DESIGN COMPETITION // VILCEK FOUNDATION - SCIENCE & FASHION

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN89zHnJg56LaQrnD15WuIBB2GyBagtZw7jX9OzhuYLMVEiEae3DrJN6CVCeuhg0cIqSazWuVraa38hh8IeGTLFf-aVP33yyPuiSZfDkaXPkhyphenhyphenuwky6147mFsITNb4Nqyz7AuHGRWrH0qE/s1600/1026881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN89zHnJg56LaQrnD15WuIBB2GyBagtZw7jX9OzhuYLMVEiEae3DrJN6CVCeuhg0cIqSazWuVraa38hh8IeGTLFf-aVP33yyPuiSZfDkaXPkhyphenhyphenuwky6147mFsITNb4Nqyz7AuHGRWrH0qE/s1600/1026881.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In fulfilling its ongoing mission to raise public awareness of the outstanding contributions of foreign born scientists and artists living and working in the United States, the Vilcek Foundation presents awards annually to selected candidates in biomedical research and a changing category in the arts.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">COMPETITION: </b> The VILCEK Foundation honors and supports foreign-born Scientists and Artists who have made outstanding contribution to society in the Unites States of America</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PRIZE</b>: The Vilcek Foundation will award three prizes of $50,000 each to young fashion professionals who demonstrate outstanding early achievement.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">APPLICANT</b>: Professionals in the following fields are encouraged to apply:</span></div><ul style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Designer</strong> — including but not exclusive to womenswear, menswear, textile design, accessories, and other artifacts</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stylist</strong> — including editorials, advertising campaigns, and fashion presentations</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Makeup/hair artist</strong> — truly experimental pushing the breadth of materials used to communicate their narrative of makeup or hair</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Image Maker</strong> — including fashion photography, film, animation, and illustration</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Curator</strong> — including exhibitions, presentations, and display through real and/or virtual environment</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Writer</strong> — fashion writing, including curatorial, journalistic, critical, editorial, and historical</span></li></ul><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>FINAL SUBMISSION </b>: June 10, 2014</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To learn more and to apply for the competition, go<a href="http://www.vilcek.org/prizes/creative-promise/index.html" style="font-weight: bold;"> here</a><b>. </b></span></div>

DESIGN COMPETITION // VILCEK FOUNDATION - SCIENCE & FASHION

In fulfilling its ongoing mission to raise public awareness of the outstanding contributions of foreign born scientists and artists living a...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - SCARVES FOR SUMMER 2015

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNCjpi3PnmqfEvVlHTomuMNCG8aT0jsM75sJRVGNku05I7oYtixodpfU2yp3vdfgTs_HsPdZHDkxMtSFG0LDBfvphA-Qaf2H68ix8jJsw0fJ6o5o8dwDQRTWiTN7KXiv_MPX_iyQa4pgw/s1600/FRS+moodboard-TYPOGRAPHY.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNCjpi3PnmqfEvVlHTomuMNCG8aT0jsM75sJRVGNku05I7oYtixodpfU2yp3vdfgTs_HsPdZHDkxMtSFG0LDBfvphA-Qaf2H68ix8jJsw0fJ6o5o8dwDQRTWiTN7KXiv_MPX_iyQa4pgw/s1600/FRS+moodboard-TYPOGRAPHY.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">CREATIVE BRIEF</span></h1></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submission Deadline: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">30 April, 2014, 6pm CET</b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Voting Starts: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">01 May, 2014, 6pm CET</b></span></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"A picture can say a thousand words.” At least that’s how the old saying goes, which is why we’ve decided to turn it on its head: can you try making an image out of a thousand words? Or even out of a single letter? That’s right guys, for this month’s scarf challenge we’re all about the art of typography.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />But hey, this isn’t some simple transcribing exercise: we want you to push typographical creativity to almost unrecognizable limits. Explore the history of the ampersand, delve into intensely detailed blocks of old American newsprint, or study the miniature artworks of Chinese characters – the (typographical) world is your oyster!<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />This competition is for scarves. As always, don't forget that your print might need to be adjusted to fit the appropriate template. All templates are marked with design specifications to help you get your design just right. Please note that all FRS templates may differ slightly from final manufacturing specifications, so make sure your print is versatile and flexible enough for production.</span></div><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">What can you win?</span></h2></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each winner receives a one-off immediate prize of 200€ . plus one of their products when it arrives in stock. But that is not all - each & every time we sell 500 pieces of your design, you will receive an additional €200. This means that FRS can continue to embody the spirit of fashion democracy, rewarding our top designs again...and again...and again! We will also conduct an interview with the winner, publicizing their design across the fashion community in Berlin and worldwide.</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>To learn more and to submit your designs, go<a href="http://www.frontrowsociety.com/boutique/m/contest/brief?id=85" target="_blank"> here</a>.

DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - SCARVES FOR SUMMER 2015

CREATIVE BRIEF Submission Deadline:  30 April, 2014, 6pm CET Voting Starts:  01 May, 2014, 6pm CET "A picture can say a thousand words....

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DESIGN COMPETITION // TEXTILE FEDERATION - ENTOMOLOGY

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuZ0ZAloNmRpTaZpIRAKOFaXo46uVU0NpKbYCWR-OnuyGq9hKTOURkqlt_ue-8HGnnzdb6YQj9JwP7POcv3rxGHABjPINjeTWtaKH9JWKh2ioQbQtB3Maed9HHzk9gtgDwhI6BBetLxpV/s750/The-Modernists-long-banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAuZ0ZAloNmRpTaZpIRAKOFaXo46uVU0NpKbYCWR-OnuyGq9hKTOURkqlt_ue-8HGnnzdb6YQj9JwP7POcv3rxGHABjPINjeTWtaKH9JWKh2ioQbQtB3Maed9HHzk9gtgDwhI6BBetLxpV/s750/The-Modernists-long-banner.jpg" /></a></div><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.83em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Here's the latest Design Competition via Textile Federation.  </span></h2><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.83em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">THE BRIEF </span></h2><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For centuries people have collected, cataloged and displayed insects in all their vast array of unusual shapes and colours. Like precious jewels people have marveled at these beautiful creatures in all their peculiar varieties. No stranger to the world of art, recent exhibitions by the likes of Damien Hirst have exemplified the other worldly nature of these common yet mysterious beasts and brought them back into the spotlight of the fashion world.</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The challenge for this project is to create innovative designs based on the theme of Entomology for use on our range of Silk Scarves.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"></span></span><br /><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.83em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">WINNERS RECEIVE</span></span></h2><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">£300</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Designs produced and sold in Topshop, Oxford Circus</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;">To learn more and to submit designs, go<a href="http://www.textilefederation.com/competition/entomology-project/"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">here</span></a>. Final date for design submissions is April 30, 2014.</div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030; font-family: NeuzeitRegular, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

DESIGN COMPETITION // TEXTILE FEDERATION - ENTOMOLOGY

Here's the latest Design Competition via Textile Federation.   THE BRIEF  For centuries people have collected, cataloged and displayed i...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - MICRO STUDIES

<br /><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIabdlfPUXwj2vgJou38E3gG_6f7-KvHPqzdxtOYqfoLR1MVPrIZApRZvFpTtgY3QQfrikXAPrhXayjBB-k8prSlxeh82biNubPvACnUSwf6N8Ksgwlxu4F0MxMBJoBVho7uMC-82ig78g/s1600/FRS+moodboard-MICRO+STUDIES_small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIabdlfPUXwj2vgJou38E3gG_6f7-KvHPqzdxtOYqfoLR1MVPrIZApRZvFpTtgY3QQfrikXAPrhXayjBB-k8prSlxeh82biNubPvACnUSwf6N8Ksgwlxu4F0MxMBJoBVho7uMC-82ig78g/s1600/FRS+moodboard-MICRO+STUDIES_small.jpg" width="740" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">CREATIVE BRIEF</span></h1></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submission Deadline: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">15 April, 2014, 6pm CET</b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Voting Starts: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">16 April, 2014, 6pm CET</b></span></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The natural world offers up a wonderful variety of structures, colors, and textures for artistic inspiration. But what happens when we take a closer look? Invisible to the naked eye, the cellular and microbial forms that are revealed under the lens of a microscope afford a view on nature that is even more strange and spectacular.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />For this month’s scarves design challenge, we want you to put on your lab coats and delve into the infinitesimally small components that make up life on earth. From DNA helixes, to metachromatic stains on cellular structures, to the astonishingly beautiful organic forms of fungi and flora; it’s time to go a little deeper into nature!<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />This competition is for scarves. As always, don't forget that your print might need to be adjusted to fit the appropriate template. All templates are marked with design specifications to help you get your design just right. Please note that all FRS templates may differ slightly from final manufacturing specifications, so make sure your print is versatile and flexible enough for production.</span></div><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">What can you win?</span></h2></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each winner receives a one-off immediate prize of 200€ . plus one of their products when it arrives in stock. But that is not all - each & every time we sell 500 pieces of your design, you will receive an additional €200. This means that FRS can continue to embody the spirit of fashion democracy, rewarding our top designs again...and again...and again! We will also conduct an interview with the winner, publicizing their design across the fashion community in Berlin and worldwide.</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Pluto Sans Light', Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: 'Pluto Sans Light', Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">To learn more and to submit your designs, go</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><u> <a href="http://www.frontrowsociety.com/boutique/m/contest/brief?id=84">here</a></u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;">.</span></div>

DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - MICRO STUDIES

CREATIVE BRIEF Submission Deadline:  15 April, 2014, 6pm CET Voting Starts:  16 April, 2014, 6pm CET The natural world offers up a wonderful...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // SDBI - EUROPEAN FASHION AWARD - FASH 2015

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-large;">   SDBI.DE   </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ATtFVvha8vc_rkeT6o5DgW08vVSoU4egNLcSYUWcTQXeXTWF3OvoGJOcYX_i6yIThnC1tFM-fmtT5mIKkYXX4v3KB9Uygw-Z6caB6dWVtYav2V-7jAyZNmn-Vd-4o5jCQaYnbsQaNbHY/s1600/sdbi-makingof-fash2014-mch-00208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ATtFVvha8vc_rkeT6o5DgW08vVSoU4egNLcSYUWcTQXeXTWF3OvoGJOcYX_i6yIThnC1tFM-fmtT5mIKkYXX4v3KB9Uygw-Z6caB6dWVtYav2V-7jAyZNmn-Vd-4o5jCQaYnbsQaNbHY/s1600/sdbi-makingof-fash2014-mch-00208.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h1 style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font: normal normal normal 24px/30px FlamaBold, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">FREEDOM</span></b></span></h1><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Childhood, sport, fashion, philosophy or politics – freedom has a lot of dimensions. It is the foundation of humanity and the heart of citizenship, whether you consider the French Revolution or East Germany’s Monday demonstrations under the motto “We are the People”. And yet, freedom is subject to the changing values and standards.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">On one hand, just about everything is allowed these days, the multi-faceted character of life is obvious everywhere thanks to globalization. On the other hand, the many accomplishments of an open society and basic rights such as privacy are under discussion again. Digitalization is a particular challenge; its technologies develop faster than our culture. While it allows an increase in efficiency, economy and safety, it is often accompanied by increased scrutiny, uniformity and expected submission.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Freedom plays a special role in Berlin, the new home of the Stiftung der Deutschen Bekleidungsindustrie (German Fashion Industry Foundation) , in short SDBI. Berlin was the capital of the Nazi and SED regimes, the Iron Curtain, yet also the place where the Berlin Wall fell and many social and artistic experiments have been held over the years.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>European Fashion Award FASH 2015</b> on the topic of <b>“Freedom” </b>is searching for fashion as an expression of attitude: social utopia, poetic symbol of protest, or escape from the everyday routine.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 30px;"><b>PRIZES</b></span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The European Fashion Award FASH 2015 will be presented in two categories. The award purse totals 10,000 Euro.<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Students: 1st Prize: 2,500 Euro / 2nd Prize: 1,500 Euro / 3rd Prize: 1,000 Euro<br style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Graduates: 1st Prize: 2,500 Euro / 2nd Prize: 1,500 Euro / 3rd Prize: 1,000 Euro</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The jury reserves the right to present special mentions. These feature a cash prize of 500 Euro.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As an addition form of special honor the jury may decide to permanently include selected documentations and presentation charts into the Archive of the Stiftung der Deutschen Bekleidungsindustrie.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The European Fashion Award FASH 2015 will be presented at the Berlin Fashion Week. All winners will receive professional photo shoots and media work.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each winner receives its own <a href="http://www.sdbi.de/en/category/preistrager/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">microsite</a> on www.sdbi.de.</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The jury reserves the right to distribute prizes in a different manner as shown in the competition information.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>Submission Deadline</b>:  September 12, 2014</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To learn more and to submit your designs, go<b><u><a href="http://www.sdbi.de/en/category/preis/fash-2015/"> here.</a></u></b></div><div><br /></div></div></div><br />

DESIGN COMPETITION // SDBI - EUROPEAN FASHION AWARD - FASH 2015

   SDBI.DE    FREEDOM Childhood, sport, fashion, philosophy or politics – freedom has a lot of dimensions. It is the foundation of humanity ...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - PORTRAITS

