The Journey of Fashion Designer Sketches - From Concept to Catwalk
Women in Design - 1st edition - What Women Make Debut LDF 2010
1. what women make™ our mission>
In the pursuit of innovation and user-centric
design and services that herald the future of the
global community, we showcase and celebrate
the female makers of the lot – designers, creative
entrepreneurs, innovators, artisans, design
students – from around the world.
what women make™
3. Showcasing products
bags
furniture
technology
lighting glass housewares
ceramics
jewelry
fashion with a point of view
Loveable objects
what women make™
12. DesignersBlock, The Bargehouse
The venue - Oxo Tower Wharf, Bargehouse St.
London
The line-up - (see following pages)
Set up - Monday, 9.20 - Wednesday, 9.22, 2010
Opening - Thursday, 9.23
Private Party - inquire
Sponsors (TBA)
Take down - Sunday, 9.26 evening
Curatorial schema - based on selection
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16. Founder
Chauncey Zalkin, is a writer, brand strategist, ethnographer, and female advocate.
In 1999, she founded girlonthestreet.com, an homage to entrepreneurial ‘boot-
strapping’ young women which was nominated for a Webby in 2003. Out of this
vision she developed a network of creative young women in fourteen countries to
tell their own story. Later, she joined the ad world as a senior brand strategist and
insights expert leading strategy on brands from Coca-Cola to Victoria’s Secret
before moving to Paris in 2007. Since moving to Europe, she’s reported from Salone
del Mobile, Frieze Art Fair, the London Design Festival, Bread and Butter, and the
back alley artisan workshops of Kyoto and Tokyo.
Her public speaking includes The Future of Interactivity in Paris, the VNU ‘What
Teens Want’ conference, the Imagination Festival in New York and an ethnography
workshop in Barcelona in partnership with Brain Ventures for clients such as Pan
Rico and Gallina Blanca. Based in Barcelona since 2009, she teaches both brand
strategy and insights at the Istituto Europeo de Design and consults with Futurelab.
Her reportage has appeared in Honey, Complex, MTV News, the New York Post,
Trace, Terrace, The Source, Cosmopolitan, Brandchannel.com and most recently
the magazine of Spain’s financial paper, Comunicas.
What Women Make is an evolution of her continued dedication to showcasing global
female creativity. It can be found at www.whatwomenmake.com
what women make™
24. Natsuki
Shigeta
Japan
Fashion usually equals western clothing but Natsuki takes
something very traditional and turns it on its head. Kimono is
demure and her approach is very ‘too much’ “too much is
better than so so,” she says.
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30. About Designers Block
In 2009, just under 18,000 visitors passed into the Designers Block
hall, Earls Court One.
In 2008, 9,500 visitors attended DesignersBlock at Covent Garden.
They have 35,000 relevant professionals and design enthusiasts in
their database including 4,000 journalists.
Designers Block makes use of transitional architectural spaces
which run concurrently with international trade shows. 45 Design
Shows in 13 Cities, in 10 Countries, with over 1000, Exhibitors from
30 Nations.....and counting.
DesignersBlock has launched over 200 design companies
worldwide. Check out www.verydesignersblock.com
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