA Fad, Design Manchester and the British Council and this year with the collaboration of Nova Universidade (Portugal) and Polimi (Italy).
The «Sustainable Challenge'21. Industrial Symbiosis: A Booster to Circular Fashion » offers teams of students the opportunity to create products or services for the fashion industry in order to eliminate the production of waste and give value to the industrial materials that they would otherwise be wasted. This means designing for durability, reuse, and recycling to keep products, components, and materials in circulation.
48 students from British, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian schools are being sought to work in multinational teams developing proposals. The project is aimed at students of any discipline related to the fashion and design industry: fashion design, pattern making, styling, photography, engineering, architecture, product design, digital design, graphic design, art direction, project management, marketing, advertising , retail design, innovation, etc.
This third edition of the Sustainable Challenge will be part of the Barcelona Design Week (October 25-26) and Design Manchester festival (November 19) and will culminate with an exhibition of the results at the Disseny Hub Barcelona that can be seen during the month of December.
The selected candidates will receive exclusive trainings with European experts, mentoring sessions to develop their proposal and will present their projects to a panel of professionals within the framework of Design Manchester. They will also be able to participate in the virtual studios tour organized by the British Council and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office in February 2022 to enjoy the work of the most emblematic designers in the United Kingdom in the field of circular design.
Apply to the open call here: https://fadbcn.typeform.com/to/eK8eQQYQ