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An A rch i ve o f seeds .

Fo r 15 yea rs , t housands o f young ta l en ts have been sha r i ng w i th us the i r c rea t i v i t y f rom a l l ove r t he wor ld .S ince the beg inn ing we deep l y unde rs tood the p ro found mean ing o f wha t we we re rece i v i ng . We we ren ’ t j us t dea l i ng w i th p ro j ec t s , we we re ho ld i ng i n ou r hands seeds . Seeds o f pu re c rea t i v i t y.As t i n y as i t may seem, the power and the po ten t i a l o f a seed i s immense . I t ca r r i es i n i t se l f oxygen , f ood and an i n f i n i t e po ten t i a l o f hea t p ro tec t i on , scen ts , co lo r s as we l l as f i be rs and ya r ns . A seed i s a sou rce o f l i f e i n i t se l f . A seed rep resen ts t he u rge o f t ha t ge rm ina t i on p rocess wh ich i s i ns ide each and eve r y d reamer, each and eve r y U top ian : 15 yea rs ago we s ta r t ed to p l an t t hese seeds i n t he so i l o f t he F ree Land o f U top ia , wa te r i ng and suppor t i ng them day a f t e r day. I TS A rch i ve came to l i f e . U t o p i a h a s b e c o m e t h e r e a l l a n d o f t h a t p o t e n t i a l c r e a t i v i t y t h a t h a s b l o s s o m e d , w h i c h w i l l a l w a y s b e H o m e , t h e s a f e s t p l a c e f o r a y o u n g t a l e n t , w h e r e v e r i n t h e w o r l d h e / s h e m a y c o m e f r o m . Today we a re w i tness ing the g rowth o f a w ide and d i ve rse fo res t , t he Fo res t o f U top ia , whe re each t ree i s s t re tch ing i t s b ranches to the immens i t y o f t he sky. They a re now sp read ing ou t a l l ove r t he wor ld , e i t he r i n g l amorous f ash ion houses , o r w i t h pe rsona l b rands , o r i n t he wor ld o f c i nema , mus ic , a r t . W i th deep respec t , g ra t i t ude and sa t i s f ac t i on , we a re wa tch ing them f l ou r i sh , t h r i v i ng and ene rge t i c . To them a l l we ded ica te the g rea t ach i evemen t o f ou r 15 th ed i t i on .

They a re the pas t , the p resent and the fu tu re o f ITS .

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I n t he sec to rs o f f ash ion , j ewe l r y and des ign , I t a l y owes i t s compe t i t i veness a t t he i n te r na t i ona l l e ve l t o t he i nves tmen ts i n i nnova t i on and spec ia l i za t i on , to research and product deve lop-ment , to i t s i nna te c rea t i v i t y and know-how, and to the synerg ic co l l abora t ion be tween the va r ious phases o f the p roduct ion cha in . Even ts l i ke I TS 2016 – U top ia – a h igh l y symbo l i c name , i n my op in ion – a re a dec l a ra t i on o f t he renowned I t a l i an capab i l i t y o f be ing t r ue d reamers . D reamers hun t i ng fo r t a l en t s , young de-s igne rs rec ru i t ed f rom ove r a t housand f ash ion schoo l s l oca ted i n more than e igh t y na t i ons , f rom eve ry co r ne r o f t he wor ld , w i t h whom to i n te rac t and exchange v i ews , to d i rec t t hem towards the marke tp l ace , a t t he l ead ing i n te r na t i ona l f ash ion g roups .

Hon. I van Sca l fa ro t toSec re ta r y o f S ta te , I n te r na t i ona l Trade & I nves tmen t A t t r ac t i on , M in i s t r y o f Economic Deve lopmen t

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I TS i s t he spea rhead i n t he f ash ion i ndus t r y : t h i s i s t he ve rd i c t g i ven by the f i f t een ed i t i ons o f a con tes t t ha t l ooks ahead , go ing as f a r as to l aunch “U top ia ” as the theme fo r t he 2016 ed i t i on .We a re ve r y p roud to hos t , once aga in , i n Tr i es te , t he con tes t o f t he bes t young ta l en ts o f f ash ion , des ign and j ewe l l e r y t ha t mee t to compe te w i th t he i r advanced so lu t i ons . Openness and i nnova t i on a re i n ou r s t y l e .The theme o f U top ia i n i t s va r i a t i ons such as t r ave l , resea rch , d i s -cove ry i s someth ing tha t connec ts w i th ou r ‘ sea fa r i ng ’ i nc l i na t i on towards encoun te r i ng peop le , cu l t u res and ideas . I t i s an a t t i t ude tha t we cu l t i va te w i th i n an o rgan ic des ign . We a re an amph i thea t re f o r qua l i t y i n l i f e s t y l e and a p l a t f o rm fo r deve lopmen t , s topove r and des t i na t i on .U top ia speaks o f a Neve r l and , an i s l and tha t does no t ex i s t , ye t . The works o f I n te r na t i ona l Ta l en t Suppor t cou ld be cons ide red as a p rev i ew o f t he i n tu i t i ons tha t w i l l be pa r t o f t he wor ld o f t omor row, o f i t s dynam ics and o f i t s rep resen ta t i ons .We s t r i ve f o r exce l l ence because the human and te r r i t o r i a l resou rc -es tha t F r i u l i Venez i a G iu l i a i nc l udes , l eave us th i s one and on l y d i rec t i on .

Debora Ser racch ian iPres iden t o f t he F r i u l i Venez i a G iu l i a Reg ion

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The re cou ldn ’ t have been a more f i t t i ng theme fo r t he 15 th yea r o f I TS , t ha t r i gh t f rom i t s i ncep t i on has ac ted as a b reed ing g round o f c rea t i v i t y and i nnova t i on tha t come a l i ve he re i n Tr i es te , t he c i t y t ha t Jan Mor r i s ca l l s “nowhe re ” i n he r nove l . And , bes ides , “nowhe re ” i s t he exac t e t ymo logy o f U top ia .Wh i l e U top ia has a lways been an imag ina r y mode l o f a pe r f ec t so -c i e t y t ha t rema ins imprac t i cab le , t he 15 th UTOP IA o f I TS i s , on the con t ra r y, t he examp le o f t he i dea l coex i s tence be tween unach iev -ab le f an tas i es and fu l f i l l ed p ro j ec t s , una t t a i nab le i nsp i r a t i ons and f eas ib l e i deas . A l l t ha t seemed imposs ib l e i n ou r eyes has become rea l i t y i n t he hands o f a l l t he young ta l en ts t ha t have pa r t i c i pa ted i n t he l as t 15 yea rs , t u r n i ng Tr i es te i n to the ep icen te r o f a c rea t i ve se i sm tha t has sp read to the res t o f I t a l y and to the wor ld .Th rough the U top ia o f Ba rba ra and he r t eam, many young des ign -e rs have cu l t i va ted , and cu l t i va te , t he i r own . The i r U top ia embrac-es beau ty, a ques t f o r pe r f ec t i on and c rea t i v i t y.And U top ia i s a lways i n f ron t o f us , l i ke a po in t t ha t gu ides us and tha t we tend towards , un reachab le and reachab le a t t he same t ime , because the cons tan t and pass iona te sea rch fo r i t a l one somehow rep resen ts i t s f u l f i l lmen t .And i f t ha t po in t rema ins i n f ron t o f us , un reachab le , t h i s i s a l ready a ve r y good reason to keep l ook ing fo r i t .

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Renzo RossoPres iden t OTB

ITS FASHION i s an i n te r na t i ona l compe t i -t i on fo r f ash ion des ign s tuden ts and young des igne rs . I n f i f t een yea rs , ove r 270 young f ash ion t a l en t s have rece i ved suppor t and v i s i b i l -i t y. Th i s yea r 11 f i na l i s t s , each w i th t he i r own pe rsona l v i s i on and s to r y to t e l l , we re se l ec ted f rom ove r 700 f ash ion en t r i es .I t i s a b r i dge s t re tch ing be tween schoo l s and the f ash ion i ndus t r y, l ead ing d i rec t l y to i n te r nsh ips and work oppo r tun i t i e s a t D i ese l , Ma r n i , V i k to r&Ro l f , Ma i son Marg i e l a and many more .The 11 f i na l i s t s a re requ i red to p resen t a ma in co l l ec t i on , o f t en they a re f i na l - yea r s tuden ts and th i s i s t he i r g radua t i on p ro -j ec t , wh ich w i l l be p resen ted on the ca t -wa l k to a l l t he I TS 2016 gues ts du r i ng the f i na l even ing on Sa tu rday Ju l y 16 th .

