ITS Arcademy - A chat with Rafael Kouto viewing over 600 fashion portfolios

While viewing the over 18,000 projects stored in our archive, a part of the work in view of the launch of ITS Arcademy, Founder & Director Barbara Franchin called ITS 2019 finalist Rafael Kouto for a quick chat since she had his portfolio in front of her. The ITS Arcademy will combine the museum concept with the academic one. The exhibit area will include the ITS Creative Archive and temporary exhibitions, offering a space for dialogue between the world of fashion and those of the arts, cinema and design. The educational part will be aimed at two different kinds of public: a popular one, with courses and workshops aimed at elementary, middle and high school students from all over Italy, visitors and the local community; and a professional one dedicated to insiders, where former ITS competitors will be able to return to Trieste as teachers, and where companies will be able to organize workshops, seminars and special projects. ITS Arcademy will be a space where past finalists, jurors and the rest of the international ITS community will have an active role: a home for innovators, insiders from the fashion industry, scholars, and visionary talents will be always welcome to come and exchange experiences while brainstorming on the future of design, actively contributing to its realization. The activities of the ITS Arcademy will explore the world of creativity through a vast array of events, courses and formative activities. From the simply curious - including any age group rega