Highlights of iD Awards

A focus on technology, colourful textile printing, and intricate folding of fabrics were key themes across our favourites at iD Emerging Designer Awards in Dunedin…

Senior Lecturer Linda Jones was in Dunedin to support her students in the awards and said, "The standard is really good this year. The students can feel very, very happy to be in amongst each other, and the finalists are a good collection of like minds. Although there is a variety of styles and design details, there are similar themes i.e. their interests in technology and their embrace of textile craft."

Another highlight aside from the clothes themselves, was the absolutely stunning ten Chinese models who were flown over from Dunedin’s Chinese sister-city, Shanghai. They study modeling for four years as a University degree! Breath-taking.

See all our photos from backstage at iD 2013 here.

The envelope please…

Peroni 1st Place Prize (NZ$5000): (pictured above left) Rakel Blom, School of Design, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand. Read about Rakel Blom on Thread.

Caffe L’affare 2nd Place ($3000 cash): Emma Boseley, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.

Strawberry Sound 3rd Place ($1000 cash): Kathleen Choo, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Dunedin’s Golden Centre Mall Prize ($1,000) for the most commercial collection: Blathnaid McClean, National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin, Ireland.

Global Fabrics Award for Excellence in Design ($1000 cash and a $2000 voucher): Sohong Lim, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

Below: Kathleen Choo ‘Dimensionality’