The ITS FASHION Award w i l l g ran t €10 ,000 and the showcase o f a new ou t -o f -compe-t i t i on p ro j ec t a t t he nex t ed i t i on o f I TS .A s t rong con t r i bu t i on to t he I TS suppor t ph i l osophy i s g i ven by the p r i zes o f f e red by ou r pa r tne rs and suppor te r s .

I TS i s a ve r y impor tan t p l a t f o rm fo r ou r Fash ion Ma in Pa r tne r OTB, as many o f i t s pas t f i na l i s t s a re today i n teg ra ted i n t he s t y l e o f f i ces o f some o f t he b rands o f t he g roup , con f i rm ing the qua l i t y o f i t s l ong and e l abo ra te se l ec t i on , someth ing tha t OTB advoca tes fo r i n t he i n te r na t i ona l f ash ion commun i t y. The OTB Award w i l l a ss ign €10 ,000 p lus an i n te r nsh ip a t one o f t he g roup ’s b rands .

Vogue Ta l en ts i s t he med ia pa r tne r o f I TS 2016 w i l l o f f e r t he Vogue Ta len ts Award t o an I TS FASHION o r an I TS ACCESSORIES f i na l i s t . The w inne r w i l l have h i s /he r co l -l ec t i on and an i n te r v i ew pub l i shed on the Vogue Ta l en ts webs i t e w i th i n 2016 . H i s /he r p ro f i l e w i l l a l so be f ea tu red i n t he Sep tem-be r 2016 supp lemen t o f Vogue I t a l i a . The Modateca Award w i l l a ss ign €3 ,000 and a 4 -week pa r t i c i pa t i on i n t he CKM - C rea t i ve Kn i twea r Mas te r p ro fess iona l cou rse - to t he mos t i n te res t i ng kn i twea r co l l ec t i on . Moda teca Deanna w i l l o f f e r a pa r t i a l cov -e rage o f expenses fo r t r ave l and l odg ing .

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Nie l s g rew up ska t i ng the we t s t ree t s o f Copenhagen i n a co ld , i so l a ted Nord i c l andscape . A l l h i s l i f e he has been phys i ca l l y connec ted to rough and u rban en-v i ronmen ts . The goa l was to cap tu re the t ac t i l e qua l i t i e s o f t hose env i ronmen ts , exp ress ing them th rough a na i ve and ch i l d i sh l anguage . He i s t e l l i ng the s to r y o f l os t k ids hang ing ou t by the i ndus t r i a l docks . Vanda l i sm i s on the i r agenda and the i r un i f o rm i s me tamorphosed by the o i l sea , we t aspha l t and rus t y con ta i ne rs .

HÆRVÆRK by N ie ls Gundto f t HansenDan i sh , Bo r n on 29 th Ju l y 1987

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F lo ra M i randa p resen ts a f ash ion co l l ec t i on tha t i n i t i a t es a new beg inn ing : A ca l l t o e rase o ld pa rad igms , pe rspec t i ves and p rocesses to f u l l y embrace a pos t -human ex i s tence . Today we a re dea l i ng w i th a comp lex soc i e t y t ha t f i nds i t se l f en tang led i n a rea l c r i s i s , mak ing us ques t i on obso le te mode l s t ha t exhaus t ou r wo r ld and ou r i nd i v i dua l l i v es . I t i s an oppo r tun i t y to e rase ou r f i xed modes o f behav io r, ou r ready -made ideas and p re -p rog rammed p rocesses . P ress rese t !

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Hayk wan ted to deve lop a mach ine -d ress tha t c rea tes the wea re r ’s own wor ld o f expe r i -ence th rough senso rs and compute rs embedded i n t he ou t f i t . Lack ing the t echno log i ca l know ledge he focused on p rov id i ng a f u tu r i s t i c aes the t i c t ha t t akes i n to cons ide ra t i on the i nc l us ion o f such t echno log i es , p rov id i ng a v i ew on an evo lu t i on i n t ha t has j us t begun . The i dea wasn ’ t t ha t o f an i ndependen t t h i nk i ng mach ine , bu t r a the r o f mach ine pa r t s wo rk i ng i n co r re l a t i on w i th a spec i f i c human body wea r i ng those pa r t .

AD-MACHINA by Hayk Gabr ie lyan German , Bo r n on 30 th Oc tobe r 1984

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Th i s i s a m i rac l e co l l ec t i on based on the i dea tha t you can f i nd you r l ove by k i ss i ng a f rog k i ng . I t i s a l ove s to r y to ld us i ng ma te r i a l s and emot ions as we l l as humour. A co l -l ec t i on to be sha red w i th one ’s own pa r tne r… Pe rhaps as a s i gn o f t r ue l ove .

KISS A FROG BUT ONLY WITH BRUSHED TEETH by Anna Bor nho ldGerman , Bo r n on 9 th Augus t 1982

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“Ug l y i s a t t r ac t i ve , ug l y i s exc i t i ng . Maybe because i t i s newer ” sa id M iucc i a P rada . To re fu te t he i dea o f an immutab le sense o f aes the t i cs , Cheng Zong used g l i t ch a r t ex tens i ve l y i n t he co l l ec t i on , go ing aga ins t t he s tanda rd i dea o f “pe r f ec t i on ” . The g l i t t e r sub l ima ted unde r t he p rocess o f t he rma l t r ans fe r t u r ns i n to a b rand new su r f ace . And the l a v i sh pa t t e r n on i t i s i nsp i red by the ou tdoo r o f Ta iwanese ope ras . They a re deco-ra ted w i th Ch inese d ragon o r namen ts and dazz l i ng neon co lo r s de r i ved f rom Ta iwanese i nd igenous t emp les . A l l o f t he above , usua l l y cons ide red ug l y i n Ta iwan , has become no t on l y t he rebe l l i on aga ins t pe r f ec t i on bu t a l so genu ine beau ty.

THE VARIAT IONS OF TAIWANESE CULTURE by Cheng Zong YuTa iwanese , Bo r n on 6 th June 1994

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From the ve ry beg inn ing humans have been c rea t ing ta les o f fan tasy wor lds in wh ich to immerse themse lves . The med ia th rough wh ich we exper ience these wor lds have rad ica l l y changed: we have gone f rom pa in t ings in caves , to wr i t i ng , v ideogames and now v i r tua l re -a l i t y wh ich i s b r ing ing an unprecedented leve l o f rea l i sm in to what used to be jus t fan tasy. I nsp i red by th i s , B i ru te took Japanese fa i r y ta les and expressed them th rough a va r ie ty o f d i f f e ren t means and re fe rences : f rom the p la in g r id used in the c rea t ion o f d ig i ta l wor lds , to wr i t i ng and man ipu la t ing t rad i t iona l Japanese sp i r i t s ’ faces us ing 3D techn iques . Her aes the t ics m ixes fee l i ngs o f mys te ry, hor ro r, d ig i ta l and t rad i t ion .

ONCE UPON by B i ru te Maze ika i teL i t huan ian , Bo r n on 25 th Sep tember 1989

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The co l l ec t i on rep resen ts s te reo t ypes o f so -ca l l ed “Russ i anness ” i n a d i f f e ren t l i gh t . I t ’s t he comb ina t i on o f oppos i t e wo r lds , one based on t r ad i t i on and one on mode r n i t y. I nsp i r a t i on fo r t he ou t f i t s came f rom the Russ i an na t i ona l cos tume be fo re the Grea t Rev -o lu t i on : i n t hose l as t days o f t he emp i re t echn ica l p rog ress was i n f l uenc ing eve r y aspec t o f l i f e i nc l ud ing peasan ts ’ c l o th i ng , bu t t r ad i t i ons we re s t i l l ve r y s t rong and ha rd to e rad-i ca te . O lesya wan ted to re f l ec t t ha t conve rs ion by m ix i ng a rcha i c shapes , o r namen ts and techn iques w i th mode r n de ta i l s , accesso r i es and ma te r i a l s .

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Look ing a t t he abs t rac t i on movemen t i n a l l doma ins o f a r t , Sé ro exp lo red i t s o r i g i ns re l a ted w i th causa l i t y i n h i s to r y, g i v i ng i t a con tempora r y re - i n te rp re ta t i on . I nsp i red by abs t rac t pho tog raphy, h i s keywords we re recompos i t i on , d i s to r t i on and cas t i ng o f f o f p re -ex i s t i ng c lo th i ng codes . The a im was to des t ruc t t he ob jec t i v i t y b randed on to the ga rmen t . Th rough th i s s tudy, Sé ro i s und ress ing the human body o f such conven t i ona l codes thus revea l i ng the essence o f t he ga rmen t and i l l um ina t i ng the on to log i ca l mean-i ng o f ou r be ing .

