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CRAFT THE LEATHER
TRAINING EXPERIENCE AND DESIGN AWARD FOR FUTURE FASHION DESIGNERS
COMING SOON THE 2014 EDITION
Genuine Italian Vegetable Tanned Leather Consortium with the cooperation of Toscana Promozione –
Economic Promotion Agency of Tuscany – and Camera di Commercio di Pisa, organises the third edition of
“Craft The Leather”, a training project focused on a group of talented young designers from the most prestigious
international fashion and design schools.
Craft The Leather aims to promote the Tuscan Vegetable-Tanned Leather, a high-quality product created by the
skilled hands of the Tuscan master tanners, and to increase knowledge of this traditional but also extremely
versatile product among the new generation of fashion designers, who will be the stylists of tomorrow.
Ten students, from the most famous international fashion and design schools, will take part in Craft The Leather
2014:
- ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem – Olanda
- London College of Fashion, Londra - UK
- Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo – Giappone
- Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry, Tokyo – Giappone
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence – USA
- Fashion Institute of Technology, New York – USA
- Kookmin University, Seoul - Corea del Sud
- Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem - Israele
- Deutsche Schuhfachschedule, Pirmasens - Germania
- Kolding School of Design – Kolding - Danimarca
The project will consist in two main phases: the training workshop, in the week from 6th to 12th April 2014 and
the designers’ contest in the next autumn.
During the workshop the group of 10 selected students with their teachers will spend a week in the heart of the
Tuscan Leather District exploring each aspect of the veg-tanning process. They will come into contact with various
kinds of vegetable-tanned leather, experiencing the production practices and the design creative process, and will
select materials directly in the tanneries to be used for the final phase of the project: concept and production of a
mini-collection of fashion accessories.
The winner of the competition is going to be declared by a technical jury and rewarded during the final ceremony
of Craft The Leather project– Edition 2014, that will take place at an international leather fair next autumn.
Tutor for “Craft The Leather 2014” will be Mrs Diane Ellen Becker.
Creative consultant, Diane Ellen Becker has worked in the all aspects of the specialty leather business, from visual merchandiser and buyer
to designer of high end leather goods and shoes, specializing in international trend research and creative brand identity consultation and
formation, both to fashion/design professionals and educational institutes.
www.pellealvegetale.it
For info and photos:
CONSORZIO VERA PELLE ITALIANA CONCIATA AL VEGETALE
Piazza Spalletti 12 . 56024 Ponte a Egola (PI) . Italia
[email protected] t. +39 0571 485158