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CLARITY In conversation with the organisers of MUNICH FABRIC START about the industry, the trade show calendar and new dates
CLARITY
In conversation with the organisers of MUNICH FABRIC START about the industry, the trade show calendar and new dates
New year, new beginnings – what’s new at MUNICH FABRIC START in 2024?
Sebastian Klinder: In 2024, MUNICH FABRIC START will continue to serve as a central European anchor point for the fashion industry, combining creativity and business. When it comes to scheduling and organising our events, we want to meet the needs of as many exhibitors and visitors as possible, while also taking into account differing rhythms of the industry. For this reason, we have decided to shorten the date in September 2024 to two days in line with the current market requirements – with streamlined schedules at familiar venues. With this scheduling, our shows remain the relevant sourcing platforms that can meet the permanently and rapidly changing needs of the fashion industry against a background of efficient time and budget management. MUNICH FABRIC START, BLUEZONE as an international trade show for denim, streetwear and sportswear, KEYHOUSE as an innovation hub and THE SOURCE, where products and services relating to the latest sourcing services and apparel manufacturing take centre stage, will therefore take place on 3 and 4 September.
Frank Junker: Of course, a lot will remain the same this year – in the best possible sense. We are looking forward to many long-standing exhibitors as well as new faces who will present their latest developments at MUNICH FABRIC START. With MUNICH FABRIC START, THE SOURCE, BLUEZONE and KEYHOUSE, we are creating a framework that reflects the industry as well as the latest trends and innovations in all their facets. And the line-up of our carefully curated seminar program includes numerous highlights that should not be missed.
» CLARITY is about the pursuit of structure and unambiguousness on both a large and small scale «
„Clarity“ is the title of the new summer season. What’s behind it?
Sebastian Klinder: “Clarity” describes the pursuit of structure and unambiguousness on both, a large and small scale. Both are increasingly rare in the context of the current realities of our lives, because today everything is relative or relocatable. In view of this increasingly diffuse situation, we are also intuitively searching for orientation – both, on a large and small scale. Fashion, design and aesthetics are no exception. Consumers also want clarity, for example with regard to production and supply chains. So, there is also a constantly growing requirement for information that needs to be satisfied.
Frank Junker: Balancing and harmonising opposites serve as a central source of inspiration, for example in reconciling traditional craftsmanship and new technologies that can make the industry more sustainable. By balancing the dichotomies that move the industry – new and old, rural and urban, functional and decorative, self and society – new ideas can emerge that creatively prepare for the challenges of today and the future.
The fashion industry and the corresponding trade show landscape – especially in Germany – are currently in a phase of upheaval. As the organiser of MUNICH FABRIC START, how do you see your role in this context?
Sebastian Klinder: As a platform for high-quality fabrics and materials, MUNICH FABRIC START plays a central role in the German fashion landscape. We want to create the ideal environment for business with a high-quality, comprehensive exhibitor portfolio and the right scheduling. Our aim is not to set trends, but to reflect the most relevant ones, thereby strengthening the entire value chain and driving the development of the industry. With our holistic ecosystem consisting of Fabrics, Additionals, Bluezone, Per4mance, ReSource, Design Studios, Keyhouse, Sustainable Innovations and The Source, we fulfil this aspiration at MUNICH FABRIC START. Through targeted coordination with the industry, we offer an ideal atmosphere in which future-oriented players can come together.
Frank Junker: MUNICH FABRIC START is a creative hub that gives designers space to bring their ideas to life. We see ourselves as trailblazers for creative and technological innovations and thus as a driving force for the further development of the fashion industry. In this context, the topic of sustainability, for example, is firmly anchored in the program of our events. In addition, we attach great importance to our range of trend forums and presentations in order to be able to offer our guests the most holistic, future-oriented program possible, which serves the need for orientation and inspiration in equal measure and, last but not least, brings the entire industry together for exchange, networking and get-togethers.