UNSOLVED by Séro OhSou th Ko rean , Bo r n on 13 th December 1985

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The co l l ec t i on f ee l s as i f i t we re caugh t i n a l imbo be tween “o ld ” and “new” wor lds wh ich un i t e bu t a re somehow subve r ted to c rea te a su r rea l e l emen t . Tr i gge red by the f aded , f a l l i ng , and bu r n t na tu re o f ob j ec ts f rom pas t e ras , Mayako sough t to b r i ng these qua l i t i e s i n to a con tempora r y d i a l ogue th rough p rese rva t i on and t r ans lucen t l a ye r i ng . Wh i l e t he ove ra l l l ook i s i n a s ta te o f decons t ruc t i on , two l aye rs make up the co re shape o f t he co l l ec t i on w i th t he t r anspa ren t l a ye r rep resen t i ng p rese rva t i on . The co l l ec t i on re f e rences 1930-40 ’s cu t t i ng t echn iques , and embro ide r y has been used as a mechan i sm to b i nd these va r i ous e l emen ts toge the r.

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“Ma themat i cs as an exp ress ion o f t he human m ind re f l ec t s t he ac t i ve w i l l and the des i re f o r aes the t i c pe r f ec t i on . I t l i nks the abs t rac t wo r ld o f men ta l concep ts to t he rea l wo r ld o f phys i ca l t h i ngs w i thou t be ing l oca ted comp le te l y i n e i t he r ” (Cou ran t and Robb ins ) . S te fan i e ’s wo rk i s d r i ven to f i nd these beau t i f u l , o rde red and unp red ic tab l e moments i n t he comp lex i t y o f s tudy f i e l ds w i th i n ma themat i cs . W i th t he he lp o f co l l abo ra to rs she has been ques t i on ing the i dea o f beau ty and i t s re l a t i on to sc i ence and a r t . She then t r ans l a ted the concep t o f unknown chaos i n to t ex t i l e s and ga rmen ts to c rea te a wor ld w i th i t s own r i gh ts and beau ty.

THE FRAGILE CHAOS by S te fan ie Tsch i rkySwiss , Bo r n on 11 th Ju l y 1990

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Eve ry ou t f i t i n t h i s co l l ec t i on rep resen ts an i ns tan t pho tog raph o f a cap tu red moment . A t the same t ime , Sh inhwan i s a l so t r y i ng to iden t i f y the sh i f t i ng movement wh ich ex i s t s be tween s im i l a r i t y and d i f f e rence . I n h i s sequence o f though ts du r i ng obse rva t ions o f da i l y l i f e , h i s m ind i s impercep t ib l y chang ing wha t i t pe rce i ves , i n a repe t i t i on o f sh i f t s wh ich can tw is t the rea l i t y o f a s i ng le ob jec t , mak ing i t d i f f e ren t , t hen s im i l a r and v i ceve rsa .

SHIFT ING MOVEMENT by Sh inhwan K imSou th Ko rean , Bo r n on 3 rd May 1989

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Las t yea r ma rked a new chap te r i n Pau l a Kno r r ’s l i f e : Once t he f reedom and ca re f reeness o f be i ng a s t uden t was l os t , a t ime began whe re she d idn ´ t be l i e ve i n he r own a r t i s t i c capab i l i t y anymore . The new co l l ec t i on can be seen as an ex tens i ve resea rch on re -ga i n i ng c rea t i v i t y. She wen t back t o he r exp lo ra t i on o f unde rs t and i ng womanhood and rev i ewed t he conve r sa t i ons and i n t e r v i ews w i t h i n sp i r i ng women t ha t had s t a r t ed he r 2015 co l l ec t i on . Exp lo r i ng a r t i s t i c me thods ou t s i de f ash i on , she res t a r t ed he r c rea t i v i t y t h rough se l f -po r t r a i t s i n pho tog raphy, pa i n t i ng and ske tch i ng . The i n f l uence o f t he c re -a t ed a r two rks f l ows t h rough t he who l e co l l ec t i on . C lo thes f ee l l i k e b rush s t rokes : s l eek bu t powe r f u l w i t h rough t ex tu res , po r t r a y i ng a woman who f ee l s f i na l l y ba l anced i n he r s t reng th , vu l ne rab i l i t y and c rea t i v i t y.

I ’M A WOMAN, WHAT’S YOUR SUPERPOWER by Pau la Knor rGerman , Bo r n on 5 th Ju l y 1989

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We a re ve r y happy to pa r t i c i pa te aga in t h i s yea r and ce l eb ra te the 15 th ann i ve rsa r y o f t he I TS compet i t i on as ma in pa r tne r o f I TS ACCESSORIES .Th i s yea r has a l so been ve r y exc i t i ng fo r YKK as we have now opened ou r f i r s t -eve r Showroom in London , Sho red i t ch , whe re we have we lcomed ove r 500 v i s i t o r s i n -c l ud ing the I TS Fam i l y and young ta l en ts f rom a round the wor ld .I n May we we re p roud to hos t a mon th - l ong exh ib i t i on fo r I TS d i sp l ay i ng pas t f i na l i s t s ’ wo rk i n a f an tas t i c w indow d i sp l ay. We a re l ook ing fo rwa rd to the f u tu re , be ing ab le to d i sp l ay t he i nc red ib l e c rea t i ons tha t a re p roduced f rom the compe t i t i on .

YKK i s p l eased to be ab le to o f f e r t h i s un ique resou rce i n t he hea r t o f London wh ich w i l l ac t as ongo ing suppor t f o r young des igne rs i n t he i r f u tu re ca ree rs .A s w e l l a s a w i d e r a n g e o f p ro d u c t s , s a m -p l e s a n d c a t a l o g u e s , t h e s h o w ro o m h o s t s o u r c re a t i v e a rc h i v e o f I T S Y K K A c c e s s o r i e s a r t i f a c t s a n d l o o k s f o r w a rd t o w e l c o m i n g y o u t h e re t o v i e w o u r c o l l e c t i o n s , a s w e l l a s f a n t a s t i c w i n d o w d i s p l a y s a n d i n t e r i o r s , w h i c h h a v e b e e n d e s i g n e d a n d c u r a t e d b y K E I K A G A M I w h o s e p e r s o n a l b a c k g ro u n d a n d l o n g - t e r m i n v o l v e m e n t w i t h I T S i n -c re a s e s o u r e x p e r t i s e i n s u p p o r t i n g t h e I T S f a m i l y a n d t h e y o u n g d e s i g n e r s o f t h e f u t u re .

I TS ACCESSORIES i s a na tu ra l ex tens ion o f I TS to g i ve a more comp le te ove r v i ew o f t he mos t c rea t i ve young ta l en ts i n f ash ion w i th a ded ica ted con tes t f o r a l l accesso r i es des ign g radua tes and young accesso r i es des igne rs . YKK i s t he ma in pa r tne r o f t h i s a rea . The ITS ACCESSORIES Award w i l l a ss ign €10 ,000 & showcase a new ou t -o f -compe-t i t i on p ro j ec t a t t he nex t ed i t i on o f I TS .

The YKK Award w i l l g ran t €10 ,000 and , i f t he on l y b randed f as tene rs used by the

award w inne r a re f rom YKK, an app rop r i a te exh ib i t i on a t t he b rand new YKK Showroom in London .

Vogue Ta l en ts i s t he med ia pa r tne r o f I TS 2016 and w i l l o f f e r t he Vogue Ta len ts Award t o an I TS FASHION o r an I TS ACCESSORIES f i na l i s t . The w inne r w i l l have h i s /he r co l l ec t i on and an i n te r v i ew pub l i shed on the Vogue Ta l en ts webs i t e w i th i n 2016 . H i s /he r p ro f i l e w i l l a l so be f ea tu red i n t he Sep tember 2016 supp le -men t o f Vogue I t a l i a .

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Somet imes th i ngs l i ke l i s t en ing to mus ic , f o r examp le , o r even exe rc i s i ng , can g i ve us tha t i n t ense f ee l i ng o f be ing a l i ve . An ima l s mus t somet imes f ee l t he same . Among them the dee r, ve r y cau t i ous j us t l i ke human be ings , can commun ica te g rea t s t reng th th rough i t s ho r ns , wh ich s tand as the a rms o f a human be ing . Dee rs l i v i ng i n a qu i e t f o res t a re no t much d i f f e ren t f rom peop le l i v i ng i n t h i s f o res t known as soc i e t y. Such cons ide ra t i ons and re fe rences a re a l l embedded i n Tsugumi ’s bag co l l ec t i on .

