ITS Contest 2020
Here we Belong
Due to the global Covid-19 pandemic ITS Contest explores the phygital dimension, winning the BEA World Awards 2020 as Best Digital Transformation. The format sees a livestream presented on October 23rd showcasing the finalists' projects and revealing the award winners assigned by the International Jury, by the Media Jury, by partners & sponsors and, for the first time, by the general public viewing live. Produced by ITS, the style of the projects’ presentation is that of a fashion film internally produced - is that of a fashion film ITS style. Among the jury members: Paola Antonelli - Senior Curator MOMA, Orsola de Castro - Fashion Revolution, Valerie Steele - Director at FIT Museum, Caroline Issa - Tank Magazine.
ITS Contest 2020
Concept
Here we Belong
“Here we belong” is the statement for the 2020 edition of International Talent Support: crying out one’s belonging to a world. A statement that, while reclaiming its origins, does not dwell upon logics of possession and exclusion. A place does not belong to us, it is us who belong to a place. The one we are referring to is not necessarily a physical space, but rather a “modality”: a collective way to feel and to approach life, something that holds us up and anchors us, like the roots of a tree. Just like a family, we are connected and bonded together through a mutual belonging that makes ITS a home to young creatives from the world over; those who are seeking a ubi consistam, and dare to embark on an adventurous journey into the unknown, those who wish to experience firsthand the respite of remote places, only to leave again and return home. Or, maybe, find one’s true home in those faraway places, at last.
Best of
Highlights
Class of 2020
Finalists and Winners
The finalists and winners of ITS Contest 2020
Liuxu Luo
Artwork
China
1994
Byung Yoon Lee
Artwork
South Korea
1993
Rosie Baird
Fashion designer
United Kingdom
1996
Anyango Mpinga
Illy
Kenya
1983
Johanna Parv
Fashion designer
Estonia
1993
Ninja D. Evangelista
Jewelry designer
Austria
1985
The Jury
The jury of ITS Contest 2020
Fashion and Accessories Jury
Barbara Franchin
ITS Founder & Director
Mika
Singer & Songwriter
Carlo Capasa
Chairman, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana
Paola Antonelli
Senior Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art
Stefania Ricci
Director, Museo Salvatore Ferragamo & Fondazione Ferragamo
Renzo Rosso
President, OTB
Sara Sozzani Maino
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Vogue Italia, Head of Vogue Talents & International Brand Ambassador, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana
Carlo Giordanetti
CEO, Swatch Art Peace Hotel & Management, Swatch International
Andrea Rosso
Creative Director, Diesel Licensed Products & Founder, MYAR
Luca Rizzi
Tutoring & Consulting Director, Pitti Immagine
Valerie Steele
Director & Chief Curator, The Museum at FIT
Angelo Flaccavento
Independent Fashion Critic & Curator
Orsola de Castro
Founder & Global Creative Director, Fashion Revolution
Kiki Smith
Artist
Stavros Karelis
Founder & Buying Director, MACHINE-A & Buying Director, SHOWstudio Store
Luca Josi
Head of Brand Strategy, Media & Multimedia Entertainment, TIM
Tim Blanks
Editor-at-Large, The Business of Fashion
Deanna Ferretti
Modateca Deanna
Patricia Urquiola
Architect & Designer
Christelle Kocher
Founder & Creative Director, KOCHÉ
Carlo Bach
Art Director, illycaffè
Stefano Martinetto
CEO, Tomorrow Holdings Ltd
Anna Burckhardt
Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design, The Museum of Modern Art
Lucinda Chambers
Co-Founder, Colville & Collagerie
Giancarlo Simiri
Business Partner, Tomorrow Holdings Ltd
Yasmine Penniman
Illustrator
Press Jury
Gary Armstrong
GQ Style, UK
Andrea Batilla
Founder, andreabatilla.com
Whitney Bauck
Fashionista.com
Giampietro Baudo
Editor-in-Chief, L’Officiel Italia & L’Officiel Hommes Italia
Elisa Pervinca Bellini
Vogue Italia
Ales Caks
Goodlife, Slovenia
Tiziana Cardini
Vogue Italia
Declan Chan
Freelance Stylist, Hong Kong
Michele Ciavarella
Style / Corriere della Sera
Yuanye Deng
Wallpaper China
Alice Fisher
Observer Design, UK
Sisi Gu
Top Star, China
Caroline Issa
Tank Magazine
Daniel Kalt
Die Presse, Austria
Raoul Keil
Schön! Magazine
Luca Lanzoni
Hearst Italia
Karchun Leung
Numéro China & Modern Weekly Style
Pam Boy
LOVE Magazine
Antonio Mancinelli
Marie Claire Italia
Simone Marchetti
Vanity Fair Italia
Mariko Mito
Bunka Paris
Kaname Murakami
WWD Japan
Dominique Muret
FashionNetwork.com
Isabella Naef
FashionUnited.it
Karine Porret
L’Express
Alan Prada
Harper’s Bazaar Italia
Simon Rasmussen
Office Magazine
Federico Rocca
VanityFair.it
Stefano Roncato
MF Fashion
Yuval Saar
Portfolio Magazine, Israel
Megumi Takahashi
Senken Shimbun
Rachel Tashjia
GQ USA
Emanuela Testori
Amica
Serena Tibaldi
La Repubblica
Dirk Van Versendaal
Stern
Rebecca Voight
LEAF Magazine
Gemma A. Williams
Jing Daily
Allen Wo
L’Officiel Hommes China
Fumiya Yoshinouchi
Fashionsnap.com
Wen Zang
Dazed China