Textile Sector to Increase Value-Added Exports with Design and Innovative Ideas
The International Fabric Design Competition, which has been organized by the Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters’ Association (İTHİB) for 15 years, will continue under the name ‘Futuretex Istanbul’ this year. Under the Futuretex brand, two separate competitions will be organized as ‘FutureBase International’ and ‘FutureTech’. In the award-winning design competition where the talents in the textile industry will compete; designer Tuvana Büyükçınar will be the competition coach in FutureBase and designer Özlem Süer will be the competition coach in FutureTech. The 2nd jury evaluation of the competition, which is of great importance for added value and innovative ideas, was realized.
Opportunity to Study Abroad
Reviewing the competition, Ahmet Öksüz stated his comments as follows, ‘‘As İTHİB, we have brought many young people to our sector with the competitions organized with the support of our Ministry of Trade. We started our competitions to underline design. This year we made a change in our competition. We are holding 2 separate competitions under the Futuretex brand as FutureBase and FutureTech. We made our semi-final selections and selected our designers who made it to the finals in both competitions. In our FutureBase competition, we have 200 thousand TL for the first prize, 150 thousand TL for the second and 100 thousand TL for the third. We provide the top three winners with the opportunity to study abroad. We also offer prizes such as foreign language training and exhibition visits. In our FutureTech competition, the first prize will be 200 thousand TL, the second prize will be 150 thousand TL and the third prize will be 100 thousand TL.’’
Turkish Textile is Introduced to the World
Expressing that they started the competitions with the aim of increasing Turkey’s exports, Fatih Bilici, Vice President of İTHİB and Chairman of the Jury, continued as follows: ‘‘We improve our competition every year with the contributions of students, employees and academicians. Young designers gain good gains thanks to these competitions. All of these young people are working in good brands. Thanks to the international participation in our competition, foreign competitors increase the awareness of Turkey in their own countries. In this way, we introduce the Turkish textile industry to the world more.’’