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Fabrics Highlights for Autumn.Winter 24/25 - Part VIII
In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibres is represented here. For the Autumn.Winter 24/25 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:
YÜNSA
Leading fashion trends with its innovative products developed with a focus on sustainability, Yünsa responds to increasing comfort expectations with highly elastic, functional fabrics, while offering a rich variety of colors and patterns that appeal to all ages and styles. Developed to meet the needs of different customers, Yünsa collections offer quality, elegance and comfort together with the latest fashion.
ZEYNAR
In Zeynar autumn.winter 24/25 collection the color focuses of the season are intense rust, apricot crush, matcha, and plum. The combination of plum with matcha is futuristic and calming. Aprico Crush stands for hope and raises positivity which is rounded off by a little autumn dust with intense rust. As environmental-friendly company, they focus on continuously developing sustainable fabrics in their entire collection.
KARMA KOKTEYL KNITTINGS
Karma Kokteyl is a fabric manufacturer over 35 years of experience. Over these years, we continue to our production by following the latest innovations on the fashion and techonological developements. Our main vision is to give our customers fast and quality production according to their exact requests. In our compay, we are able to produce fabrics like; Single jersey, Double jersey, Jacquards, Ribs, Interlock, Elec. Jacquards,Pique. The key fibres used are; viscose, cotton, polyamide, polyester, linen and spandex with also of branded yarns like lycra, modal, tencel, lyocell, and organic cottons.As a company, it is our goal for the new season to continue working with sustainable fibers and their blends, as well as jacquard and interlock knitting.
VICTOR TÊXTEIS
Victor Têxteis is a trademark of Pinto Nogueira Lda, a family company operating in the national textile sector, certified by Standard 100 by OEKO-TEX® and GRS-Global Recycled Standard®. They have over 29 years of experience and are based in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. Their core business is production and supply of sustainable textile solutions, mostly produced in Portugal, in order to create articles such as swimwear and sportswear (Mesh, Polyamide, Polyester). They have a great concern with sustainability, and they have a selection of high quality environmentally friendly fabrics.
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SUNDAG
Autumn/winter time is time for wool. Wool in many weights, knitting techniques and creative interpretations. Boiled wool 100% wool, uni or printed, boiled wool 80% wool + 20% cotton in plain and colourful jacquards also with relief and tops, wool plush, wool fleece, wool knits, wool jerseys conventional, controlled organic animal husbandry and GOTS. Heavy wool-cotton jacquard knits Cotton teddy uni and as jacquards with wool – more wool is not possible!
TARGET SRL
New capsule collection: luxury knitwear for timeless pieces. In a period of growing resource scarcity Target meets consumers’ desire to invest into long lasting and timeless pieces. Adding another line to its collection of Raschel qualities with sustainable fibers, new tonal and classical qualities in cashmere, silk and virgin wool will be launched in the current winter collection.
TEKSTINA
Bonding is the main theme of Tekstina’s Winter 2024-25 collection. In today’s world we all need a certain connection, whether with nature, each other or our heritage. Taking care of ourselves, people that surround us and nevertheless our planet is key to wellbeing of humankind. Our ideas are presented through stories: Games, Botanical, Scandinavian winter, Art/Craft/Heritage, Nostalgic, Abstract & Mystical.
TROFICOLOR
The new AW 24/25 collection of Troficolor presents a wide selection of different articles, developed with raw materials and production processes that respect the environment. They expanded their offer for denim and fabrics with BCI cotton, organic cotton with GOTS / OCS certification, recycled cotton and polyester with GRS / RCS certification. Highlights are Flannels with different patterns, Corduroy with different wales widths, Quilted Fabrics in different designs and their Velvet Denim concept, denim ready-to-wear with a velvet touch and wool look.
VERHEES TEXTILES
Verhees Textiles is a leading fabric importer with self-developed and exclusive collections, for textile sales and the garment sector. Every season they offer an extensive fashion collection consisting of over 500 new items. These are always based on the latest prints and colours, the most modern designs in the most diverse materials. Take a look at their online shop to discover the complete assortment.
VISBATEX
Visbatex is all about innovative, sustainable and multifunctional textiles made using bamboo viscose. The fabrics are comfortable to wear, environmentally friendly, breathable, skin-friendly, antibacterial and durable. All compositions contain at least 50 % bamboo viscose and are available in different blends. Visbatex is a pioneering company that brings together the opportunities presented by nature with wisdom from science and research. Performance by nature!
