Ruth Girmay is a leather product designer and the founder of Shamrock Leather. She studied educational planning management in special needs education at Addis Ababa University. With five years of experience working with leather, Ruth is dedicated to advancing
Bingbing Bai has a MPhil/ PhD (FT) in Art & Design from Kingston School of Art in London. She was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show her winning accessory design Eternal Vitality.
Roscha Dinler is self-taught leather crafter and fashion designer from Nuremberg who actually studied programming. He was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show his winning footwear design, Patina Over Plastic.
Mor Elfassy is a third year Fashion Design student at Shenkar College of Engineering in Tel Aviv. She was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show her winning apparel design, Form and Substance: The Duality of Human and
Josslyn Shi has a Fashion Design BFA from the California College of the Arts. She was at the RLSD International Final event at the US Embassy in London to show her winning design, Ephemeral Eclosion.
The 2024 Real Leather. Stay Different. Taiwan Award ceremony celebrates green trends through leather design. The winners of the Real Leather. Stay Different. Taiwan Region Student Design Competition were announced at an awards ceremony and runway show at
Josslyn Shi from California College of Art has been crowned Overall Winner of the Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition at a glittering final event held at the U.S. Embassy in London.
Ruth Girmay is a leather product designer and the founder of Shamrock Leather. She studied educational planning management in special needs education at Addis Ababa University. With five years of experience working with leather, Ruth is dedicated to advancing and supporting the disabled community in Africa by providing women with leather product design training to…
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The winners of the China Mainland Student Design Competition have been named at a glamourous awards ceremony in Shanghai. The Overall Winner was Zhu Xinxin from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, with the entry "CONJECTURE ABOUT SHADOWS.", The
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