<div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ze7QjUW8R8c66uqkyEh0P9tEwwArAr0bK6c8BxBFLhPUfrj8ECBak5IfaJlx6giZr4xZr5lm-9cNzURu6-8YfSlEk7me1ODGGTFACXbPF4nAsdl-BIm9yEzSqpQQQntfNJWVHkQvl5Sg/s1600/FRS+moodboard-PORTRAITS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ze7QjUW8R8c66uqkyEh0P9tEwwArAr0bK6c8BxBFLhPUfrj8ECBak5IfaJlx6giZr4xZr5lm-9cNzURu6-8YfSlEk7me1ODGGTFACXbPF4nAsdl-BIm9yEzSqpQQQntfNJWVHkQvl5Sg/s1600/FRS+moodboard-PORTRAITS.jpg" width="740" /></a></div><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">CREATIVE BRIEF</span></h1></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submission Deadline: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">31 March, 2014, 6pm CET</b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Voting Starts: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">01 April, 2014, 6pm CET</b></span></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As human beings, we all share a natural fascination for the lives of others. It’s partly why there’s something so wonderfully appealing about portraits; they allow us to study the faces and expressions of total strangers at our leisure. A raised eyebrow, a slight smile: whether it’s the selfie your cousin snapped of herself over the weekend, or Da Vinci’s iconic “Mona Lisa”, all those little details can create a complex personality in our minds.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />So that’s why we want you to delve into portraiture for this month’s scarves challenge! Explore delicate facial contouring, focus on a particular facial feature, or abstract the concept of a portrait altogether – it’s your call. You can use any mix of media you choose, so what are you waiting for guys? It’s time to “face” the music!<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />This competition is for scarves. As always, don't forget that your print might need to be adjusted to fit the appropriate template. All templates are marked with design specifications to help you get your design just right. Please note that all FRS templates may differ slightly from final manufacturing specifications, so make sure your print is versatile and flexible enough for production.</span></div><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">What can you win?</span></h2></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each winner receives a one-off immediate prize of 200€ . plus one of their products when it arrives in stock. But that is not all - each & every time we sell 500 pieces of your design, you will receive an additional €200. This means that FRS can continue to embody the spirit of fashion democracy, rewarding our top designs again...and again...and again! We will also conduct an interview with the winner, publicizing their design across the fashion community in Berlin and worldwide.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To learn more and to submit your designs, go<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><u> <a href="http://www.frontrowsociety.com/boutique/m/contest/brief?id=83">here</a></u></span>.</span></div><br />

DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - PORTRAITS

CREATIVE BRIEF Submission Deadline:  31 March, 2014, 6pm CET Voting Starts:  01 April, 2014, 6pm CET As human beings, we all share a natural...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - STRIKING STRIPES

<br /><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSd6HmX_IYx2M1qFCLL2dKLQoArnTL6oAv3gTLcnoMOvzhDrZVv9tj5P2xUrnjQ23CEEPOIgKIAHAoJq_YADY85B5cBdNhrDDQG7QezknVHAV9REL53FPs0v_BVbV7jQRGf1iIRVIgn9K/s1600/FRS-moodboard-STRIKING-STRIPES+__.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSd6HmX_IYx2M1qFCLL2dKLQoArnTL6oAv3gTLcnoMOvzhDrZVv9tj5P2xUrnjQ23CEEPOIgKIAHAoJq_YADY85B5cBdNhrDDQG7QezknVHAV9REL53FPs0v_BVbV7jQRGf1iIRVIgn9K/s1600/FRS-moodboard-STRIKING-STRIPES+__.jpg" width="740" /></a></div><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></h1><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-size: 28px; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">CREATIVE BRIEF</span></h1></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submission Deadline: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">15 March, 2014, 6pm CET</b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Voting Starts: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">16 March, 2014, 6pm CET</b></span></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We like to shake things up here at FRS. So this month, rather than sending you on far-flung flights of fantasy, we’re taking our latest design challenge back to basics. Waaay back! After all, you guys use your brush strokes and pen marks to make so many incredible shapes and designs that we forget that the line itself is also a thing of beauty. So we’re putting this humblest of design elements in the spotlight with our “Striking Stripes” challenge!<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Now the concept may feel a little restrictive, but we’re big fans of the idea that restriction breeds creativity! From delicate washes of color to intensely detailed linear forms, we want you to show us everything you can create with a simple striped pattern.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />This competition is for leggings. As always, don't forget that your print might need to be adjusted to fit the appropriate template. All templates are marked with design specifications to help you get your design just right. Please note that all FRS templates may differ slightly from final manufacturing specifications, so make sure your print is versatile and flexible enough for production.</span></div><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">What can you win?</span></h2></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each winner receives a one-off immediate prize of 200€ . plus one of their products when it arrives in stock. But that is not all - each & every time we sell 500 pieces of your design, you will receive an additional €200. This means that FRS can continue to embody the spirit of fashion democracy, rewarding our top designs again...and again...and again! We will also conduct an interview with the winner, publicizing their design across the fashion community in Berlin and worldwide.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To learn and submit your designs, go<a href="http://www.frontrowsociety.com/boutique/modules/contest/designbrief.php?cid=82"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">here</span></a>. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Pluto Sans Light', Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span>

DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - STRIKING STRIPES

CREATIVE BRIEF Submission Deadline:  15 March, 2014, 6pm CET Voting Starts:  16 March, 2014, 6pm CET We like to shake things up here at FRS....

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DESIGN COMPETITION // DOMUS ACADEMY + VOGUE TALENTS - FASHION

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ3QqdjXiFAQtT1wLMxBP010I_YacE4PZ6PMXt69IwNNHDT9fdR2Tln7iqioHhuMGvHA7IrqcMVYYerd1gTxwlrl-yT6m-mxyIVaWiJa6uWT6oz0IE4zg5zVCDNab1Nx2Rpu5pv2Sh_Fr/s1600/fashion1-388738_0x440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ3QqdjXiFAQtT1wLMxBP010I_YacE4PZ6PMXt69IwNNHDT9fdR2Tln7iqioHhuMGvHA7IrqcMVYYerd1gTxwlrl-yT6m-mxyIVaWiJa6uWT6oz0IE4zg5zVCDNab1Nx2Rpu5pv2Sh_Fr/s1600/fashion1-388738_0x440.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"></span></div><h2 class="article-title-int m-b-venti" id="article_4096" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #777777; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Master in Fashion Design in partnership with Vogue Talents - September 2014</span></strong></span></h2><div class="article-bodytext" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Call for Talents #3</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Domus Academy and Vogue Talents want to motivate young talents who think outside the box, eager to make an intensive experience in the Italian design culture. Domus Academy is offering three scholarships to attend the September 2014 edition of the Master in Fashion Design.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you believe that fashion design is not merely a stylistic technique giving shape to objects, but it’s a challenging activity that encourages creativity to achieve higher goals; if you’re interested in experiencing a cross-disciplinary approach, interweaving the world of fashion and accessories design; if you want to invest your future on developing and enhancing your fashion design sensitivity, your artistic, cultural and sociological knowledge choose Domus Academy.</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Deadline</strong> </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The works must be mailed to Domus Academy by and not later than <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">April 30th 2014.</strong> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><div class="article-bodytext" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Candidates will be informed about the results of the competition by e-mail on <strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">May 14th 2014</strong>.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Go <a href="http://www.domusacademy.com/site/home/master-programs/fashion-design/scholarship/call-for-talents-3-fashion.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">here</span> </a>to learn more and to submit your application.</div></div></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

DESIGN COMPETITION // DOMUS ACADEMY + VOGUE TALENTS - FASHION

Master in Fashion Design in partnership with Vogue Talents - September 2014 Call for Talents #3 Domus Academy and Vogue Talents want to moti...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // TEXTILE FEDERATION - THE MODERNISTS

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGb1E-VZvLVsioJazMpxNSoFUtemorPbpTIcsTv7vHq78-KtR7XAiS0MJvDuWl7-sVMoi8lsSuM22dHbzA2nqy6ozwFeQwL8098E5ZIObpbZ930rZCTdDyGY4c4jdmqFOc_j-nHmGlzSl/s1600/The-Modernists-570x425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="477" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjGb1E-VZvLVsioJazMpxNSoFUtemorPbpTIcsTv7vHq78-KtR7XAiS0MJvDuWl7-sVMoi8lsSuM22dHbzA2nqy6ozwFeQwL8098E5ZIObpbZ930rZCTdDyGY4c4jdmqFOc_j-nHmGlzSl/s1600/The-Modernists-570x425.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Here is the latest design competition via Textile Federation:</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span><br /><h2 class="cl-header" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.83em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Modernists</span></h2><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Womenswear print project to form our A/W 14 collection of jersey and woven dresses and separates. Taking inspiration from the innovators in colour and form in Modernism. 6 winning designs will be selected, each receiving £500 and seeing their work produced and sold in some of the world’s largest fashion retailers.</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submission Deadline is: March 9, 2014</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To learn more about the competition, go <a href="http://www.textilefederation.com/competitions/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">here</span></a>. </span></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #303030;"><br /></span></span></span></span>

