The Kornit Digital And Graduate Fashion Foundation Design Competition Finalists Are Chosen
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The UK-based non profit organisation the Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF) and Fashion technology company Kornit who teamed up on a new competition for students of GFF member universities in the UK, have now selected the eight finalists who go forward to the next stage.
The GFF x Kornit Digital Printed Fashion Textile competition was open to all final year fashion students, graduating in 2023, that are currently attending one of the GFF member universities in the UK.
Final year students from member universities who are using print as part of their graduate collection were free to submit their designs to the Kornit team.
The GFF Kornit Competition
The competition consists of three rounds. In the first round, all entries will be evaluated by a professional jury and eight students will be selected with the announcement to follow on February 24.
The eight selected students will be flown to Düsseldorf, Germany, in March 2023 to see their print go into production.
In the second round of the competition, the eight shortlisted designs will arrive in London and will be subjected to a final evaluation.
Three winners will be selected. They will have the opportunity to present their designs during Graduate Fashion Week 2023.
Phil Oakley of Kornit Digital says “To all students who entered our Printed Fashion competition with the Graduate Fashion Foundation; thank you so much for an overwhelming response. The effort and inspiration that went into those submissions was off the charts and made selecting eight finalists extremely difficult. However; they have been selected and we have a call with you on Monday 27th to congratulate you and set the scene for your trip to Düsseldorf.”
About Kornit Digital
Kornit Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ: KRNT) is a worldwide market leader in sustainable, on-demand, digital fashionx and textile production technologies.
The Company is writing the operating system for fashion with end-to-end solutions including digital printing systems, inks, consumables, and an entire global ecosystem that manages workflows and fulfillment.
Headquartered in Israel with offices in the USA, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Kornit serves customers in more than one hundred countries and states worldwide.
About Graduate Fashion Foundation:
Graduate Fashion Foundation is a charitable organisation and an essential part of the fashion industry.
It is the springboard for new talent, the life force the whole industry relies on. Over the past 30 years, more than 100,000 newly graduated and undergraduate students have been supported and guided by the charity.
GFF aim’s remains the same today; dedication to encouraging young people, helping them find employment and get the best start possible in the fashion industry.
An unrivalled platform for the promotion of new talent, Graduate Fashion Foundation bridges the gap between graduation and employment and is responsible for launching the careers of some of the most successful designers of our time including Christopher Bailey MBE, who was the winner of the first ever Gold Award and now a Lifetime Patron of the charity; Stella McCartney, Giles Deacon, Matthew Williamson and Julien MacDonald to name a few.
A charity organisation founded in 1991 by Jeff Banks CBE, Vanessa Denza MBE and John Walford to unify both UK and international universities and create a stronghold for the creative industries to find the best talent.
Graduate Fashion Foundation celebrates almost three decades of being one of the world’s most important sources of the new talent for the global designer industry.
