This call is open to 2024 BA & MA graduates and early career designers who are in their first three years of practicing. We welcome those who do not hold a degree in fashion and textiles to apply, on the condition you can demonstrate a proven track record of creating work/working in the fashion field and present a portfolio of recent work.

The submission deadline is 2nd August 2024, 23.59 PM Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Congrats to Paolo Carzana and Duran Lantink for making it to the final of the LVMH Award! The eight finalists will present their collections to the Prize Jury at the final to be held on Tuesday 10th September at the Louis Vuitton Foundation.

During the 2024 Salone del Mobile Milano, Nieuwe Instituut presented the New Store 2.0. The project imagines a store where shopping helps the environment instead of harming it. NOOF talent Woo Jin Joo traveled to Milan to co-create with the visitors of the Store.

The ITS Contest is one of the world’s leading platforms for emerging creative talent in fashion, accessories and jewellery design. Two NOOF talents won, a third was nominated: Congrats to Ivan Delogu, Silvia Acien Parrilla and Ju Bao!

After NOOF talent Stina Randestad was nominated last year, two more NOOF talents are nominated for the prestigious LVMH Award as a semi-finalist: Paolo Carzana and Duran Lantink!

Congratulations to NOOF talent Ruusa Vuori! She is the winner of this year's ALPHA Award and was also awarded the Exhibition Prize!

Consciously far from trending streams, Milk of Lime seeks to give renaissance to hidden treasures and long forgotten references of its closest surroundings, which are in rural Germany and Belgium.

Fusing traditional crafts within the field of fashion, sculpting methods and digital practices, Jeppe Juel explores how we can expand and hybridise analogue and digital methods within fashion design.

British textile-multi-talent Katerina Knight finished her MA Textile Design at the Royal College of Art last summer, specialising in one-of-a-kind textile artefacts that reimagine ancient hand-making techniques.

Drawing inspiration from powerful women and traditional folkloristic elements he was surrounded with growing up, Ivan Delogu presents different aspects of womanhood.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Reason for MA Material Futures graduate Charlotte Werth to co-create with bacteria. The result: a machine that colors scarfs using bacterial dyes.

Creating menswear from a non-binary perspective, Central Saint Martin graduate Jude Hinojosa’s work offers us a new —much welcomed — view on fashion: embracing masculinity’s emotional side.

Bio-fashion and Upcycling designer Xue Chen is passionate about integrating regenaritive design thinking into my creative process. Her Bio-Invasive Textile Library is a win-win solution for both ecology and fashion worlds.

Growing up at a farm in rural Spain, Silvia Acien learned to closely observe her surrounding. Memories and identities passed down from her Andalusian ancestors, live on through her regenerative designs.

Trained as a dancer, Aalto graduate Ruusa Vuori moved towards fashion after suffering an injury. As one door closed, another opened; giving us an insight into her wondrous process of creation.

As Elīna Siliņa delved into the ethnographic treasures of her Latvian heritage, a harmonious symphony of colour, pattern and material emerged. Every choice echoing the reverence for tradition.

With a background in Fashion and textiles design, Priss Niinikoski recently shifted her focus to three-dimensional textiles and space. NOoF commissioned Priss to explore the potential of floral waste.

'Vót’tetèsj' explores Bastiaan Reijnen’s Limburgian family heritage. Combining the essence in quality of workwear and handwork, the ArtEZ graduate creates a new luxury that lasts a lifetime.

After receiving a BA in Fashion Design at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, Kelly Konings moved to Borås to continue her creative path. A Master’s degree in Textile Design led her to 3D whole-garment weaving.

Ása Bríet Brattaberg was passed on the incredible gift of craftsmanship and handcraft by her grandmothers. Departing from these origins, Tales Told in Tangles solidifies the power of craft in the here and now.