The Imagine Talents design competition celebrates outstanding, talented fashion students from all over the world, showcasing the beauty, versatility and overall design potential of Kopenhagen Fur’s exclusive selection of fur. 

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The design brief is all about fur and sustainability. Fur is a material with unique sustainable qualities, the most important of which include the following:

Fur is long lasting. If treated correctly, it can be preserved through generations. Fur needs minimal treatment in the use phase, which results in a low environmental impact.

Fur is biodegradable, which means it does not have a negative impact on the environment when recirculated.

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This year, the brief focuses on the sustainable strategy of modular and multifunctional design. We encourage you to work with sustainability and fur from a design perspective.

 

Therefore, we are asking the following question:

How would you design a fur garment which also meets future user needs and supports the sustainable potential of the fur material?

Modularity: items which can either be used as one or several pieces, e.g. a coat may consist of a vest, a collar, cuffs, etc.

Multifunctionality: items which can serve multiple functions for one or for several users, e.g. it could be a multi-gender style or have multiple options for wear.

 

We want you to use Kopenhagen Fur’s beautiful selection of natural mink types for your design. These non-coloured mink types are alum tanned, which means they have a very low environmental impact. You are welcome to combine these with other natural skins such as fox, seal or Swakara, or you can combine them with fabrics.