DESIGN COMPETITION // TEXTILE FEDERATION - THE MODERNISTS

Here is the latest design competition via Textile Federation: The Modernists Womenswear print project to form our A/W 14 collection of jerse...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - HOMESPUN WISDOM

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFWjYNsisFj-kxsVCXesjqknYTaYgIoONsmcqjmZayq_Y8F4nUb31qDE69memnMfDAzHGIYgiXeOmyI82cn9AuunSG23WcZINIpLWxOupiDOwvJzcP6EvqVtU9Pmv7VzC_L3IOOISO3N7/s1600/FRS+moodboard-HOMESPUN+WISDOM+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFWjYNsisFj-kxsVCXesjqknYTaYgIoONsmcqjmZayq_Y8F4nUb31qDE69memnMfDAzHGIYgiXeOmyI82cn9AuunSG23WcZINIpLWxOupiDOwvJzcP6EvqVtU9Pmv7VzC_L3IOOISO3N7/s1600/FRS+moodboard-HOMESPUN+WISDOM+(1).jpg" width="740" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">CREATIVE BRIEF</span></h1></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submission Deadline: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">28 February, 2014, 6pm CET</b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Voting Starts: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">01 March, 2014, 6pm CET</b></span></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here at Front Row headquarters, we’re the first to agree that digital printing is pretty darn cool – after all, how else would we be able to make all those stunning designs you guys keep sending in?! But we do get a little nostalgic every now and then for simpler times, when prints were made the old fashioned way: manually, through weaving or hand-dying.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Now we’re not going completely mad – we can’t print FRS scarves by hand! That’s why we’re asking you to dive into traditional methods like stamping, stitching, or our current passion, shibori: a Japanese dying method stemming all the way back from the seventh century. From the beautiful indigos and reds found in natural dyes, to the wonderful assortment that arise from these apparently unelaborate printing methods, we want to celebrate every aspect of these homespun crafts.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />As always, don't forget that your print might need to be adjusted to fit the appropriate template. All templates are marked with design specifications to help you get your design just right. Please note that all FRS templates may differ slightly from final manufacturing specifications, so make sure your print is versatile and flexible enough for production.</span></div><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">What can you win?</span></h2></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each winner receives a one-off immediate prize of 200€ . plus one of their products when it arrives in stock. But that is not all - each & every time we sell 500 pieces of your design, you will receive an additional €200. This means that FRS can continue to embody the spirit of fashion democracy, rewarding our top designs again...and again...and again! We will also conduct an interview with the winner, publicizing their design across the fashion community in Berlin and worldwide.</span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To learn and submit your designs, go<a href="http://www.frontrowsociety.com/boutique/modules/contest/designbrief.php?cid=80"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">here</span></a>. </span></div><br />

DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - HOMESPUN WISDOM

CREATIVE BRIEF Submission Deadline:  28 February, 2014, 6pm CET Voting Starts:  01 March, 2014, 6pm CET Here at Front Row headquarters, we’r...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // DOMUS ACADEMY + VOGUE TALENTS - ACCESSORIES

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ugVvlhFUBeufN4Valg95qaLDk9o3CcfpTqQeyAsjiNEsherWGAe3ELpmB_MiPxUuOzJg-eW2VTYW5IvRYfiOr8jPE_WOt6fAYULwsLJ0NkOD4JdsPy9FR_iJaUWnHLiJRVzenXak-RoB/s1600/accessori1-2492381_0x440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ugVvlhFUBeufN4Valg95qaLDk9o3CcfpTqQeyAsjiNEsherWGAe3ELpmB_MiPxUuOzJg-eW2VTYW5IvRYfiOr8jPE_WOt6fAYULwsLJ0NkOD4JdsPy9FR_iJaUWnHLiJRVzenXak-RoB/s1600/accessori1-2492381_0x440.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Master in Accessories Design in partnership with Vogue Talents - September 2014</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Call for Talents #3</strong> <br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" />Domus Academy and Vogue Talents want to motivate young talents who think outside the box, eager to make an intensive experience in the Italian design culture. Domus Academy is offering three scholarships to attend the September 2014 edition of the Master in Accessories Design.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you believe that Accessories Design is not merely a stylistic technique giving shape to objects, but it’s a challenging activity that encourages creativity to achieve higher goals; if you’re interested in experiencing a cross-disciplinary approach, interweaving the world of fashion and accessories design; if you want to invest your future on developing and enhancing your fashion design sensitivity, your artistic, cultural and sociological knowledge choose Domus Academy.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Deadline</strong><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> to submit your work is </span><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">April 30th 2014.</strong>  To learn more about the competition and to submit your work, go <a href="http://www.domusacademy.com/site/home/master-programs/accessories-design/scholarship--competition.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" /></div></span></span>

