Fashion Tech Awards

28/01/2019

3 min.

The projects selected for the Digital Made Contest were showcased last Friday at the Fashion Digital Night held as part of Altaroma and presented by Journalist Alma Grandin.

After the fashion show with wearable technology projects on the unusual catwalk at the Prati BusDistrict, the jury selected the winners in the various categories. The awards were presented by Mirta Michilli, General Director of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, and Adriano Franchi, Director General, Altaroma.

Fashion Digital Night Jury

Antonio Alliva, 3Ditaly
Gaia Danese, Italian Consul in Barcelona
Joaquin Fargas, digital artist
Adriano Franchi, Altaroma
Alessio Giubba, Director, Accademia Italiana
Ilaria La Manna, Project Manager, Digital Made
Mirta Michilli, Director General, FMD
Luigi Panella, Trotec
Anastasia Pistofidou, Fab Textile

Contest Winners

Biotico di Jessica Pullo, Argentina
Wearable Technology Category: "M2M" by ProteinLab UTEM, Chile;
Digital Manufacturing Category: "ShapeUp" by ShapeUp Italia;
Smart Bride Category: "Atypical", Accademia delle Belle Arti di Napoli in collaboration with the Fab Lab in Frosinone, Italy;
Bio Materials Category: "Ricordati di me" by Marina D’Alessandro, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Napoli in collaboration with the Fab Lab in Frosinone, Italy.

Altaroma Photo Gallery

Full recording of the fashion show on the Altaroma YouTube Channel

The Winners

M2M, ProteinLab UTEM, Chile

The design and development phase lasted about three months. The results of research in the field of 3D printing and laser cutting led designers at the UTEM ProteinLab to collaborate with major national stylists such as Claudio Paredes and Matías Hernán. The project was developed by Diego Vilches, who used parametric design tools to digitalise the moulds custom-tailored to the user’s body. The dress was created with 3D printers and CNC lasers.

SHAPEUPITALY, Rosa Topputo, Shape Up Italy, Italy

A mix of flowers, fruit, masks and angels decorate the facades of the buildings of Lecce. Nature, in all its beauty, takes form through rational, classic styles typical of the Renaissance. The human spirit is no longer based only on rationality, linearity, perfection and rigorous moulding, but also on passion and drama.

ATYPICAL, Naples “Accademia delle Belle Arti” in collaboration with the Fab Lab in Frosinone, Italy

Innovation, cost reduction, transformation and eco-sustainability are the key words for this project including three dresses. The first two are based on the 3D printing of TPU-developed geometric shapes applied directly onto the naked body, while the third is the reinterpretation of a bridal dress. The bodice is entirely 3D-printed, the skirt includes an upper part that reveal an underlying tube that can be extracted and turned into a purse.

RICORDATI DI ME, Marina D’Alessandro, Naples “Accademia delle Belle Arti”in collaboration with the Fab Lab in Frosinone, Italy

An elegant dress with a low environmental impact and a strong visual impact that can evoke memories in those who view it. Recent studies have proven that memories reside in specific RNA molecules composed by four molecules. The project is based on the visual representation of these molecules to design a hexagonal module in bioplastics that is biodegradable and contains a liquid created with recycled materials. The result is a modular dress that is fluorescent under UV light.