DEER by Tsugumi E ikawaJapanese , Bo r n on 13 th December 1990

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A woman , he r to rmen t… and he r reb i r t h . Ta ran t i sm i s a f o rm o f hys te r i c behav iou r, popu la r l y be l i e ved to resu l t f rom the b i t e o f a pa r t i cu l a r k i nd o f sp ide r. Th rough a deep theo re t i ca l and psycho log i ca l ana l ys i s , I l a r i a came to the conc lus ion tha t i t i n sp i res the evo lu t i on o f two opposed e l emen ts , reason and un reason . Th i s i s a pe rsona l j ou r ney, commun ica ted th rough the p i eces wh ich a re s t ruc tu red and seve re as we l l as d raped and f a l l i ng .

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A lmos t eve r yone has expe r i enced p l ay i ng w i th a puzz l e o r Rub i k ’s cube a t l eas t once . P l aye rs know wha t i t means to f ee l t ha t moment when you pu t t he l as t p i ece i n p l ace o r a re abou t to make tha t f i na l t u r n on the cube r i gh t be fo re comp le t i ng i t . Each p i ece has i t s own space and can be pu t i n p l ace w i th d i f f e ren t movemen ts . Young J i n i s g rea t l y i n t e res ted i n t hese f ea tu res , espec ia l l y t ha t “p l ay i ng awareness ” wh ich i s t he resu l t o f t he i n te rac t i on be tween use r, p roduce r and p roduc t . He r 6 i t ems a re i nd i v i dua l l y des igned to se r ve d i f f e ren t pu rposes and a l so come toge the r as a g roup to bu i l d a s i n -g l e , compac t e l emen t .

ROOM FOR THE MAN by Young J in JangSou th Ko rean , Bo r n on 20 th Janua ry 1987

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Woo jung ’s ob jec ts a re t he phys i ca l rep resen ta t i on o f he r sho r t s to r y : “Because I t l os t i t s dea th , I t cou ldn ’ t l i v e and I t cou ldn ’ t d i e . So I t s t a r t ed i t s j ou r ney to f i nd i t s dea th . I t wen t to t he fo res t , me t a sp ide r. The sp ide r sa id , he can g i ve dea th w i th h i s b i t e . Bu t I t was too sca red o f h i s webs . I t wen t to t he dese r t , me t a snake . The snake sa id , she can g i ve dea th w i th he r b i t e . Bu t I t was too sca red o f he r po i son . I t wen t to t he sea , me t sha rks . The sha rks sa id , t hey can g i ve dea th w i th t he i r b i t es . Bu t I t was too sca red o f t he i r t ee th . ”

WHERE IS MY DEATH? by Woo jung JungSou th Ko rean , Bo r n on 2 nd May 1990

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He len ’s f oo twea r co l l ec t i on i s a j ou r ney o f resea rch and handc ra f t . By sea rch ing and co l l ec t i ng o ld sneake r pa r t s she has engaged i n b r i ng ing them back to l i f e t h rough a t ime-consum ing p rocess wh ich rebu i l ds an en t i re l y new sneake r f rom sc raps tha t ca r r y s to r i es and the l i ves o f who wore them be fo re , t he c reases l i ke ve i ns ho ld i ng the essence o f f o rmer l i v e l i hoods , che r i shed shapes bu i l d i ng a l andscape o f t he p resen t . S ign i f y i ng the s t rugg le to be long i n a hype r-commerc i a l rea l i t y, t hese shoes a re eva lua t i ng p rocess , owne rsh ip and obso lescence . Deve loped th rough gene ra t i ons o f t ime ( each sc rap p i ece has i t s own age and o r i g i n ) , He l en ’s work a l l ows the wea re r to reengage w i th ene rg i es embedded i n t he ma te r i a l . Th rough he r p rocess she dep ic t s t r i umph and de fea t . Ghos ts o f e f f o r t s t ha t we re once d i sca rded a re now remas te red .

OUR PUBLIC YOUTH by He len K i rkumBr i t i sh , Bo r n on 10 th Ma rch 1992

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What you ea t rep resen ts who you a re . F rom th i s s ta r t i ng po in t Chu-T ing came up w i th t h i s de l i c i ous “ shoe banque t ” , i dea l l y imag ined fo r he r gues ts . Each shoe i s de -cons t ruc t i b l e i n i t s own way depend ing on how you ea t t he d i sh and each o f t he 6 s t y l es rep resen ts a d i f f e ren t cou rse on the menu . F rom the s ta r t e r, t o spaghe t t i , s t eam dump l i ngs , l obs te r, BBQ and desse r t . Th i s i s a co l l ec t i on f u l l o f f l a vou r and tex tu re w i th a su r rea l aes the t i c .

FOOD ADVENTURE by Chu-T ing LeeTa iwanese , Bo r n on 2 nd December 1984

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A memento i s more than j us t an ob jec t o r i t em tha t se r ves to rem ind one o f a pe rson o r a pas t even t . By t ak i ng i t i n to t he m ind ’s eye , a senso ry memory wh ich can be f r agmen ted and a l l us i ve , such an ob jec t t u r ns i n to wha t we have l os t mak ing i t a t ang ib l e t h i ng . I n t h i s co l l ec t i on Me lan i e wo rked w i th wha t rema ins : sk i n , ha i r and the mos t i n t ima te symbo l o f memento mor i , t he dea th mask , to c rea te a se r i es o f i t ems f rom he r d i spa ra te memor i es . I r i s i s ded ica ted to he r mothe r.

IR IS by Me lan ie Lewis tonBr i t i sh , Bo r n on 29 th June 1961

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I n t he Mon ique co l l ec t i on Le Ron i exp lo res shapes and movemen ts o f f ea the rs , and the i r me lancho l i c unde r tones . A m ix tu re o f co lou rs rep resen t i ng a spec t rum o f f undamen ta l human emot ions : wh i t e f o r hope , b l ue s i gn i f y i ng peace , o range fo r j oy and red rep re -sen t i ng b lood , pa in and sadness as we l l as a new beg inn ing . The co l l ec t i on a l so i nc l udes a me ta l l i c go ld headp iece w i th a sma l l go ld f ea the r a t t he cen t re . L i ke a phoen i x t h i s headp iece rep resen t reb i r t h , show ing tha t wh i l e we may go th rough a t roub lesome t ime i t i s poss ib l e to be rebo r n w i se r, s t ronge r and more beau t i f u l .

MONIQUE by Le Ron i Sache la r id iParaguayan , Bo r n on 20 th May 1994

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W i th th i s co l l ec t i on B i yuan i s subve r t i ng t r ad i t i ona l Ch inese cu l t u re and l ea the r c ra f t s -mansh ip , by i n t roduc ing ex t reme wes te r n f e t i sh i sm’s sub-cu l t u re and ma te r i a l l anguage . He r p i eces can be pe rsona l l y i n t e rp re ted depend ing on each i nd i v idua l ’s expe r i ence , b r i ng ing young gene ra t i ons c lose r to aspec ts o f t r ad i t i on as we l l as mak ing f e t i sh i sm more accep tab le i n Ch inese cu l t u re .

SUBVERSION OF TRADIT ION by B iyuan ZhangCh inese , Bo r n on 3 rd Oc tobe r 1991

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L i t t l e Mar ta ’s a r t i f ac ts a re l i t t l e mechan ized se l f - i nvented g rooming too ls tha t the charac te r c rea tes on her own. Through l i t t l e i nvent ions and a l te ra t ions she tu r ns the o rd ina ry rou t ine in to ex t ra-o rd ina ry r i tua l , mak ing i t a sa fe p lace to fee l beaut i fu l , f ree , loved and cudd led . The p ro jec t i s about re -cons idera t ion o f the o rd ina ry, i nsp i red by mate r ia l s themse lves and backed up w i th man-made ad jus tments and research in to beaut i f y ing too ls . I t ta l ks about f reedom o f imag ina t ion and the l ibe r ty o f mak ing the wor ld on our own te rms.

