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Hochschule Niederrhein: Studierende präsentieren Arbeiten auf der Munich Fabric Start (c) Hochschule Niederrhein
Studierende des Fachbereichs Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik stellen ihre Arbeiten auf der europäischen Textilmesse Munich Fabric Start in München aus.
19.07.2023

Hochschule Niederrhein: Studierende präsentieren Arbeiten auf der Munich Fabric Start

Acht Studierende des Fachbereiches Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik der Hochschule Niederrhein folgen der Einladung der Textilmesse Munich Fabric Start (18. bis 20. Juli) in München. Dort stellen sie unter der Leitung von Anna Koch, Fachlehrerin für besondere Aufgaben im Textildesign, ihre Projekt- und Abschlussarbeiten aus.
 
Die Munich Fabric Start ist eine der führenden europäischen Textilmessen, auf der zweimal jährlich über 900 internationale Stoff- und Zutatenhersteller aus 43 Ländern ihre neuesten Entwicklungen und Innovationen in über 1100 Kollektionen vorstellen.
 
Im Bachelor-Studium Design-Ingenieur mit den Schwerpunkten Textil und Mode erhalten die Studierenden eine zukunftsgerechte und praxisnahe Ausbildung.   
„Es sind kontextbezogene, innovative und experimentelle Textilien, Muster und Outfits entstanden, die formulieren und Identitäten sichtbar machen“, sagt die Diplom-Designerin Anna Koch. Die Vielfalt der Arbeiten spiegelt die Diversität des Fachbereichs und der Textilindustrie wider. Neben preisgekrönten Kollektionen der Studierenden werden am Messestand auch die aktuellen Arbeiten vorgestellt:

Acht Studierende des Fachbereiches Textil- und Bekleidungstechnik der Hochschule Niederrhein folgen der Einladung der Textilmesse Munich Fabric Start (18. bis 20. Juli) in München. Dort stellen sie unter der Leitung von Anna Koch, Fachlehrerin für besondere Aufgaben im Textildesign, ihre Projekt- und Abschlussarbeiten aus.
 
Die Munich Fabric Start ist eine der führenden europäischen Textilmessen, auf der zweimal jährlich über 900 internationale Stoff- und Zutatenhersteller aus 43 Ländern ihre neuesten Entwicklungen und Innovationen in über 1100 Kollektionen vorstellen.
 
Im Bachelor-Studium Design-Ingenieur mit den Schwerpunkten Textil und Mode erhalten die Studierenden eine zukunftsgerechte und praxisnahe Ausbildung.   
„Es sind kontextbezogene, innovative und experimentelle Textilien, Muster und Outfits entstanden, die formulieren und Identitäten sichtbar machen“, sagt die Diplom-Designerin Anna Koch. Die Vielfalt der Arbeiten spiegelt die Diversität des Fachbereichs und der Textilindustrie wider. Neben preisgekrönten Kollektionen der Studierenden werden am Messestand auch die aktuellen Arbeiten vorgestellt:

  • Bachelorabsolventin Sonja Kreiterling hat sich in ihrer Abschlussarbeit intensiv mit dem Tabu-Thema Menstruation auseinandergesetzt und macht sich mit ihrer Mode-Kollektion „There‘s Blood“ mit experimentellen Textildesign für mehr Aufklärung stark.
  • „mimicry“ heißt die Bachelorarbeit von Max Glaubrecht. Er beschäftigt sich in seiner Arbeit mit der Ästhetik der Abnutzung und der Entstehung einer natürlichen Patina im Textildesign.
  • Naahal Sanatiger thematisiert in ihrer Projektarbeit „unIDENTIFIED“ aus dem Wahlpflichtkurs „Experimentelle Gestaltung“ die Frage nach der eigenen Herkunft und der Umsetzung dieser in textile Entwürfe.
  • Svenja Heidbüchel hat im Rahmen des Wahlpflichtkurses „Experimentelle Gestaltung“ die Kollektion „vicious circle“ entworfen. Die Kollektion weist auf das Artensterben von heimischen Schmetterlingen hin und verdeutlicht die Notwendigkeit eines bewussteren Umgangs mit der Natur.
  • Antonia Dannenberg weist mit ihrer mehrfach preisgekrönten alpinen Wintersportkollektion „MELT DOWN“ auf die Gletscherschmelze hin.
  • Franziska Jauch entwickelte in ihrer Bachelorarbeit „un//used“ nachhaltige, innovative Lösungen und alternative Konzepte für die Denim-Industrie unter Einbeziehung der norwegischen Philosophie Friluftsliv, ein Modell für eine naturnahe Lebensweise.
  • Nadine Gottwald beschäftigte sich in ihrer Bachelorarbeit „to appear as we please“ mit der Vielfalt an gelebten Geschlechteridentitäten und der Entwicklung einer experimentellen Formfindung für abstrakte Textildesign-Entwürfe, um den Facettenreichtum des Geschlechterspektrums zu symbolisieren.
  • Sarah Oefner stellt Ausarbeitungen aus ihrem Studium unter dem Motto „spring awakening“ vor und zeigt die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten der textilen Umsetzung in den Hochschullaboren.

