ITS Arcademy | Former finalists mapping raw denim hearts

A more intimate look at the first collaborative project developed by ex-finalists in ITS Arcademy during ITS Contest 2022 last September.⁠ ⁠ We engaged finalists from 20 years of ITS Contest in a cartography activity, mapping hearts made out of raw denim with threads, colours and fabric. These decorated hearts will be brought together in one large composition that will be transformed in an interactive digital map that can be explored and continued with decorative paths.⁠ ITS Contest is an international award for emerging designers set up in Trieste in 2002, open for all young fashion, accessories and jewellery designers who believe in their ideas despite everything. It navigates the global creative currents to discover and promote talent, offering career opportunities and preserving creativity for future generations. It logs changes and innovations tracing the evolution of contemporary fashion, building a picture of how the surrounding environment profoundly influences today’s young designers, enabling them to anticipate and predict future scenarios. A wide number of ITS finalists went on to re-shape the fashion industry, like Demna (Creative Director at Balenciaga), Matthieu Blazy (Creative Director at Bottega Veneta) and Alithia Spuri-Zampetti (Associate Head of Design Alexander McQueen) Discover more about ITS Contest 2022: https://itsweb.org/its-contest/ Discover the finalists: https://itsweb.org/its-contest/the-ark-of-creativity/#thefinalists Discover the winners: http