L ITTLE MARTA by Jana Zor n ikS loven ian , Bo r n on 13 th Janua ry 1984

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“ I f you change the way you l ook a t th i ngs , the th ings you l ook a t change” . Eve ryday s i t ua t i ons and da i l y l i f e may qu i ck l y t u r n i n to a rou t i ne ; as a consequence , t h i s can resu l t i n an a l i ena t i on and fundamen ta l imp l i c i t ness o f ob j ec ts and accesso r i es used i n eve r yday l i f e . Those p i eces w i l l t hen be t aken fo r g ran ted and t rea ted as mass-p roduced goods . One way to reawaken the peop le ’s awareness i s by Max Wer the imer ’s Ges ta l t psycho logy. I t p l aces i t s f ocus on the va r i e t y o f human pe rcep t i ons and on the l aws wh ich regu la te how such pe rcep t i ons a r range i n to new pa t te r ns , wh ich i n t u r n ac t l i ke v i sua l s t imu la t i ons i n o rde r to a t t r ac t a t t en t i on . By c rea t i ng those s t imu la t i ons as f r ames , t he ob jec ts w i l l be h igh l i gh ted wh i l e c rea t i ng a p ro tec t i on and a space fo r t he ob jec t i t se l f .

FRAMEWORK by I sabe l He l fAus t r i an , Bo r n on 18 th Feb rua ry 1990

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Swatch i s a v i s ionary p ro jec t – a lways eye ing fu tu re t rends , techno log ies and ta len t , and ready to suppor t them. The hear t o f the Swatch v is ion is the creat ive imag inat ion, the power to env is ion the imposs ib le , te l l a s tory, and make the unth inkab le dream come t rue. Ar t i s a b ig par t o f our DNA, and cha l leng ing the young creators par t ic ipat ing

in ‘ ITS – the 15 th Utop ia ’ to un leash the i r w i ldest dreams and b low us away wi th an ext raord inary v is ion o f u top ia today, is an exc i t ing exerc ise. W i th ITS ARTWORK Swatch throws down the gaunt le t , dar ing these emerg ing ta lents to surpr ise not just us, but even themselves, un leashing the power of the i r emot ions, dreams and art is t ic utopias.

I n a l l t hese yea rs we have found ou t t ha t bes ides the i r sk i l l s and techn ica l know l -edge the i deas and v i s i ons o f young des igne rs a re remarkab le and un ique . I TS ARTWORK i s t he th i rd ed i t i on o f a con tes t i n pa r tne rsh ip w i th Swa tch and l ooks fo r wha t i s i n t he i r m inds and i n t he i r hea r t s . 10 f i na l i s t s we re chosen among the des igne rs who app l i ed fo r I TS 2016 i n I TS FASHION, I TS ACCESSORIES o r I TS JEWELRY. The con ten t o f t he i r po r t f o l i os and wha t l i e s beh ind i t was eva lua ted and the se l ec ted f i na l i s t s we re g i ven the pos-s ib i l i t y o f dep ic t i ng and rep resen t i ng the i r own po in t o f v i ew on the Swatch b rand .They we re reques ted to g i ve the i r own “ rep-resen ta t i on ” o f t he wor ld o f Swa tch th rough the i r eyes , f o l l ow ing the UTOP IAX2 man i -f es to , an encou ragemen t and a cha l l enge to su rpass themse l ves i n exp ress ing the i r a r t i s t i c v i s i on , b r i ng ing c rea t i ve ene rgy and f reedom to the second po ten t i a l . The a r two rk w i l l be a v i sua l s t a temen t w i th no

l im i t s no r bounda r i es , made o f ma te r i a l s , images , p i c tu res , d raw ings and words , d imens iona l and i n t r i gu i ng , a wo r ld to be d i scove red and be enchan ted by – t h rough mu l t imed ia a r two rk w i th on l y t he fo l l ow ing requ i remen ts : 120x120 cm d imens ions and the i nc l us ion o f Swa tch p roduc ts i n t he o r i g i na l o r wha teve r poss ib l e f o rm.

The ITS ARTWORK Award w i l l a ss ign €10 ,000 and showcase a new ou t -o f -com-pe t i t i on p ro j ec t a t t he nex t ed i t i on o f I TS .

The w inne r o f t he SWATCH Award w i l l rece i ve €10 ,000 and w i l l be o f f e red a s i x -mon th pa id expe r i ence by the Swatch LAB i n Zu r i ch . To ass ign the SWATCH Award the j u r y w i l l e va l ua te the a r two rks acco rd ing to the i r ove ra l l aes the t i cs , t he i r ab i l i t y t o exp ress someth ing new and i nven-t i ve , and the i r cons i s tency w i th t he b rand ’s DNA code : Co lo r, L i gh tness , Transpa rency, Movemen t .

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Marco Ba i te l l aI t a l i an , Bo r n on 13 th Ma rch 1990

UTOPIA i s an unde f i ned d imens ion tha t was conce i ved and s t i l l g rows i n my imag ina t i on , a c i t y whe re the bu i l d i ngs a re pa in ted w i th memor i es . I t i s a p l ane t whe re t rees a re bo th the bond w i th t he pas t and the t ens ion towards the f u tu re . U top ia has a so l i d f ounda t i on bu t i s s t i l l vu l ne rab le i n t he f l ow o f l i f e : i t can go th rough an ea r thquake be fo re i t shakes o r show the sun i n t he m idd le o f t he n igh t . U top ia i s a d ream tha t i s no t rea l and the cu r ren t l i f e t ha t c l ash toge the r i n an i n f i n i t e dance .

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UTOPIA i s mu tua l unde rs tand ing .

Hazuk i Kataga iJapanese , Bo r n on 8 th Augus t 1983

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UTOPIA i s Me tamorphos i s .

Han K imSou th Ko rean , Bo r n on 1 st Augus t 1986

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UTOPIA i s f reedom, i s und i sgu i sed .

Wenx in LeeCh inese , Bo r n on 26 th June 1991

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UTOPIA i s c l eanse .

Bi ru te Maze ika i teL i t huan ian , Bo r n on 25 th Sep tember 1989

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UTOPIA i s d ream ing o f o the r wo r lds .

She i la PazosSpan i sh , Bo r n on 20 th Augus t 1986

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UTOPIA i s a l i f e s t y l e o f my own .

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UTOPIA i s weav ing my th i ca l ya r ns o f ou r pas t , i n t he dynam ic b r i l l i ance o f f u tu re .

Karan Toran iI nd i an , Bo r n on 31 st Janua ry 1993

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UTOPIA i s an EX IT.

Cheng Zong YuTa iwanese , Bo r n on 6 th June 1994

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Jana Zor n ikS loven ian , Bo r n on 13 th Janua ry 1984

UTOPIA i s . . . A f ree p l ace whe re we can make ou r own ru l es and be whoeve r we wanna be ! U top ia i s . . . An a l l owed s ta te o f ex t reme imag ina t i on and l i be r t y o f re - i nven t i ng , ex -p ress ing ou rse l ves and c rea t i ng the space a round us on ou r own te rms ! U top ia i s . . . I t ’s t he f reedom o f imag ina t i on and the l i be r t y o f mak ing the wor ld on ou r own te rms ! U top ia i s . . . I t ’s an a l l owed s ta te o f ex t reme imag ina t i on o f be ing and ac t i ng ! A re i nven t i on o f t he wor ld and i t s r u l es !

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The 10 f ina l is ts represent the use o f creat iv i -ty a t i ts best in contemporary jewe l ry des ign. They wi l l p resent a main co l lect ion - wh ich

in many cases is the i r f ina l -year graduat ion pro ject - together w i th the Spec ia l Pro ject based on the des ign br ie f ing by Swarovsk i . The goa l was to create new v is ionary crysta l jewe l ry concepts us ing Swarovsk i c rysta ls . A l l con tes tan ts we re requ i red to p resen t a spec ia l p ro j ec t f o r Swarovsk i f ocus ing on the fo l l ow ing keywords : gende r neu-t r a l , s t reng th , res i l i ence , so l i da r i t y, un i t y. Swarovsk i p rov ided a spec ia l se l ec t i on o f co lo r s and shapes f rom wh ich the pa r-t i c i pan ts we re f ree to choose fo r t he i r des igns .

The ITS JEWELRY Award w i l l a ss ign €10 ,000 & showcase o f a new ou t -o f -com-pe t i t i on p ro j ec t a t t he nex t ed i t i on o f I TS . The w inne r o f t he SWAROVSKI Award w i l l rece i ve €10 ,000 .