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PONTEX
Since 1972 Pontex presents collections that combine elegance and performance by proposing fabrics for unique garments that last forever. Among the main season’s novelties are velvets proposed with the new crushed finishing too, as piece-dyed version for an elegant look with an innovative aspect. Furthermore, you find velvets with a bicolour effect obtained thanks to the application of resins on garment-dyed pieces. Cupro is the eco-friendly fabric chosen for this season by the brand Made in Italy: light, fresh and breathable and, most of all, sustainable, biodegradable and 100% recyclable.
PRINTSTORMING new graphic books
Our A/W 24-25 colour palette relies heavily on energetic hues such as pink flash, cyber lime and electric jade in combination with black, and takes an almost surreal direction in conjunction with “old familiar” lovely motifs. Are you currently looking for support in taking your designs from 2D to 3D, or are you looking for fresh design input for your moodboards? Feel free to come by, we will show you what possibilities we have for you.
PROJECT SRL
Quality, sustainability and innovation: our autumn.winter 24/25 creations combine traditional techniques with modern aesthetics. Project SRL blends fibers together creating soft and light color mixes to obtain delicate yet compact fabrics with textured and three dimensional surfaces. They utilized dyed threads such as mouliné, flamed and buttoned yarns to provide a fresh interpretation of classic pied de poule, check and cover fabrics.
SERIDE SRL
Sense of memories and traditions are shown in the “Suspended moment” theme (dull yellow, blue ruined and corroded by sand). Nature symbolism preservation is described in their second theme “Re-Born” characterized by nature’s lush greens and warm shades of pinks. Different shades of deep blue and contrasting accents are part of the third theme “In the darkness” and synthetics pinks, fake platinum blondes and plastic silver delineate the last “It’s Fantastic” theme.
SEIDRA TEXTILWERKE
In the new winter collection from Seidra, classic bindings, through multicolored chains, become colorful eye-catchers. To ensure a good combination possibility, they partly offer up to 20 colour variants per article. In addition to the usual high-quality pure wool articles, they also offer attractively priced alternatives. In knitwear they have modern and traditional patterns as well as NOOS articles availabl
SERIKO GROUP
Seriko Group was established in 2010 after 29 years of experience in textile business. They provide woven fabrics with compositions deriving from filament viscose, staple viscose, cotton, linen, acetate, modal, tencel, polyester and their blends. Sustainability is at the heart of their fabric developments like organic, recycled and sustainable compositions that are available. They work with some of Turkey’s leading dyeing and printing factories to achieve the best results on woven fabric qualities.
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MYSIA FABRIC
Mysia Fabric produces with innovative materials for a greener future. Their production facility offers all brands and designers answers to sustainable and fast deadlines demands. With its designers who closely follow the world fashion trends, it creates two main and two intermediate collections per year and prepares special collections according to customer demand.
NOOTEBOOM TEXTILES
Nooteboom Textiles’ winter collection contains a wide range of knitted and woven fabrics. Highlights are stretch leather, lurex chanel and wool bouclé mélange. Nooteboom also offers a strong selection in chiffon lurex prints, ponti di roma prints, viscose prints and denim prints which can be combined with several plain dyed basics.
ÖZDOKU
Founded in 1970, Özdoku is one of the leading fabric producers in their sector which always gives priority to quality, best service and sustainability. With the new 24/25 AW collection, Özdoku aims to continue eco-friendly production & sustainability and offers a wide range of woven, jacquard and jersey collections by referring to new fashion trends. Their line is dedicated for Women’s, Men’s and Kids wear for Pants, Jacket,Skirts, Dress, Suiting, and many more.
ÖZTEK
ÖZTEK, TURKEY addresses the need for functional but versatile garments. New mobility and all-purpose functional items which are breathable, durable, yet fashionable are key wardrobe drivers. Using sustainable materials to create adaptable pieces to extend garment life span and longevity, Öztek’s new line of functional fabrics combines an authentic fashion approach with core usability – also for bonded articles.
