Redress Design Award 2021 now open for entries
We opened the doors to the highly anticipated 2021 cycle of the Redress Design Award this week. With lead sponsorship from Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, this cycle’s prizes include US$10,000 (HK$80,000) in development funding, and bespoke mentorships with world-renowned sustainable fashion experts. All ten finalists will receive mentorships with leading fashion industry professionals and join an in-depth, educational journey including hands-on industry experiences, exclusive masterclasses and sustainable design challenges while in Hong Kong for the Grand Final.
The Redress Design Award 2021 kicks off with an exciting new edition of its Pathway Course, a tailored circular and sustainable fashion design curriculum free to all designers and now open for registration. The 4-session digital course complements Redress’ open-access LEARN platform, which supports emerging designers on a global scale with regularly-updated content on the latest sustainable design practices, with key guides now available in 5 languages.
Educating emerging designers on sustainable design theories and techniques is core to the Redress Design Award programme and its mission to drive growth towards a circular fashion system.
Redress Founder and Board Chair, Christina Dean said, “We must shift education urgently if we are to transform the fashion industry which, post-Covid, is rebuilding itself with sustainability at the centre. Now is the time to act. The industry is screaming for knowledgeable professionals to enter the market with ideas, techniques and creativity that can steer fashion through crisis and onto something more meaningful.”
The online application for the Redress Design Award 2021 is now open until 15 March 2021 to emerging designers with less than four years’ experience. 30 semi-finalists will be announced on 22 April and then the 10 finalists, who will show their collections in Hong Kong, on 13 May. Winners will be announced at the livestreamed Grand Final Show in early September 2021.
