Eight students of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology of the Hochschule Niederrhein accepted the invitation of the textile fair Munich Fabric Start (July 18-20) in Munich. There they will exhibit their project and theses under the supervision of Anna Koch, specialist teacher for special tasks in textile design.
Munich Fabric Start is one of Europe's leading textile trade fairs, where twice a year more than 900 international fabric and ingredient manufacturers from 43 countries present their latest developments and innovations in over 1100 collections.
In the bachelor's degree program in design engineering with specialisations in textiles and fashion, students receive a future-oriented and practically oriented studies. "Contextual, innovative and experimental textiles, patterns and outfits have been created that formulate and make identities visible," says graduate designer Anna Koch. The variety of work reflects the diversity of the faculty and the textile industry. In addition to award-winning collections by students, the booth will also showcase current work:
Bachelor graduate Sonja Kreiterling has dealt intensively with the taboo topic of menstruation in her thesis and is campaigning for more awareness with her fashion collection "There's Blood" with experimental textile design.
"mimicry" is the name of Max Glaubrecht's Bachelor's thesis. In his work, he deals with the aesthetics of wear and the emergence of a natural patina in textile design.
Naahal Sanatiger's project assignment "unIDENTIFIED" from the elective course "Experimental Design" deals with the question of one's own origins and the translation of these into textile designs.
Svenja Heidbüchel designed the collection "vicious circle" as part of the elective course "Experimental Design". The collection points to the extinction of native butterflies and highlights the need for a more conscious approach to nature.
Antonia Dannenberg points out the melting of glaciers with her alpine winter sports collection "MELT DOWN", which has won several awards.
Franziska Jauch developed sustainable, innovative solutions and alternative concepts for the denim industry in her Bachelor's thesis "un//used", incorporating the Norwegian philosophy Friluftsliv, a model for a lifestyle close to nature.
Nadine Gottwald dealt in her Bachelor's thesis "to appear as we please" with the diversity of lived gender identities and the development of an experimental form finding for abstract textile design drafts to symbolize the multifacetedness of the gender spectrum.
Sarah Oefner presents elaborations from her studies under the motto "spring awakening" and shows the diverse possibilities of textile implementation in the university laboratories.
Much of the student work was supported by the company Kornit Digital in its Düsseldorf branch. The company has state-of-the-art and sustainable textile printing technology.
Those who would like to see the work up close can visit the faculty's booth (Hall: S1 DS, Booth: E 105) at Munich Fabric Start on site at the Event Center Messe München (MOC).