POLYTEX STOFFEN
Focusing on sustainability, their latest fabric innovation for the autumn/winter collection 24/25 season introduces pineapple-derived material. Other bestsellers remain modal, viscose and bamboo. The collection showcases fascinating colours such as ‘Dazzling Blue’, ‘Harvest Pumpkin’, ‘Tomato’ , ‘Viva Magenta’ and ‘Amethyst Orchid’. Abstract designs and blurry prints remain on trend and reflect the modern aesthetic of the collection.
PONGEES
Silk specialists Pongees has added more colour options to its top selling qualities, such as marocain, taffeta, georgette, sand washed spun silk and stretch satin, and will be launching new shades of pastels and deeper tones at the show. Some collections are now available in more than 100 colours. Minimum order is 1 metre and fabrics are held in stock at its UK warehouse so delivery is fast. Pongees has set up a specialist delivery service so European customers with a VAT/EORI number will be able to receive their orders free of any additional import charges – just as they did pre-Brexit.
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KNIPIDEE
Knipidee International, a family business with its roots in the Netherlands and now growing strongly outside the borders with focus on a strong basic and seasonal fabric collection. The new collection is as usual stylish and versatile, with fabrics like warm faux fur, lots of quilted fabrics for luxury coats, corduroy stepped, knitted jacquards, velvet and beautiful satin designs.
Leichtfried Loden
Sustainability 2.0 – Leichtfried Loden does care about animal welfare and they have only been using certified mulesing-free Australian Merino wool since 2020. From autumn 2023, they will go one step further and certify the entire production process according to RWS (Responsible Wool Standard) in order to meet the high requirements of their customers.
LEMAR
Transforming Waste into Opportunity! Advancing sustainability with fabrics woven with yarns developed from Recycled End-of-Life Tyres! Discarded tyres have become a global concern and it is crucial to explore innovative solutions that promote a circular economy. By transforming this waste into amazing fabrics, Lemar will be able to deliver environmental preservation, resource efficiency, and economic benefits. Come and see yourself!
LENZING
The Lenzing Group stands for ecologically responsible production of specialty fibers made from the renewable raw material wood and strives for the efficient utilization and processing of all raw materials and offers solutions to help redirect the textile sector towards a sustainable industry. As an innovation leader, Lenzing is a partner of global textile manufacturers and drives many new technological developments. TENCEL™ x REFIBRA™ is one of the sustainable fiber innovations which contributes to circular economy. The pioneering REFIBRA™ technology involves upcycling cotton scraps from garment production.
MER FABRIC
Mer Fabric, a fabric manufacturer specializing in garments, has exciting plans to introduce fresh woven fabrics in various categories such as shirts, pants, dresses, and childrenswear. Our aim is to cater to specific customer requirements with enhanced flexibility. Furthermore, we are actively engaged in advancing sustainable products, constantly striving to make notable progress in this area.
MMRA
MMRA is a Portuguese family business with 40 years of experience in circular knitting. It exports to several international markets, presents a wide range of natural, organic, recycled and synthetic products. Among the innovations, the use of compositions with mixtures of Nettle, Printed Yarns, Linen, Tencel, and banana with pineapple stands out. M.M.R.A. is committed to Oeko-Tex, Gots, GRS and OCS certifications.
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GRATEX
Textiles are the fabric from which our passion is woven. Gratex is a reliable family business with 50 years of international experience, always on the pulse of the fashion world. As a partner of BCI and GOTS, they offer a large number of our articles with organic cotton.
The new collection for autumn.winter 24/25 consists of traditional and fashion prints, jacquard fabrics, lace, shirting and cosy knitwear.
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HÄNDEL + DILLER GMBH
Händel + Diller has been knitting fabrics in southern Germany since 1962. Under the premise of certified environmental and social standards, circular knitted fabrics are produced for manufacturers of lingerie, home- and sportswear, orthopaedics and technical applications. The range for the Autumn.Winter 24/25 collection also includes GOTS-certified wool fleece made of 100 % merinowool or in cotton blends, including jacquard patterns.
