Maria Vytinidou, Chemist – Conscious Fashion Designer – Fashion Entrepreneur, distinguished by Vogue Italia and Premiere Vision Paris for her entrepreneurship, creates Innovative Wearable Technology Garments and Ready-to-wear Eco Luxury Womenswear Collections with the label “Μaria Vytinidou Eco Luxury Design Brand”.

We are textile desigers – Ieva, Laura and Austė. We are all graduates of Vilnius Academy of
Arts. We all had different creative experiences, but we were united by one idea. We are pursuing a slow fashion strategy that generates high quality and designer products that one would not want to discard, but rather pass on from generation to generation. The artist’s touch makes a unique product.

Sebastian Thies, CEO K&T GmbH, www.nat-2.eu Munich, Germany Sebastian, 6th generation footwear professional since 1856, is the Founder x Designer of high-end sneaker brand nat-2™. …

STPLN is a hybrid creative hub composed of different workshops and multifunctional rooms, from wood and metal workshops, a fablab, a foodlab, a textile and screenprinting department, a darkroom and more. Joshua Ng is a senior project leader of STPLN, speaks about major challenges and opportunities he has faced along with his coworkers.