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Ute Schumacher Di rec to r C rea t i ve D i rec t i on and Des ign Ne twork Swarovsk i P ro fess iona l

Swarovsk i i s de l i gh ted to be con t i nu ing i t s pa r tne rsh ip w i th I n te r na t i ona l Ta l en t Sup-po r t i n i t s annua l sea rch fo r t he c rème de l a c rème o f t he wor ld ’s young des ign t a l en t . The compe t i t i on i nsp i res and o f f e r s young des igne rs f rom a round the g lobe an op-po r tun i t y to p resen t t he i r wo rk and have i t e va lua ted by a j u r y o f t op p ro fess iona l s . Swarovsk i , i n sha r i ng the ded ica t i on o f I TS

to i den t i f y i ng and suppor t i ng the des ign s ta r s o f t omor row, i s p l eased to rema in the ma in pa r tne r f o r I TS JEWELRY i n 2016 . Swarovsk i be l i e ves th i s p l a t f o rm i s an impor-tan t componen t i n c rea t i ng the momentum necessa ry f o r t he emergence o f t he r aw ta l en t so essen t i a l t o t he v i t a l i t y and d i ve r-s i t y o f t he f ash ion j ewe l r y i ndus t r y.

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These a re l i ke p i eces o f a puzz l e , su r rea l f r agmen ts w i th unde f i ned l im i t s , assemb led as we reca l l a memory. The ma te r i a l i s recyc l ed fo rm ica f rom k i t chen f u r n i t u re , wh ich con-nec ts to spec i f i c ch i l dhood memor i es o f Ga rance . These pe rsona l and un i ve rsa l ob j ec t s have gone f rom fu r n i t u re se r i a l p roduc t i on to becoming i n t ima te and emot iona l . The i r des ign cha rac te r i s t i cs have been re t r ans l a ted i n a p rec ious way. The me ta l pa r t s a re t u r ned i n s i l ve r and the s tones sea ted on the fo rm ica c rea te a sense o f su rp r i se , as an au then t i c de ta i l wh ich seems to be remembered be t te r t han the res t . The back , i n t ima te f ace known by the wea re r o f t he j ewe l on l y, becomes va luab le as a memory tha t i s kep t sec re t .

FORGET ME NOT by Garance Brande lyF rench , Bo r n on 11 th Augus t 1991

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The ma in concep t unde r l y i ng these j ewe l r y p i eces i s p l ay : a t r ans fo rma t i ve co l l ec t i on tha t t r i e s to cap tu re the l i ve l i ness and the d i cho tom ies o f c rea t i v i t y. Co lou red penc i l s can be a pe r f ec t rep resen ta t i on o f wha t i t means to have f un s i nce they a re among the p r ima ry educa t i ona l t oo l s we a re g i ven as a ch i l d to exp ress ou rse l ves . They can the re fo re a l l ow a c rea t i ve exp ress ion . By cu t t i ng and j o i n i ng these penc i l s i n t he sea rch fo r new shapes G i se l a and La rasa t i a re l ook ing fo r t he i r own a l t e r na t i ve exp ress ion o f c rea t i v i t y.

DICHOTOMY PLAY by Larasa t i Dewangga Put r i & G ise la Febr ina JuwonoI n d o n e s i a n , L a r a s a t i w a s b o r n o n 2 1 s t O c t o b e r 1 9 9 0a n d G i se l a was bo r n on 2 5 t h F e b r u a r y 1 9 9 0

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DELTAS by Yuan j ing DongCh inese , Bo r n on 5 th Janua ry 1993

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Th i s j ewe l r y co l l ec t i on p roposes to ope ra te on the p rem ise o f a pa ra l l e l rea l i t y whe re f ash ion ’s pas t i s repea ted as f ash ion ’s p resen t . As i f p l ay i ng on a cons tan t l oop , t h i s pa ra l l e l d imens ion d i c ta tes tha t f rom the 20 th cen tu r y onwards , t he f ash ion cyc l es tha t span each cen tu r y w i l l be d i rec t l y p ropo r t i ona l t o t he nex t . Hence , w i t h t he yea r 2020 com ing up f as t , t he p ress ing l i ne o f i nqu i r y i s t h i s : How w i l l t he re i nca r na t i on o f Twen t i es ’ f ash ion l ook , and w i l l i t roa r aga in?

2020 : THE SECOND ROAR by A lyssa LeeMa lays i an , Bo r n on 14 th June 1991

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I n sp i red by the i dea o f me rg ing compute r p rog ramming and v i sua l a r t s i n to a phys i ca l ob j ec t and exp lo r i ng the concep t o f re imag in i ng the s i x th d imens ion to de f i ne i t i n to a f u tu r i s t i c v i r t ua l space , E l i zabe th i s rep resen t i ng an au ra made up o f m i l l i ons o f m ic ro -scop ic c r ys ta l co lou red p i xe l s t ha t f l oa t on the edge o f ano the r d imens ion . Deve lop ing a t echno log i ca l - l i ke appea rance i n to a t h ree -d imens iona l ma te r i a l c rea tes an i l l u s i ona ry f ee l i ng o f movemen t , b l u r r i ng the l i nes be tween be ing a phys i ca l ob j ec t and p l ay i ng w i th l i gh t , as i f i t we re a d ig i t a l ve i l w rapped a round the body.

DIGITAL INTERLUDE by E l i zabeth LeeBr i t i sh , Bo r n on 19 th Ju l y 1992

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The i n i t i a l i n sp i r a t i on fo r t h i s co l l ec t i on came f rom quan tum mechan ics , wh ich exp lo res the mechan i sms o f ene rgy and ma t te r. Bu t wha t abou t t he mechan i sms o f ou r t hough ts , f ee l i ngs and d reams? Can humans use t echno log i ca l advances i n o rde r to improve and g row as i nd i v idua l s? These ques t i ons l ed Ta t i ana towards a re t ro - fu tu r i s t i c aes the t i cs wh ich appea rs to w ink a t pa r t i c l e acce l l e ra to rs as we l l as t he S ta r Wars un i ve rse , g i v i ng the p i eces a dev i ce - l i ke l ook . A t t he same t ime , t hey l ook as j ewe l r y p i eces fo r bo th men and women a l i ke .

READY TO LAUNCH by Ta t iana LobanovaKazakhs tan i , Bo r n on 10 th Oc tobe r 1982

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Acco rd ing to gende r t heo r i s t Jud i t h Bu t l e r, gende r i s a pe r fo rmed soc ia l cons t ruc t i on and no t someth ing we have cho ice abou t , acco rd ing to how we enac t i n l i f e . Sa r i i s i n t e r-roga t i ng th i s i dea by a l l ow ing the wea re r to choose how the i r gende r appea rs and f ee l s when wea r i ng he r p i eces . The des igns ’ abs t rac t s te reo t yp i ca l ma le and f ema le phys i ca l a t t r i bu tes , wh ich the wea re r can use to mod i f y t he i r body to a l i gn the phys i ca l i t y w i t h t he way they f ee l , a l so o f f e r new ways o f exp lo r i ng the i r i den t i t y. Th i s p ro j ec t i s a too l bo th to decons t ruc t and p rovoke d i scuss ion a round gende r ro l es .

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Masak i cons ide rs t he shape o f an egg to be ve r y f unc t i ona l and beau t i f u l , rem ind ing he r abou t t he beg inn ing o f t he wor ld . Th i s l ed he r to t he cha l l enge o f us i ng ac tua l egg she l l s to p roduce he r j ewe l r y p i eces , wh ich a re t i n y p i eces o f handc ra f t ed a r t . I ns ide each she l l she i s g i v i ng us he r pe rsona l i dea o f U top ia , i nsp i red by ba roque a rch i t ec tu re , Gus tav K l im t and by K in t sug i , t he Japanese a r t o f repa i r i ng b roken po t te r y us i ng l acque r dus ted o r m i xed w i th powdered go ld , s i l ve r o r p l a t i num (a t t he same t ime ph i l osoph ica l l y t rea t -i ng b reakage as pa r t o f t he h i s to r y o f an ob jec t ) .

EGG PARADISE by Masak i Sh imizuJapanese , Bo r n on 22 nd Ju l y 1987

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Ch inam i ’s j ewe l r y co l l ec t i on i s i nsp i red by the i dea tha t i f band-a ids a re p re t t y t hey can tu r n i n to f ash ion . She exp lo red u re thane ge l - w ide l y used i n t he med ica l f i e l d and the re -fo re ha rm less to t he sk i n - mak ing i t t he key ma te r i a l o f he r i t ems . By add ing a s t i cky qua l i t y, each p i ece can be app l i ed whe reve r on the body, t u r n i ng i t i n to a sk i n deco ra t i on tha t can be a t t ached and re -a t t ached e l sewhe re as many t imes as you wan t . Th i s a l l ows fo r a vas t a r r ay o f poss ib i l i t i e s and comb ina t i ons . Rev i ew ing ou r da i l y rou t i nes , she i s hop ing to p ropose a d i f f e ren t app roach , a l l ow ing peop le to en joy f ash ion more f ree l y.