HEINRICH SUNDAG TEXTILDESIGN + VERTRIEB
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JERSEY PRINT FACTORY
Discover the family-owned fabric company with 30+ years of industry experience: Jersey Print Factory offers custom, high-quality fabrics with no minimum order requirements. Find classic or contemporary designs at their booth and unleash your creativity with reactive printed fabrics. Bring your fashion dreams to life, one meter at a time. You can create custom apparel by simply upload your design and place your order. They’ll take care of the rest.
JJR SPIN TEXTILES LLP
The collection is inspired by floral motifs with natural geometric and abstract patterns. The colours are mainly natural tones with vibrant pops for added brightness. They use hand-woven tweed, computer and hand embroidery techniques. For embroidery, they work with various bases like sequins, velvet, wool, cotton, and viscose and also offer 100% silk tweed and blended fabrics. The new collection showcases the beauty of floral designs through hand-woven tweed, computer, and hand embroidery techniques. A range of fabric bases including silk and blends is used to create a visually stunning and textured collection.
KAYTEKS
Kayteks, established in 1965, is currently advancing its production adventure in the field of knitted fabrics and ready-made products. Priorities such as quality, on-time delivery, and quick response to customer requests have been determined as competitive priority. Sustainability, organic and analysis of trend products in knitted fabrics and products are the primary components that Kayteks follows in its R&D processes.
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ELYAF
Founded in 1989, Elyaf® is a women’s fabric and garment manufacturer, based on 22,000 square metres, as a fully integrated facility in Bursa, Turkey. Their focus is on sustainability through manufacturing value-added fabrics and garments without causing harm to people, the ecosystem and our planet.
ERSAT TEXTILE
ERSAT TEXTILE is one of the most successful fabric producers in TURKEY with its integrated factory from weaving till ready garment. ERSAT offers versatile production chains (Poliviscose, Polyester, Cotton, Linen, Wool blends with PES). They also produce fabrics (Recycled and Ecovero bases )for Men’s and Women’s Suits, Jackets, Pants, Outerwear, Dresses, Shirts etc. Dying and all finishing processes include 2,500,000mts capacity per month.
FABRIC & CO
FABRIC & CO offers a wide product range and focuses on environmentally friendly production with sustainable fabrics. Current trends are reflected in perfect harmony with prints and plain colors. Satins, recycled and natural looking fabrics and special touch effects result in great designs. Find different pattern colours and designs in the new collection.
FEINJERSEY
Feinjersey presents its new collection brand dfine. High end fabrics made in Austria – designed for the human body. The new dfine. collection is segmented into 5 sections:
Avant – Fashion Forward Fabrics (stock program),
Ivory – second skin underwear,
Apex – functional asthetics,
Forma – fluid shaping and
Armis – elite safety.
FORZA
Forza’s new autumn.winter 24/25 collection is a creation of elegant, stylish and casual prints: ikat. ethnic, watercolour, ombre, tie dye, patchwork, animalskin, monos with earthyand natural colours or combinations of bright, warm orange, purple, blue andt urquoise tones. Get creative inspiration at their booth with a variety of sustainable produced, light and heavy weight fabrics, dobby, structured weaves, twills, cord, satins, mesh as well as chiffons, cotton/linen blends.
GOTTSTEIN
Founded in 1926, Gottstein is an Austrian family-owned manufacturer located in the Tyrolean mountains. They are experts when it comes to felted wool fabrics and wet processing with experience for over four generations. This time their main focus for their AW 24/25 collection are reliefs and sculptural felted fabrics made of merino wool as well as undyed wool fabrics.
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The Fabric Trends Autumn.Winter 24/25 - Part I
Fabrics Highlights for Autumn.Winter 24/25 - Part I
In the FABRICS Area, around 600 international suppliers present their material innovations for all apparel segments. The complete product portfolio of fashionable woven and knitted fabrics made of wool, cotton, silk, blends and functional fibres is represented here. For the Autumn.Winter 24/25 season, we present some highlights from international producers in our FABRICS blogposts:
6Dias
6Dias looks forward to present their FW 24-25 Collection divided in 3 themes: UNNATURAL, BOTANICAL and PRACTICAL, for both Women and Men’s fashion. They produce and trade a wide range of products, such as Printings, Weaving, Jacquard, Denims, Pleated, Embroideries, etc. Visit their booth in H3 | E 03 or their showroom in Trofa and idealize your collection with them.