Ein Großteil der studentischen Arbeiten wurde von der Firma Kornit Digital in ihrer Düsseldorfer Niederlassung unterstützt.

MUNICH FABRIC START AUTUMN.WINTER 22/23 & BLUEZONE Review (c) Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH
07.09.2021

MUNICH FABRIC START AUTUMN.WINTER 22/23 & BLUEZONE Review

  • Parade Example for physical Trade Shows

A whole year without physical trade fairs, long months without personal exchange: last week the physical International Textile Trade Show MUNICH FABRIC START and the International Denim Trade Show BLUEZONE took place for the textile industry in Munich. The team at Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH is bringing a bit of normality back to the industry, but also to event management. Thanks to detailed, Covid-19 compliant fair formats, the organisers show that trade fairs are possible and can be successfully implemented with the appropriate measures.

More than 600 international suppliers presented their new collections and developments for Autumn.Winter 22/23 in around 1000 collections in the Fabrics, Additionals, Design Studios, Sourcing, ReSource and Sustainable Innovations areas at MUNICH FABRIC START as well as denim, sportswear and KEYHOUSE at BLUEZONE.

A winning fusion of BLUEZONE & KEYHOUSE well-attended events

  • Parade Example for physical Trade Shows

A whole year without physical trade fairs, long months without personal exchange: last week the physical International Textile Trade Show MUNICH FABRIC START and the International Denim Trade Show BLUEZONE took place for the textile industry in Munich. The team at Munich Fabric Start Exhibitions GmbH is bringing a bit of normality back to the industry, but also to event management. Thanks to detailed, Covid-19 compliant fair formats, the organisers show that trade fairs are possible and can be successfully implemented with the appropriate measures.

More than 600 international suppliers presented their new collections and developments for Autumn.Winter 22/23 in around 1000 collections in the Fabrics, Additionals, Design Studios, Sourcing, ReSource and Sustainable Innovations areas at MUNICH FABRIC START as well as denim, sportswear and KEYHOUSE at BLUEZONE.

A winning fusion of BLUEZONE & KEYHOUSE well-attended events

Under the motto "BACK TO THE FUTURE", BLUEZONE offered a way back to the tactile experience of textiles and the reunion of the denim community. In addition to international denim weavers and manufacturers, visitors to the Zenith Hall also saw a qualitative selection of KEYHOUSE exhibitors who presented their futuristic innovations for the fashion industry.

Positive visitor & exhibitor echo despite Covid-19 measures

In keeping with the season's title "RISE", the visitors were greeted by inspiring, colourful trend forums with unique highlights for Autumn.Winter 22/23 collection development. In the halls, the industry was able to discover a trade show with the well-known and proven pre-pandemic quality with manufacturers and suppliers presenting in all 8 areas. Non-European suppliers were represented by agencies and offered well-attended show in show concepts.

The newly formed ReSOURCE x SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIONS Area also drew in the crowds. In a modern atmosphere, information was shared on sourcing sustainable textiles and additionals as well as innovative concepts. Another highlight was the launch of FABRIC.iD, the innovative process for the complete digitisation of fabrics to greater serve the industry's digital future.

The new PG DENIM developments: overlapping seasonality and the five “Rs” of sustainability. (c) PG DENIM
04.09.2019

The new PG DENIM developments: overlapping seasonality and the five “Rs” of sustainability.

