Submission:
The Pattern Cutting Award has been created to celebrate and showcase imaginative, experimental, and advanced technical skills. Through this award, the GFF recognises inventive problem-solving and innovative pattern-cutting skills when interpreting a designer’s personal vision in the realisation of contemporary design, encompassing sustainable approaches and new technologies.
Two Awards will be presented under the pathways below, with a winner in each:
Tailoring
Creative Pattern Cutting
Submissions can include:
Research-based experimentation using digital and/or traditional techniques to inspire the creative translation of ideas from 2D to 3D in the context of contemporary fashion
Demonstration of complex 3D questioning approaches to creative pattern cutting, involving working on the stand, flat pattern cutting or the use of CAD techniques/technology to explore innovative concepts or processes to inspire silhouettes
Experimental 3D problem solving, through creative thinking and advanced technical decisions: evidenced in sampling, informed fabric /material choices, manufacturing processes and finishes in the realisation of contemporary design.
Using one look from a student’s collection or a fully resolved professional toile, produce a detailed explanation within a progress book. Documenting creative problem solving, new innovative pattern cutting methods, creative thinking, advanced technical skills, sampling, informed fabric /material choices, manufacture processes and finishes in the realisation of contemporary design, demonstrating that it meets all the criteria as detailed above.
Criteria:
Students will not be judged upon the quality of the page images, but the qualitative content of their page.
A submission of no more than 10 x pages for the nomination shortlisting. The full project will be displayed for the final judging session. The nomination can be a maximum of 10MB, illustrating the final project and a supporting statement. Full digital submission only.
Process:
The Pattern Cutting awards will be judged in two stages. All nominated students will have to submit a supporting statement for scrutiny at the pre-event shortlisting by industry experts.
Part 1:
Monday 20th May 2024, 18:00 hours - Deadline for submission, academic staff are to nominate 2 final year students.
Selection:
An Industry expert will shortlist 12 students from the entries submitted. Thursday 30th May, 2024 - The names of the shortlisted students will be announced.
Part 2: Judging
Awards Judging will be onsite at GFW in central London. Shortlisted students must bring their full entry for the final judging. This can be physical work plus digital elements if required. The judging will be an opportunity to talk through the students work, ideas and answer questions from the judges.
All nominated students must attend the full judging day during GFW and ensure they attend all talks, meetings and judging sessions as well as the end of day Awards Presentation and celebratory networking event. Winners will receive promotion across the GFF networks.