ITS ARCADEMY IS ON THE BUILD. HERE'S OUR DIARY
31 August 2020
FEWER AND FEWER MOMENTS TO
ITS ARCADEMY
Fabia Brüning, Germany
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
She is a dancer too. Amazing interpretation of everyday movements into dance patterns, coded in her bags through pullers and mechanisms.
28 August 2020
REALIZING YOU’RE A FINALIST…
Ninja D. Evangelista, Austria
Finalist, ITS 2020 – Jewellery
Ninja, 2020 finalist, audio file = what it means to become an ITS finalist. Energy for the soul!!
n° 6,457 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
26 August 2020
BUILDING
ITS ARCADEMY
DAY IN DAY OUT
Amai Rodriguez, Spain
Finalist ITS 2008 – Fashion
She had every single trend we see today: mix&match, covered faces, tartan, gloves, catsuits…
n° 6,785 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
24 August 2020
NEXT YEAR IS THE YEAR OF ITS ARCADEMY
Mashid Mohadjerin, Belgium
Finalist, ITS 2008 – Photo
Went to Lampedusa island immediately after ITS, shoots pics on a coastguard boat patrolling the Italian borders for refugees = wins World Press Photo!!! Works for New York Times, Newsweek, Le Monde, La Domenica di Repubblica and more.
21 August 2020
THE MOKA APRON
Kelly Toode, Estonia
Finalist, ITS 2019 – illycaffè special project
Can a barista apron shield like an armour from the vapor and high temperature of a coffee machine, while recalling the traditional Moka shape? Et voilà, courtesy of Kelly Toode
n° 17,889 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
19 August 2020
FEELS LIKE
ITS ARCADEMY
IS SO CLOSE
Asumi Maeda, Japan
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Jewellery
From Coconogacco, school founded in Tokyo by past finalists Yoshi Yamagata and Mikio Sakabe. Celebration of dreams, of the rite of Spring = a world of imaginary plants.
n° 17,122 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
17 August 2020
FOCUSED ON THE CALENDAR FOR
ITS ARCADEMY
Bingqing Yi, China
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
Investigation on gravity and balance. Starting point was the rocking chair. Brilliant as stand alone art! Check the video too.
14 August 2020
THE POETRY OF DOLL MAKING
Eli Effenberger, Israel
Finalist ITS 2005
Pure poetry!! Outfits like dolls! After ITS she disappeared, dumped her collection in the trash.Traced her many years later as “Marmite-Sue”, incredibly gifted doll illustrator and maker. Unique genius.
n° 9,154 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
12 August 2020
MONTHS FLY BY APPROACHING
ITS ARCADEMY
Harald Lunde Helgesen, Norway
Finalist, ITS 2011 – Fashion
Clothes we no longer wear, piled up in our wardrobes. He turned them into the aesthetics of his outfits
n° 16,249 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
10 August 2020
ITS ARCADEMY
ISN’T SO FAR AWAY
Seiran Tsuno, Japan
Finalist, ITS 2018 – Fashion
Entirely drawn with a 3D pen!!! While working double shifts as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital!!! And the model is her grandmother!!!
7 August 2020
KINTSUGI DOLLS
Hana Yagi, Japan
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Fashion
Tiny handmade dolls to present the lineup of her collection, inside a wooden box entirely painted by hand…We’ve learned more about the traditional Japanese kintsugi technique with Hana Yagi
n° 17,677 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
5 August 2020
HOW MANY MORE MONTHS TO
ITS ARCADEMY?
Skye Gwillim, UK
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
Bags shaped by how people lay them on their laps when they sit. Hours of research looking at people on metro, bus, benches…
n° 9,153 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
3 August 2020
NEXT SUMMER WE’LL COUNT THE DAYS TO
ITS ARCADEMY
Sarah Vedel Hurtigkarl, Denmark
Raluca Grada, Romania
Finalists, ITS 2011 – Jewellery
Jewellery like melted drops on the body. Frozen moments captured into metal.
2 August 2020
V&R SHADES
Orsolya Poppre / Larisza Pasztircsak, Hungary
Finalist, ITS 2011 – Accessories
That time when Viktor Horsting (Viktor&Rolf) fell in love with a pair on sunglasses by finalists Orsolya and Larisza…
n° 5,324 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
1 August 2020
2021 IS THE YEAR OF
ITS ARCADEMY
Justin Smith, UK Finalist
ITS 2007 – Accessories
Memories: Justin telling us how ideas for his hats just keep coming up all the time, like an obsession: “Finding the time, that’s my problem!” What an amazing talent and soul…
ITS ARCADEMY IS ON THE BUILD. HERE'S OUR DIARY
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FEWER AND FEWER MOMENTS TO
ITS ARCADEMY
31 August 2020
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Fabia Brüning, Germany
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
She is a dancer too. Amazing interpretation of everyday movements into dance patterns, coded in her bags through pullers and mechanisms.