DESIGN COMPETITION // DOMUS ACADEMY + VOGUE TALENTS - ACCESSORIES

Master in Accessories Design in partnership with Vogue Talents - September 2014 Call for Talents #3   Domus Academy and Vogue Talents want t...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // HANDBAG DESIGNER 101 - INDEPENDENT HANDBAG DESIGNER AWARDS

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipVR7e16M7_lj6S_22Yu3eUwKXMTDiXhyFZLCItI-ocCAiokQCahlF18kfbXV1bg4zsttCQbdO21MJYK_nyIUlEtUSQGTQm1KTjBUaf2s5_yfT25yyRBgJw6ikRA-xZ0RLCTHBD5H66FN/s600/hbd_logo_presents.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipVR7e16M7_lj6S_22Yu3eUwKXMTDiXhyFZLCItI-ocCAiokQCahlF18kfbXV1bg4zsttCQbdO21MJYK_nyIUlEtUSQGTQm1KTjBUaf2s5_yfT25yyRBgJw6ikRA-xZ0RLCTHBD5H66FN/s600/hbd_logo_presents.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hJnCUmG9znP7TFBmGKNBdQRHexmXGn-HZHF1U9V0A2WKS96ADcm2prUPJ6hliJ1E2162AiSjs6C3MHG1Kp3iVZ7rbsi-n0Jxn3OXlK_V8mCfVlU6Uh2NzUOjnwffuCN7hAIJrWY8O793/s1600/ihda_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hJnCUmG9znP7TFBmGKNBdQRHexmXGn-HZHF1U9V0A2WKS96ADcm2prUPJ6hliJ1E2162AiSjs6C3MHG1Kp3iVZ7rbsi-n0Jxn3OXlK_V8mCfVlU6Uh2NzUOjnwffuCN7hAIJrWY8O793/s1600/ihda_logo.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44EmDuSXx8b159ZGX8-fuwKn2ksuc0VVmwvaiTFW5TTz3lyPp4iLUlHx0c6lTGFRHaAW67duUdWbptLg7eQ9BYlGpv9q4ixbjd2gzu6sF7uJqwU-ucpanq567YH39Ap3wNKl_kcjNzJDQ/s700/ajpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44EmDuSXx8b159ZGX8-fuwKn2ksuc0VVmwvaiTFW5TTz3lyPp4iLUlHx0c6lTGFRHaAW67duUdWbptLg7eQ9BYlGpv9q4ixbjd2gzu6sF7uJqwU-ucpanq567YH39Ap3wNKl_kcjNzJDQ/s700/ajpg.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b> Sketch Images by Finalists:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Ana Niculae - 2011 Finalist . Artisan House Award by Isabella Fiore |  Kiki Ito - 2010 Finalist .  Best Use of Crystallized Swarovski Elements</b></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102) !important; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 0.813em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: small; line-height: 27px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>HandbagDesigner101 </b>invites you to compete in the <b>8th Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards</b>, the only handbag competition of its kind in the world. This is your opportunity to submit your handbag and compete for one of seven awards in handbag excellence, international recognition and a variety of coveted prizes at the Handbag Awards ceremony held in New York City.  To learn more about each category and requirements, visit their website<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"> <a href="http://www.thehandbagawards.com/event">here</a></span>. </span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Final date to submit your designs</b>: April 26, 2014 at 11:59pm EST</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CATEGORIES AND PRIZES:</strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Best Handbag in Overall Style & Design</strong><br />Winner will receive a booth at WWDMAGIC, the opportunity to have their line carried at Bloomingdale’s and a feature in the September issue of InStyle.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Optitex Best Student Made Handbag</strong><br />Winner will garner the opportunity to become a Brand Ambassador to demonstrate Optitex 3D technology as well as a prestigious Internship in one of our major customers dedicated to 3d Optitex workout software for one year with an iPad an master training.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The BERNINA Best Handmade Handbag</strong><br />Winner will receive the BERNINA 560 sewing machine (with a retail value of $5,000.) In addition, they will win the prestigious opportunity to be an Ambassador for BERNINA in creating blogs and projects for BERNINA social media and We All Sew Blog.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Timberland Best Green Handbag</strong><br />Winner will receive the chance to have their product for sale in the Timberland stores.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The FEED Most Socially Responsible Handbag</strong><br />Winner will receive a feature with on FEEDprojects.com</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Distinctly Denim by Guess Handbags</strong><br />Winner will garner an amazing opportunity to have their bag sold on Guess.com, work alongside our handbag designer at our atelier in Florence, Italy as well as receive a feature in the September issue of InStyle. A portion of the proceeds of the sale of this handbag will go to the Guess Foundation’s Peace Over Violence and their Denim Day L.A. and USA on April 23, 2015 by making a social statement with your fashion statement by wearing denim for a purpose.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Audience Fan Favorite Handbag</strong><br />Based on Finalists Selected hosted by InStyle.com. </span>All Winners will be featured in the September issue of InStyle.</div>

