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Pakistani students among winners of

Heimtextil design competition

These three students and the accompanying
delegation from the university will be given a free
fully decorated booth in the Textile Design area of
3.0, which is the central and busiest location at the
event, giving them the opportunity to reach the most
number of visitors. The winning students are also
being give sponsorship from Messe Frankfurt SP
Pakistan, and the delegating of students and faculty
members will be getting visitor passes free of cost.

Aromatic Screens” by Hibba Saqib from the Indus Valley
School, Pakistan, was one of the winner of the Heimtextil
“New & Next university competition.”
Textile designers representing universities from
Pakistan, UK, and Switzerland won the second “New
& Next university competition,” part of Heimtextil to
be held during 7th to 10th of January, 2020. The
“New & Next university competition” was launched
last year and this is its second edition.

Out of 18 international submissions, three Omar Salahuddin, Messe Frankfurt’s representative in
Pakistan at Indus Valley School with winning students
universities - the Indus Valley School of Art and
Architecture from Pakistan, the University of Bolton Picture-18. Messe Frankfurt’s representative in
from the UK, and the Lucerne School of Design & Art Pakistan Omar Salahuddin visited the Indus Valley
from Switzerland – won the competition. School and lauded the students on their
achievement. He also presented them with their
Messe Frankfurt SP Pakistan under its CSR program invitations and appreciated their efforts.
has been working with young student designers
since 2011 when it first sponsored students from the The students have also been asked to provide a list
Indus Valley. Three students who won the design of their prospective employers and Messe Frankfurt
contest were provided airline tickets and hotel stay Pakistan will arrange the meetings with them at
to visit Heimtextil. Since then it’s an annual event Heimtextil. Trend book that each costs Euro 60 will
which has resulted in over 100 young designers also be given to the students after the event. The
attending Heimtextil yearly. delegation going to Heimtextil will also be given free
passes to Neonyt in Berlin, an event and fashion
This year three students of Indus Valley have won the show about sustainable fashion.
"New and Next" student competition in 2019 and
they have been invited to present their work at The three universities were selected by a
Heimtextil 2020. The three students – Hibba Saqib, five-member jury of experts, including Hervé
Insia Aamir, and Safa Amin – worked on projects Francois, general manager of Mitwill Textile Europe in
highlighting sustainability and how to use recycled France, Xavier Comman from Hermès International
products in the textile industry. They worked on in France, Aziza Grill Mariotte and Lutz Walter from
various projects using natural spices, recycled the European federation Euratex, Belgium, and Prof
flowers, and recycled plastic to create various Tina Moor from the Lucerne School of Design & Art
products which can also be commercially produced. in Switzerland.

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