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published on 26.09.2022
(c) Trend Union - Thirza Schaap
(c) Trend Union - Thirza Schaap

The sensitive touch of Philip Fimmano

Duo Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano are the curators of Belgium is Design new textile exhibition, The gift to be simple in the frame of 7th New York Textile Month. Philip Fimmano travels the world in search of tomorrow’s trends for Trend Union Li Edelkoort. We caught up with him on the eve of the festival.

New York Textile Month

The gift to be simple exhibition, NY, Oct. 2022

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From the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe (the largest folk art market in the world) to Paris, Philip Fimmano travels the world in search of tomorrow’s trends for Trend Union, along with its founder Li Edelkoort (the most militant of trend hunters). We caught up with him on the eve of the 7th New York Textile Month, where this duo has brought together several Belgian designers in an exhibition for Belgium is Design project.

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MEET THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE CURATOR DUO

PHILIP FIMMANO is design curator and scholar who also serves as a creative partner at Edelkoort Inc. As co-curators, Edelkoort and Fimmano have created design shows for international venues, including Design Museum Holon in Tel Aviv, Artipelag in Stockholm, Moscow’s Museum of Architecture and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo. The pair also founded Talking Textiles, a multi-format initiative supporting textile awareness in fashion and interiors for professionals and students alike. Fimmano is also a mentor of Polimoda's forecasting and textile masters in Florence, and a board member for the International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe. He is also on the Creative Council for all of Gap Inc.’s fashion brands, advising the group on creative innovation and sustainable practice.

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Philip Fimmano (c) Trend Union - Thirza Schaap

LIDEWIJ EDELKOORT is a trend forecaster, publisher, humanitarian, design educator and exhibition curator. From 2015-2020 she was the Dean of Hybrid Design Studies at Parsons in New York where she founded a Textile Masters and the New York Textile Month festival. Her thought-provoking writings and podcasts have become increasingly popular at a time when she is regarded as an activist and champion for change. In 2020, she founded the World Hope Forum as a platform to inspire the creative community to rebuild a better society. Edelkoort is currently collaborating with Polimoda in Florence to establish an innovative new sustainable textile masters called From Farm to Fabric to Fashion, slated to open in autumn, 2022.

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Li Edelkoort (c) Ruy Teixeira

 

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