The Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition celebrates the beauty, sustainability and versatility of leather, while recognizing the innovation and craftsmanship that the new generation has to offer.
With annual student design competitions running in Italy, China, UK and Taiwan, we have already received over 1,000 design submissions in categories spanning Garments, Footwear, Accessories and Design. You’ll find anything from updates and winning entries, to interviews with students and judges, right here!
The 2020 Taiwan Student Design Competition was a huge success category winners announced at an award ceremony and product demonstration at Taipei 101, the well-known 500 metre super-skyscraper in Taiwan.
In 2021, we go truly international with an open invitation competition that runs alongside the national programmes, and connects students from all over the world with an outstanding, money-can’t-buy prize.
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Ta-Tung Lin was born in Taitung, Taiwan in 2001. Taitung’s natural environment, local culture, and Lin’s parents’ upbringing have shaped his craft and thinking. At the age of 16, he enrolled in a five-year junior college program and started learning various craft and design theories.
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Lu-Yun Lu is a composite material artist, fashion designer and illustrator based in Taipei at the Shih Chien University. She aims to insert meaning behind everything she creates. Her project ‘The Sight’ highlights the objectification and the labelling of
Jia-Wen Zhang is currently studying in her senior year at Shizhan University and has studied bag design, shoe design and knitting design amongst a range of other courses. Her project draws upon themes of toxic love; where people seek to control you
Xiao-Yun Chang has always had a love for disassembling and building objects- she has worked with a range of materials including metal, ceramics and glass. Whilst studying Craft Design in College she was introduced to leather, and found its charm and
The Real Leather. Stay Different. Taiwan Region Student Design Competition, organised by L&HCA in partnership with Taiwan International Leather Association (TILA), attracted over 400 entries from 18 universities across the region. At the end of August, the
Welcome to The Annual, a celebration of the 2020/21 Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competitions.
The results are in! The Real Leather. Stay Different. Taiwan Region Student Design Competition announces its winners.
Taiwan Region's third annual Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition received 460 entries from students from 18 colleges and universities. The five judges selected 20 finalists who had the opportunity to make prototypes of their designs- and
As part of this year's Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition, a Digital Fashion Futures workshop will be available to all fashion students globally on Wednesday 15th June at 12:00 BST for one
Taiwan Region’s third annual Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition has completed its first round of judging after receiving 460 entries from students from 18 colleges and universities.
The Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design competitions 2020/21 have concluded with winners announced from the UK, Italy, Taiwan and China.
Meet Lin Ting-Yu, this year's Accessory Gold Winner in the 2021 Taiwan Student Design Competition.
Meet Hsiao Yi Tzu this year's Design Gold Winner in the 2021 Taiwan Student Design
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