Yes, it can be attended.
You can apply if you have not placed in the top three in the Design Contests protected by ITHIB or any Exporters' Associations in the same year and if you have not benefited from any awards that provided any financial gain in the same year.
Not to be over 35 years old as of 01/01/2025. (Date of birth on or after 01/01/1989.)
The right to study abroad award must be used within 2 years after earning the award.
You can participate in our Futuretex Istanbul Contest with multiple files, each differing for the specified themes.
The 20 candidates whose designs were accepted into the second evaluation stage by the preliminary jury are turning their designs into physical samples themselves. However, if there are difficulties in production, support can be provided by İTHİB.
The designs of the 10 candidates who have reached the final stage will be turned into industrially produced fabric with the support of manufacturers determined by İTHİB.
Our contestants participating from outside the city can present their work online via Zoom during the second jury evaluation. Our contestants who wish to participate in the second jury evaluation in person will do so at their own expense.
Transportation and accommodation expenses for the top 10 finalists will be covered by İTHİB.
Yes, the file should only be prepared within the framework of the specified themes.
In the Futuretex Istanbul competition, 4 different designs must be presented.
Our competitors who place in the top three can choose their preferred language.
If you don't make it to the finals, you can retrieve your file.
No. There should be fabric designs for apparel.
No, textile engineers cannot apply to the Futuretex Istanbul competition in 2025. In order to participate in the Futuretex Istanbul Fabric Design Competition, it is necessary to be studying at or graduated from a university, college or other degree school that provides education exclusively related to design.
Designs must be prepared using at most two of the following production techniques: woven, knitted, printed and nonwoven. The production technique used for each design must be specified.
Designers must not include their names on the front or back of their moodboards until they are among the top 20 finalists. This is important due to the impartiality of the competition jury.
Yes, 3 separate designs can be submitted for 3 separate themes.
No, each category is scored equally by the competition jury.
All production costs for the first 10 finalists are covered by the Union. Until this stage, production must be done with your own means.
Our designers who managed to be among the top 20 finalists in the preliminary jury evaluation must convert the designs they presented in their application files into physical samples and ship them to the Association. EAT prepared files are not accepted.
It is expected that the physical samples of the designs in your application files will be as close to reality as possible. In the fabric design competition, the techniques must be completed on fabric, the print made on wood will not be suitable.
No, all candidates who qualify to be the top 20 finalists are required to submit a physical sample.