Poetry in movement
REALIZING YOU’RE A FINALIST…
28 August 2020
Ninja D. Evangelista, Austria
Finalist, ITS 2020 – Jewellery
Ninja, 2020 finalist, audio file = what it means to become an ITS finalist. Energy for the soul!!
goosebumps every time we listen!
BUILDING
ITS ARCADEMY
DAY IN DAY OUT
26 August 2020
n° 6,457 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Amai Rodriguez, Spain
Finalist ITS 2008 – Fashion
She had every single trend we see today: mix&match, covered faces, tartan, gloves, catsuits…
own brand now, all about sustainability!
NEXT YEAR IS THE YEAR OF ITS ARCADEMY
24 August 2020
n° 6,785 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Mashid Mohadjerin, Belgium
Finalist, ITS 2008 – Photo
Went to Lampedusa island immediately after ITS, shoots pics on a coastguard boat patrolling the Italian borders for refugees = wins World Press Photo!!! Works for New York Times, Newsweek, Le Monde, La Domenica di Repubblica and more.
Canon Ambassador
THE MOKA APRON
21 August 2020
Kelly Toode, Estonia
Finalist, ITS 2019 – illycaffè special project
Can a barista apron shield like an armour from the vapor and high temperature of a coffee machine, while recalling the traditional Moka shape? Et voilà, courtesy of Kelly Toode
FEELS LIKE
ITS ARCADEMY
IS SO CLOSE
19 August 2020
n° 17,889 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Asumi Maeda, Japan
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Jewellery
From Coconogacco, school founded in Tokyo by past finalists Yoshi Yamagata and Mikio Sakabe. Celebration of dreams, of the rite of Spring = a world of imaginary plants.
For exhibition!! She also does window design setup! COLLABORATION!
FOCUSED ON THE CALENDAR FOR
ITS ARCADEMY
17 August 2020
n° 17,122 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Bingqing Yi, China
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
Investigation on gravity and balance. Starting point was the rocking chair. Brilliant as stand alone art! Check the video too.
For the 20 years book! Check other alterantive investigations on footwear
THE POETRY OF DOLL MAKING
14 August 2020
Eli Effenberger, Israel
Finalist ITS 2005
Pure poetry!! Outfits like dolls! After ITS she disappeared, dumped her collection in the trash.Traced her many years later as “Marmite-Sue”, incredibly gifted doll illustrator and maker. Unique genius.
MONTHS FLY BY APPROACHING
ITS ARCADEMY
12 August 2020
n° 9,154 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Harald Lunde Helgesen, Norway
Finalist, ITS 2011 – Fashion
Clothes we no longer wear, piled up in our wardrobes. He turned them into the aesthetics of his outfits
History as a stack of present moments!
ITS ARCADEMY
ISN’T SO FAR AWAY
10 August 2020
n° 16,249 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Seiran Tsuno, Japan
Finalist, ITS 2018 – Fashion
Entirely drawn with a 3D pen!!! While working double shifts as a nurse at a psychiatric hospital!!! And the model is her grandmother!!!
AMAZING PICTURES. Two items in archive
KINTSUGI DOLLS
7 August 2020
Hana Yagi, Japan
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Fashion
Tiny handmade dolls to present the lineup of her collection, inside a wooden box entirely painted by hand…We’ve learned more about the traditional Japanese kintsugi technique with Hana Yagi
Japanese poetry never ceases to amaze
HOW MANY MORE MONTHS TO
ITS ARCADEMY?
5 August 2020
n° 17,677 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Skye Gwillim, UK
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
Bags shaped by how people lay them on their laps when they sit. Hours of research looking at people on metro, bus, benches…
Other projects of bag interaction with space: make dedicated exhibition!
NEXT SUMMER WE’LL COUNT THE DAYS TO
ITS ARCADEMY
3 August 2020
n° 9,153 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Sarah Vedel Hurtigkarl, Denmark
Raluca Grada, Romania
Finalists, ITS 2011 – Jewellery
Jewellery like melted drops on the body. Frozen moments captured into metal.
Raluca has started also costume design
V&R SHADES
2 August 2020
Orsolya Poppre / Larisza Pasztircsak, Hungary
Finalist, ITS 2011 – Accessories
That time when Viktor Horsting (Viktor&Rolf) fell in love with a pair on sunglasses by finalists Orsolya and Larisza…
Also Laura Lusuardi from MaxMara wore them!
2021 IS THE YEAR OF
ITS ARCADEMY
1 August 2020
n° 5,324 / 14,359
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Justin Smith, UK Finalist
ITS 2007 – Accessories
Memories: Justin telling us how ideas for his hats just keep coming up all the time, like an obsession: “Finding the time, that’s my problem!” What an amazing talent and soul…
Hats for Star Wars, Maleficent!!