ITS ARCADEMY IS ON THE BUILD. HERE'S OUR DIARY
n° 17, 987 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
30 December 2020
ITS ARCADEMY IS IN VIEW
Yunqi Zhang, China
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Jewellery
Acupuncture and cupping become jewels. Brilliant communication and translation of traditional Chinese medicine. Contemporary, innovative, wonderful.
n° 17,199 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
28 December 2020
SETTING OUT FOR ITS ARCADEMY
Xiaotu Tang, China
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
Challenges our view of luxury & raises our awareness on the plastic & aluminum food packaging problem.
21 December 2020
Travelling for creativity
Jumping on a plane. India, Japan, UK, Iceland, wherever. Searching creativity with a plane ticket in our hand. It’s rooted in our DNA and the Closer documentary series we shot in those years perfectly captured that feeling of being on tour for talent.
n° 7,497 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
18 December 2020
BUCKLE UP FOR ITS ARCADEMY
Baldwin Pui / Homing Fung, China
Finalists, ITS 2009 – Accessories
Leather jacket bags? Can’t find another way to describe it. A project recycling vintage leather jackets into accessories. Brilliant quality, not common in 2009 to see Chinese creativity of such high level.
n° 7,290 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
16 December 2020
DESTINATION ITS ARCADEMY
Erik Boker, USA
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Photography
The ways in which one can twist reality to remind us about something else instead of what you’re portraying. Chapeau, Erik Boker!
14 December 2020
Our DNA
Find us in a hug
n° 17,453 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
11 December 2020
DREAMING ABOUT ITS ARCADEMY
Skye Gwillim, UK
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
How do people carry bags? Often on their laps. Hours spent looking at people in public transports, trying positions and shaping her mockups… met her at RCA when she was working on it!
n° 7,773 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
9 December 2020
NEXT AHEAD IS ITS ARCADEMY
Ankur Gupta, India
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Fashion
Collection on sheer creativity we have as children and how we shouldn’t allow ourselves to loose. Internship with Manish Arora, now own brand KOSMC of home furnishings & accessories. Amazing textile project producing covid masks to the poorest sectors of society.
7 December 2020
Moments to remember…
ITS 2005. Passing of the baton between Demna Gvasalia, now creative director at Balenciaga, and Marcus Lereng Wilmont, former and following winner of the Fashion Collection of the Year Award.
n°7,541 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
4 December 2020
ITS ARCADEMY,
WHAT A JOURNEY
Clare Bottomley, UK
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Photography
There’s genius in her self-portraits. Terrific sense of irony depicting herself as greek gods of mythology. At ITS she won the SVA Photoglobal Award, that sent her to a master in NY.
n° 7,145 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
2 December 2020
OUR FUTURE IS IN ITS ARCADEMY
Ali Forbes, Scotland
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Accessories
She moved to Glasgow to London in 2004 to become a designer and what an incredible designer she became: ITS, Swarovski, set designs, collabs with artist. Now, stronger than ever, she’s back in Glasgow with her own studio. Not just a designer, an artist.
ITS ARCADEMY IS ON THE BUILD. HERE'S OUR DIARY
BACK TO HOMEDECEMBER
ITS ARCADEMY IS IN VIEW
30 December 2020
n° 17, 987 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Yunqi Zhang, China
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Jewellery
Acupuncture and cupping become jewels. Brilliant communication and translation of traditional Chinese medicine. Contemporary, innovative, wonderful.
Cups represent viruses!!
SETTING OUT FOR ITS ARCADEMY
28 December 2020
n° 17,199 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Xiaotu Tang, China
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
Challenges our view of luxury & raises our awareness on the plastic & aluminum food packaging problem.
Sustainability exhibition?
Travelling for creativity
21 December 2020
Jumping on a plane. India, Japan, UK, Iceland, wherever. Searching creativity with a plane ticket in our hand. It’s rooted in our DNA and the Closer documentary series we shot in those years perfectly captured that feeling of being on tour for talent.
crazy travel plans, unforgettable first meetings...
BUCKLE UP FOR ITS ARCADEMY
18 December 2020
n° 7,497 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Baldwin Pui / Homing Fung, China
Finalists, ITS 2009 – Accessories
Leather jacket bags? Can’t find another way to describe it. A project recycling vintage leather jackets into accessories. Brilliant quality, not common in 2009 to see Chinese creativity of such high level.
Have their own workshop now, called Fungus!
DESTINATION ITS ARCADEMY
16 December 2020
n° 7,290 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Erik Boker, USA
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Photography
The ways in which one can twist reality to remind us about something else instead of what you’re portraying. Chapeau, Erik Boker!
dissonance & coherence. love it.
Our DNA
14 December 2020
Find us in a hug
Can't have enough...
DREAMING ABOUT ITS ARCADEMY
11 December 2020
n° 17,453 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Skye Gwillim, UK
Finalist, ITS 2019 – Accessories
How do people carry bags? Often on their laps. Hours spent looking at people in public transports, trying positions and shaping her mockups… met her at RCA when she was working on it!
now at Burberry!
NEXT AHEAD IS ITS ARCADEMY
9 December 2020
n° 7,773 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Ankur Gupta, India
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Fashion
Collection on sheer creativity we have as children and how we shouldn’t allow ourselves to loose. Internship with Manish Arora, now own brand KOSMC of home furnishings & accessories. Amazing textile project producing covid masks to the poorest sectors of society.
such a great personality!
Moments to remember…
7 December 2020
ITS 2005. Passing of the baton between Demna Gvasalia, now creative director at Balenciaga, and Marcus Lereng Wilmont, former and following winner of the Fashion Collection of the Year Award.
Hundreds of lovely ITS stories
ITS ARCADEMY,
WHAT A JOURNEY
4 December 2020
n°7,541 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Clare Bottomley, UK
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Photography
There’s genius in her self-portraits. Terrific sense of irony depicting herself as greek gods of mythology. At ITS she won the SVA Photoglobal Award, that sent her to a master in NY.
invite for exhibitions!
OUR FUTURE IS IN ITS ARCADEMY
2 December 2020
n° 7,145 / 18,000
Item from ITS Arcademy Collection
Ali Forbes, Scotland
Finalist, ITS 2009 – Accessories
She moved to Glasgow to London in 2004 to become a designer and what an incredible designer she became: ITS, Swarovski, set designs, collabs with artist. Now, stronger than ever, she’s back in Glasgow with her own studio. Not just a designer, an artist.
she used to be a bike messenger too!