STICKY JEWELRY by Ch inami Tok izawaJapanese , Bo r n on 26 th Sep tember 1989

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Th i s menswea r j ewe l r y co l l ec t i on rep resen ts a new v i s i on on a f u tu re l i f e s t y l e i n wh ich ass im i l a t i ng the new i s ba l anced w i th respec t i ng the o ld . The resu l t i ng p i eces f unc t i on as a b r i dge connec t i ng bo th wor lds , as we l l as a p ro tec t i on . B l ack rubbe r, l ea the r and r i ve t s a re comb ined th rough t r ad i t i ona l p l a i t i ng t echn iques , t hus i n teg ra t i ng bo th pas t and p resen t .

NIGHT WARRIOR by X i X iaCh inese , Bo r n on 5 th Oc tobe r 1987

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E labo ra t i ng the essence o f he r p rev ious (ou t o f ) f l u x co l l ec t i on , I n Wa i i n t ends to documen t t he abs t rac t memor i es c rea ted f rom moments tha t we a re no t t yp i ca l l y awa re o f , t o exp ress unspoken f ee l i ngs th rough the na r ra t i ve o f co lou r, t ac t i l i t y, f o rm and ba l ance i n t he con tex t o f j ewe l r y. He r p re fe rence o f cap tu r i ng beau ty f rom chance has made he r p i ec -es un ique and cu t l oose f rom t ime and p l ace . Emphas i s i s on the who le a tmosphe re o f t he co l l ec t i on r a the r t han a s i ng l e p i ece o f ob j ec t . The hope i s t ha t t hey a re de l i gh t s to l ook a t and to wea r and tha t t hey a re ab l e to b r i ng a long a sense o f wonde r to I n Wa i ’s aud ience .

LAGOON, PEPPER AND THE HAYMAKER by In Wa i KwokCh inese , Bo r n on 9 th December 1983

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Crea t i v i t y becomes i nnova t i on i n a f e r t i l e env i ronmen t .The Reg ion- ITS i n i t i a t i ve i s cons i s ten t w i t h t he reg iona l s t r a tegy tha t a ims a t f avo r i ng w i th conc re te i n i t i a t i ves a t echno log i ca l l y advanced and i nnova t i ve manu fac tu r i ng sec to r, capab le o f c rea t i ng added va lue . The conve rsa t i on be tween a r t and en te r-p r i se i s a remarkab l y f ecund te r r a i n f o r t he c rea t i on o f t he “ i nnova t i on ” we need : t he i n te rac t i on be tween d i ve rse p roduc t i on l i nes i s whe re the spa rk o f gen ius / i nnova-t i on i s s ta r t ed , and no t by chance . O f f e r i ng

se r v i ces , i n f r as t ruc tu res and suppor t t o c rea t i v i t y : t h i s i s ou r t ask i n F r i u l i Venez i a G iu l i a and i n t h i s d i rec t i on we a re channe-l i ng ou r ene rg i es . Success fu l l y comb in i ng aes the t i c va l ues and p ro f i t ab l e p roduc t i on requ i res new i n te rp re ta t i ons and a new fas t app roach on the LTC and eco-compat ib l e economy scena r i o . The I TS p ro j ec t i n t h i s sense i s a case i n po in t : l ook ing to the f u tu re and an t i c ipa t i ng the un-seen and even the un- imag ined i s a cha l l enge , and we canno t be caugh t unp repa red .

Compute rs today a re soph i s t i ca ted e l e -men ts tha t g i ve human be ings the means to augmen t ex te r na l rea l i t y and the i r comprehens i ve p resence on the i n te r ne t . P rog ress w i l l be such tha t we w i l l no l onge r see compute rs as compute rs , bu t as an i n t eg ra l pa r t o f ou r wo r ld , as an ex tens ion o f ou rse l ves . Ex i s t i ng t echno log i es can rea l l y change the man/compute r re l a t i on -sh ip , mak ing the i r co -ex i s tence i nc reas -i ng l y symb io t i c and enab l i ng a new e ra o f sus ta i nab le l i v i ng on p l ane t Ea r th . I n o rde r

t o f u l l y exp lo i t such po ten t i a l , we need to c lose the gap be tween ou r human body and the compute rs . Mak ing compute rs wea rab le i s a way to ach i eve tha t , wh ich requ i res a f ocus on es the t i cs , e rgonomics and use r expe r i ence ra the r t han on com-pu t i ng and commun ica t i on power. Th i s i s why we es tab l i shed th i s co l l abo ra t i on w i th I TS : to exp lo re the merg ing o f d ig i t a l t ech-no log i es w i th bo th emot ions and a sense o f use fu l ness .

Rober to S iagr iEuro tech P res iden t & CEO

Serg io Bo lzone l loV ice P res iden t o f t he F r i u l i Venez i a G iu l i a Reg ion and Reg iona l M in i s te r f o r I ndus t r i a l Po l i c i es , Tou r i sm and Coope ra t i on

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The ITS Made i n FVG p ro j ec t used c rea t i v i t y t o h igh l i gh t t he exce l l ence o f t he manu-fac tu r i ng capab i l i t i e s o f t he F r i u l i Venez i a G iu l i a reg ion i n I t a l y. B i anca Chong , a f o r-mer I TS f i na l i s t , has been cha l l enged to conce i ve a f u tu r i s t i c j ewe l r y p i ece capab le o f measu r i ng da ta l i ke t ime , v i t a l s i gns and more f rom the wea re r ’s su r round ings . An a r t i s t i c specu la t i on based on the i dea o f wea rab le t echno logy. Th i s concep tua l p ro j ec t has been deve l -oped work i ng s ide by s ide w i th Eu ro tech

a company f rom the reg ion work i ng i n te r-na t i ona l l y on A r t i f i c i a l I n t e l l i gence a t t he h ighes t l e ve l . P resen t -day ava i l ab l e t ech-no logy w i l l rep resen ts t he j ump-s ta r t t o imag ine an open fu tu re whe re these t ech-no log i ca l ba r r i e r s w i l l have d i sappea red . Eu ro tech suppor ted the I TS f i na l i s t o f f e r i ng i t s immense sc i en t i f i c and techno log i ca l know-how as we l l as i t s v i s i ons . P ro to t ypes have been deve loped w i th t he suppor t o f Eu ro tech and o f o the r compan ies i n F r i u l i Venez i a G iu l i a ope ra t i ng a t t he t echno log-i ca l f o re f ron t .

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Jus t i n Sm i th pe r f ec t l y embod ies the es -sence o f t he “Gene ra l i Fu tu re Award” : shee r ec l ec t i c t a l en t i n to ta l ha rmony w i th an evo l v i ng en t rep reneu r i a l sp i r i t . G radua ted w i t h an MA i n m i l l i ne r y f rom the Roya l Co l l ege o f A r t , he c rea ted h i s own l abe l J Sm i th Esqu i re f o l l ow ing the c r i t i ca l acc l a im o f h i s 2007 g radua t i on show Le C i rque Macabre . Go ing f rom s t reng th to s t reng th he has co l l abo ra ted w i th h igh -end des ign -e rs , f rom S te l l a McCar tney to Mosch ino , Man i sh A ro ra and Aganov i ch . He i s recog-n i sed as the a r t i s t o f t he m i l l i ne r y wo r ld f o r push ing the bounda r i es o f h i s t r ad i t i on and h i s wo rk ma in ta i ns a con t i nous p resence i n

f ash ion ’s e l i t e p ress , d i sp l ayed i n va r i ous ga l l e r i es a round the wor ld , f rom Sydney to London ’s V&A . Jus t i n pass iona te l y upho lds the t r ad i t i ons o f m i l l i ne r y, wh i l s t rede f i n i ng c l ass i c headwea r, cha l l eng ing conven t i ons and techn ique a l i ke .J Sm i th Esqu i re ’s bespoke work i nc l udes a p res t i g i ous po r t f o l i o o f c l i en t s and con t i n -ues to deve lop ac ross many sec to rs , mos t recen t l y i n wo rk fo r ma jo r mo t i on p i c tu res such as m i l l i ne r y f o r Ange l i na Jo l i e i n Ma-l e f i cen t and fo r By The Sea , ha ts f o r p r i n -c ipa l s i n War ne r B ros ’ Pan , The Man f rom U .N .C .L .E . and seve ra l upcoming p roduc-t i ons wh ich w i l l open l a te i n 2016 .

