Taipei, August 30, 2025 – The 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different. Student Design Competition – Taiwan concluded today with a vibrant Awards Ceremony at Hana Space, Taipei, celebrating creativity, craftsmanship and sustainable design thinking.
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Real Leather. Stay Different. 2025 International Competition Category Winners Announced! After a judging process made gruelling by the amazingly high standard of entries, the results are now in. Find out a bit more about our four category winners and their
Announcing the 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition category winners! After a judging process made gruelling by the amazingly high standard of entries, the results are now in. The competition featured three
The inaugural Real Leather. Stay Different. Vietnam awards ceremony wrapped on July 9 at the stunning Mai House Saigon hotel. And it was a night to remember. More than an awards show it was the revelation of the next generation of designers, propelling them
The Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD) Thailand 2025 student design competition is more than just a platform for showcasing creativity – it’s a gateway to understanding the true essence of real leather through immersive, hands-on learning
The Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD) International Student Design Competition has unveiled its shortlist, With 1,483 projects submitted from around the world, this year's competition is our biggest yet.
Anna Melegh, winner of the Real Leather. Stay Different. International Design Competition Footwear Category in 2022, has made a name for herself by pushing the boundaries in footwear design. We spoke to her recently about life since her RLSD win.
The first round of judging for the 2025 Real Leather. Stay Different. Africa Talent Leather Design Showcase is now complete, marking an exciting milestone in this annual celebration of creativity and sustainable design.
The Real Leather. Stay Different. 2025 International Student Design Competition brings together a diverse panel of leading voices in fashion, education, media and styling. For its fifth edition, the judging panel will decide on the overall winner in Taipei
For this year’s China Mainland competition, we are proud to present a dynamic judging panel featuring some of the country’s most respected voices in leather craftsmanship, accessories innovation and technical garment design.
Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD) was delighted to visit Thammasat University, where we had the pleasure of engaging with students from the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts.
Real Leather. Stay Different. (RLSD), the global campaign driving sustainable innovation in fashion, has just announced something huge: For the first time ever, the RLSD International Student Design Competition final is hitting Taipei - Asia’s buzzing
The buzz around this year’s Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition is building. We've already been blown away by the amazing entries we’ve received so far but there's still time to enter AND get your design in front of