Redress Design Award 2021 Semi-finalists Announced

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We are pleased to announce the semi-finalists of the 11th cycle of the Redress Design Award 2021. 30 talented sustainable designers from across the globe representing the future of fashion. This year, for the first time in the programme’s history, the public has been invited as an official judge to determine via online vote one designer from the semi-finalists to directly enter the final round of the competition. The winner of this People's Choice Award will present their collection at the Grand Final Show in September 2021, alongside nine other finalists to be selected by an international panel of expert judges. 

The Redress Design Award 2021 received applications from 58 countries and regions, with selected semi-finalists representing new regions including Nigeria and Latvia. Designers from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and the United Kingdom are also prominently represented among the thirty. The emerging designers impressed the regional judging panel with their understanding of circular design strategies, exceptional design skills, and shared vision to reduce fashion’s negative environmental impacts. 

The 30 semi-finalists join the now 200-strong Redress Design Award Alumni Network, which provides ongoing support to designers as they develop their sustainable fashion careers, and will receive a selection of digital fashion books from Bloomsbury Publishing to support their development in designing for circularity. Next, these 30 semi-finalists will vie for a spot in the final 10, to be announced on 13 May 2021. Explore them here.

The coveted People’s Choice Award is now open for public voting until 8 May 2021.