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GENERALI FUTURE AWARD

Supporting creativity and talent and building synergies to drive innovation, competit iveness and growth. These are the aims behind General i’s decision to renew its backing for International Talent Support ( ITS) - a cross-border talent scouting platform now in its 15th year - through its second annual “General i Future Award”. With the “General i Future Award”, General i aims to support the projects of talented young people se-lected by ITS, who turn their ideas into businesses by creating products and services that understand and fulf i l l people’s ever-changing needs.In a highly dynamic and fast-paced knowledge economy, focusing on creativity and innovation means attracting and faci l i tat ing the growth of high added-value businesses. Training people and

cult ivating their talent is not a matter of simply learning concepts or technical ski l ls - although this too is essential - but of st imulating an open-minded att itude, with an inquisit ive and crit ical ap-proach, combined with genuine hard work. This is the thinking behind General i’s commitment to supporting creativity not only by recognizing it, but also by considering it as a “way of being” - a con-stantly shift ing real ity that transforms countries, businesses and the entire community. The Award goes towards supporting the business of a young designer chosen by ITS among previous years’ f inal ists who has stood out for their innovative and ground-breaking vision combined with technical ski l ls, and for turning their ideas into real ity. General i has a long-standing commitment to l is-tening to people’s needs and seeking out innova-tion and quality, so that it can offer products and services that improve everyday l i fe.The f irst General i Future Award was presented to designer Aitor Throup in 2015.

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AND THANKS

MISE - Ministero Sviluppo Economico thanks to Deputy Minister Ivan

Scalfarotto and Personal Secretary Alberto Castoldi.

Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia especially President Debora

Serracchiani, Vice-President Sergio Bolzonello, Gianni Torrenti, Antonio

Bravo, Teresa Fulin, Giancarlo Lancellotti, Franco Milan and Lydia

Alessio-Vernì.

Promoturismo FVG especially Michele Bregant.

The City of Trieste thanks to the Mayor Roberto Cosolini, Miryam

Taucer, Edi Kraus, Paolo Tassinari, Fabio Lorenzut, Lorenzo Bandell i,

Francesca Locci, Cristina Caris and Stefania Lenarduzzi.

Fondazione CRTrieste thanks to President Massimo Paniccia and to

Secretary-General Paolo Santangelo.

OTB Group especially Renzo Rosso, Antonella Viero, Alicia Casado

and Rina Toll io (Diesel).

YKK thanks to Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Kei Kagami, Marco Grandi, Sabine

Bourgeau, Anna Stefaniak, Veronica Trezzi and Stefania Liberti

Swatch thanks to Carlo Giordanetti, Anessa Boutriche, and Thomas Lesage.

Swarovski especially Ute Schumacher, Harry Eisenberger, Sandra

O’Connor, Katharina Pretzl and Gertraud Hofeger.

Generali especially Simone Bemporad, Emma Ursich, Belkis Ramani

and Sonia Sicco.

Trieste Trasporti thanks to President Giovanni Longo.

Eyes on Talents especially Floriane De Saint Pierre, Valentina Maggi,

Guil laume de Piedoue and Mariasole Pastori.

Everyone at Develon especially Lorenzo Gottin, Marco Pietribiasi,

Giorgio Dal Maso, Paolo Valentini, Daniele Nabissi and Elena Zil io.

Modateca Deanna thanks to Deanna, Sonia and Jessica!

CNN Style thanks to Cathy Ibal, Larsen kaya, Geraldine Finnegan,

Chiara Stocco and Peter Kilson.

Vogue Talents thanks to Sara Maino and Elisa Pervinca Bell ini.

Il Piccolo especially Editor-in-Chief Enzo d’Antona, Deputy Editor

Alberto Boll is, Alessandro Mezzena Lona, Alessio Radossi, Viviana

Attard and Patrizia Piccione.

Gaetano Rossini thanks to Emiliano Rossini, Gaetano Rossini,

Anastasia Rossini and Giulia Castelnuovo.

Material ConneXion thanks to Rodrigo Rodriquez, Micol Costi,

Claudia Reder and Anna Pell izzari.

Minini thanks to Luciano Minini and Alessia Berengo.

The Office thanks to Cristiana Fiandra and Rossella Spangaro.

Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.

AltaRoma especially President Silvia Venturini Fendi.

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana especially President Carlo Capasa.

Pitti Immagine especially Raffaello Napoleone, Agostino Poletto, Lapo

Cianchi and Riccardo Vannetti (Tutorship).

All the jurors for their precious help.

All the Colleges and Academies which enrolled in ITS 2016 and all of

their teachers and tutors.

All former ITS finalists. Way, way too many to l ist here!

All of the ITS 2016 contestants for enroll ing.

All of the press that supports and gives space to ITS.

Romina Beltramini and Simone Paternich for their amazing creative

and technical support and for their passionate work, especially on the

ITS Made in FVG project.

Paolo Blocar for his technical support.

All of our friends who have supported us and taught us so much, you

are all important!

A very special thanks to Bernadette Wittmann for joining the ITS staff,

such a special, precious help!

Fashion Show Director and Choreographer Rosemary Ferrari at Studio

Ferrari and her assistants Giulia Vicini, Eleonora Ardenghi, Guelfa

Rugarli and Luciano Pasin.

Electrosacher Djs for the ITS 2016 soundtrack and for the rest of the

music... thanks Gianluca Guerra and Daniele di Blasi!!

Fabrizio Comel for the VJing.

Massimo Gardone, Corrado Canulli and Angelo Meno for bringing

beauty to the Utopia video.

Carlo Pacorini for cinematography and support.

Videoest, Giampaolo Penco, Riccardo Dussi for service and location.

The ITS Video troupe fi lming and interviewing during the event.

Thanks to Mitja Gialuz for his support.

Thanks to Goodfellas for their outstanding coverage of the event.

Antonio Giacomin for the online streaming.

Alain Winters and his staff for the Hair Styling.

Cecilia Carbonelli and friends for the Make Up.

PIANO B for the Production, especially Mario Viscardi, Stefano Losco,

Giulia Miglioli, Silena Rovida and Gianluca Sotti le.

STS especially Alberto Pasqualini and Michele de Vita.

Giampaolo Bruzzese and all his staff at New Light.

Grel by Elena Greco for the realisation of the set design.

Engineer Giorgio Altin for the precious consultancy.

All the models and dressers.

Photographers Giovanni Giannoni, Gianmaria Gava, Giuliano Koren

and Daniele Braida.

Renato Colucci for knowing everything there is to know about weather

forecasts.

Massimiliano Lacota at Cooperativa Facchini Portabagagli and all

the drivers for driving everyone back and forth, back and forth, back

and forth...

Riccardo Zanellotti from Hotel Savoia Excelsior, Alex and Susy.

Benvenuti from Hotel Duchi D’aosta and Vis à Vis, Monica and

Claudia Coppe at Hotel Coppe and all of their staff for welcoming our

guests.

Thanks to Paola Corazza for text editing and translations.

Aldo Castigliego and all the staff at Art Group Graphics.

Massimo Garbo and Grafiche Tintoretto for making this catalogue

possible.

All of the former ITS finalists for allowing us to use images of their work

for the printed materials and website.

CREDITS

EVE team for ITS 2016Barbara Franchin - Founder & Director

Sergio Drioli - Vice Director

Michele de Facchinetti - Art Director & Organization

Giulia and Aldo Lonciari - Accounting Off ice

Fabrizio Bressan - Head of Administration Off ice and Production

Giovanni Papalexis - Hospital ity Off ice and Administration

Thomas Kelland - Assistant to Administration Off ice

Michele Colucci - PA to Director

Silvia Pallaver - Coordinator for Director & Studio

Alessia Franchin - Event Coordinator for Director

Fabio Bressan - Creative Director & Video Maker

Martino Pilot - Head of Mult imedia Off ice & Social Networks

Giulio Dambrosi - Mult imedia Off ice

Marco Davanzo - Assistant to Mult imedia Off ice

Alessandro Offer - Head of Press Off ice

Federica Marchesich - Assistant to Press Off ice

Laura Doljak - Press Off ice Intern

Niccolò Coscia - Press Off ice Intern

Matea Burmas - Head of Schools & Contestants Off ice

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