  • Circularity at the centre

PG DENIM, the designer project by Paolo Gnutti, is ready for several important events scheduled for the autumn with ground-breaking interpretations and a new – increasingly green – business model. The occasion is its participation in the Blue Zone at Munich Fabric Start (Munich, 3-5 September 2019), a space which is increasingly often reserved for companies and projects with a high innovation rate in the world of denim.

PG DENIM at the German exhibition will be presenting important product innovations, but most notably new concepts developed for the S/S 2021 season. The focus here is on circularity, seen from a dual perspective: the product with the no longer traditional alternation of seasons, and a sustainabilityoriented approach.

Seasons meet

  • Circularity at the centre

PG DENIM, the designer project by Paolo Gnutti, is ready for several important events scheduled for the autumn with ground-breaking interpretations and a new – increasingly green – business model. The occasion is its participation in the Blue Zone at Munich Fabric Start (Munich, 3-5 September 2019), a space which is increasingly often reserved for companies and projects with a high innovation rate in the world of denim.

PG DENIM at the German exhibition will be presenting important product innovations, but most notably new concepts developed for the S/S 2021 season. The focus here is on circularity, seen from a dual perspective: the product with the no longer traditional alternation of seasons, and a sustainabilityoriented approach.

Seasons meet

The new PG DENIM approach is geared towards overlapping seasonality, with less and less marked separations between projects dedicated to the spring-summer and fall-winter lines. The collections by PG DENIM can thus be increasingly defined as a “mix of products without seasonality”. Its focal points are innovation alongside the concept behind the initial idea, as opposed to just the season. This trend, explains Paolo Gnutti, CEO and R&D Head at PG DENIM, is also due to registering the fact that seasonality – in terms of environment and trends – is changing at an increasingly rapid pace. As a response to this situation, the choice has been made to design new collections starting from macro-trends and presenting fabrics for garments which are “easy to wear”, suitable for both warm and cold temperatures, in a true melting pot  of weights and sizes.

The lines for the previous season are thus reintroduced and restyled playing with weights and sizes, within a range where flock meets ultra-light fabric bases, or where vinyl is combined with typically summer weights which shift the fabric towards the world of “paper” with crispy touches, resulting in extraordinarily lightweight and strong items at the same time. Also the GARAGE DENIM has been upgraded with fluid and smoothed touched for garments which are easy to wear and have a strong personality.

Partnership with The Denim Window

The PG DENIM season is also enhanced by its partnership in The Denim Window project, which has resulted in a limited series of Creative Capsule Collections, derived from the idea of bringing together companies which had already worked or were working together, trying to highlight – through small capsule collections – the best of what had already been produced by traditional businesses. This has resulted  in three trailblazing capsules, two of which designed in partnership by PG DENIM and companies the likes of M&J Group, Cadica and Greenwear. Several copies of these collections have been made to travel the world, and – after the official presentation in July – they will have a special corner, The Denim Window, in the Bluezone at Munich Fabric Start.

The “Circular Programme” and the five “Rs” of sustainability

Also the PG DENIM approach to accountability in production processes has been enhanced by implementing the “Circular Programme”. As part of our corporate vision, Italian-style production is combined with compliance with what have become known as “the five Rs”, that is to say key concepts underlying the design and manufacturing model: Reduce (everything you are not using), Repair (everything you can), Reuse (anything available to you), Recycle (all that is left), Respect (everything around you).

This is the philosophy underlying each individual process at PG DENIM, and leading to new specific programmes which have been its business focus over the past few months:

1) Reducing the environmental impact during the fabric dyeing phase in reaction and sulphurbased processes, where the use of chemicals has been reduced by 40%, water consumption by 50% and CO2 emissions by 60%, which has also resulted in better penetration and a better result in the crocking process. This has led to producing 10 new articles which will be launched on the market.

2) Recycling all waste from processing and after use, creating a range of garments where cotton is actually obtained from regenerating these two kinds of waste. In this regard, PG DENIM for now is the only company on the market able to process with a percentage of recycled product exceeding 60% of the total, whereas the average for this kind of manufacturing is generally about 35%.

As regards regular production, on the other hand, PG DENIM follows stringent international standards, including Dtox, Reach and Gots in all its processing phases, also using BCI cottons and the Organic Cotton Standard for raw materials. Last but not least, it was recently awarded the GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certification.