AKIN TEKSTIL
Focusing more to sustainable fabrics AKIN will present novelties made of PET bottles collected from oceans, abandoned FISHNETS and naturally color grown Cotton which doesn’t require any dyestuff or chemicals. Their range is completed with outstanding print designs showing patchworks, windows, luxury or nature.
BITZER + SINGLE
Starting in 1961, Bitzer+ Single has always been a modern trading agency and a strong partner for the textile industry. They offer a wide range of FABRICS and ACCESSORIES for products of the sportswear, lingerie and medical industry. Their goal is to create sustainability through consistency, organize short procurement tracks, integrate new ideas and always keep our finger on the pulse.
CANVASS TEKSTIL
Stripes and checks are often seen in fall/winter 2024-2025, tone on tone or through vibrant, ethnic colors. Checks bring movement to these colors and are in high demand as light and elegant checks. Degraded transitions give special effects to fabrics. Surfaces have metallic effects. Next to them are the colors of the floral world in traditional designs.
CANEL TEXTILE
Canel Textile, headquartered in Canel Plaza, Istanbul, Turkey, has been in business for 30 years. It is a financially sound business with a strong reputation in the market as a private label service provider of women’s ready-to-wear garments servicing both classic and contemporary brand styles. Their strong design team creates thousands of unique and fresh prints every year. The production is completely in-house. Come to Hall 3/D24 and be inspired by the new print collection with brushstroke optics, winterdark flowers and watercolor paisleys!
DUTEL
The new jacquard collection from Dutel for the season AW 24/25 is built around 5 themes: “Animal” features animal designs in natural or warm colours. “Bubble” offers swollen materials with 3D effects in vibrant or pastel colours. “Poison” is all about various patterns, silky aspects, dark colours and metallic. “Fable” offers natural materials, quilted effects, neutral colours and small figurative patterns. “Universal” focuses on the feminine-masculine look, neutral colours and comfortable materials.
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THE COMEBAG PROJECT
UPCYCLING: THE COMEBAG PROJECT
Concept Store | H4
Handmade with love in M/UNIQUE
A team of young fashion designers has realised a great upcycling project in the last few weeks: they have sewn unique bags from former trade fair materials such as flags, various trade fair banners and carpet left overs from the MFS, giving the materials a meaningful purpose. The unique pieces of the limited edition THE COMEBAG bags can be purchased at the Concept Store in front of Hall 4 for 15€ per bag.
BORNEMANN ETIKETTEN supplies biodegradable labels in a print & weave combination for this unique project. The production of the labels comes from beautiful Portugal. Discover individual label solutions at BORNEMANN ETIKETTEN in H1 | B 20.
Master tailor Elina Chauan started her own business shortly before THE COMEBAG project and founded her label Elina.Chauan.Fashion – she produces handmade unique pieces in the unique “mushroom” cut. Elina specialises as a bag designer and brings her creative ideas to her handmade products.
Charlotte Hansel “Charly”, who actually works in dance, has also discovered her passion for fashion in recent years and taught herself to sew. Charlotte has already appeared in music videos and commercials and plans to continue her education as a choreographer to perform on the big stages as an artist.
The two met during the preparations for the MUNICH FABRIC START trade fair a year ago and became friends through their work together. Their common credo is:
You can create something out of anything and thus make the world more colourful and sustainable.
The idea for the project came about mainly because of the striking colour of the carpet, which immediately catches the eye. It would simply be a shame not to make further use of the beautiful existing materials – especially in view of the sustainability aspect, which plays a major role at the fair. We attach great importance to illustrating that something new can be created from every thing. It’s fascinating how we can use creativity and innovative thinking to create something completely new and impressive from seemingly insignificant or everyday objects.
Our goal is to inspire people to broaden their perspectives and see the potential in everything, be it materials, ideas or situations. We want to challenge the boundaries of what is possible and show that there are no limitations when it comes to creating something unique and meaningful.