DESIGN COMPETITION // HANDBAG DESIGNER 101 - INDEPENDENT HANDBAG DESIGNER AWARDS

 Sketch Images by Finalists: Ana Niculae - 2011 Finalist . Artisan House Award by Isabella Fiore |  Kiki Ito - 2010 Finalist .  Best Use of ...

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DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - ARTISANAL BOTANIST

<br /><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: 'Pluto Sans Light', Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RScE7roOL7L3s4scm656yz6ZdfGXusr-0JEg2PNHa1kkK8LO851KXo_ES8SMq_lUq8_RqC_wj7XLOtfDHcaOyngHq3jAbv_T5A80ocrEKZsS-t2rFOh5QcdfIX73TEIMKAW-8ybgnFGB/s1600/FRS+moodboard-ARTISANAL+BOTANIST.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RScE7roOL7L3s4scm656yz6ZdfGXusr-0JEg2PNHa1kkK8LO851KXo_ES8SMq_lUq8_RqC_wj7XLOtfDHcaOyngHq3jAbv_T5A80ocrEKZsS-t2rFOh5QcdfIX73TEIMKAW-8ybgnFGB/s1600/FRS+moodboard-ARTISANAL+BOTANIST.jpg" width="740" /></a></div><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; text-transform: none;">Editorial via Front Row Society</span></h1><h1 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #2c2c2c; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">CREATIVE BRIEF</span></h1></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Submission Deadline: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">15 February, 2014, 6pm CET</b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Voting Starts: <b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">16 February, 2014, 6pm CET</b></span></div><div class="dates" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Botany… the world of plants. Another florals challenge? Think again! Our challenge might be botany themed but please steer away from kitsch florals or cutesy rose patterns. For this design challenge, we are looking for the darker side of botany, the side that scratches and stings. Take a look at vintage textiles and botanical illustration, with their detailed pencil drawings and fine line patterns. <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Think about the botanists of the past, bravely setting off into the unknown with their jars and notebooks, crawling through jungles, crossing oceans and navigating deserts to discover and classify the flowers, trees and herbs that have helped shape history. For this challenge we want you to be that adventurer! <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />As always, don't forget that your print might need to be adjusted to fit the appropriate template. All templates are marked with design specifications to help you get your design just right. Please note that all FRS templates may differ slightly from final manufacturing specifications, so make sure your print is versatile and flexible enough for production.</span></div><div class="line-through" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">What can you win?</span></h2></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; letter-spacing: 0.3px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Each winner receives a one-off immediate prize of 200€. plus one of their products when it arrives in stock. But that is not all - each & every time we sell 500 pieces of your design, you will receive an additional €200. This means that FRS can continue to embody the spirit of fashion democracy, rewarding our top designs again...and again...and again! We will also conduct an interview with the winner, publicizing their design across the fashion community in Berlin and worldwide.</span></div><br />To learn more about the competition or submit your designs, go <a href="http://www.frontrowsociety.com/boutique/modules/contest/designbrief.php?cid=79"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">here</span></a>.

DESIGN COMPETITION // FRONT ROW SOCIETY - ARTISANAL BOTANIST

Editorial via Front Row Society CREATIVE BRIEF Submission Deadline:  15 February, 2014, 6pm CET Voting Starts:  16 February, 2014, 6pm CET B...

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