Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
‘Local International’ is an international cultural exchange programme between Bangladesh and Germany focusing on sustainability and fair production methods within the textile industry. From the year 2015, 48 fashion designers and fashion students from Berlin and Dhaka have been selected to participate in ‘Local International’ project. In lectures and specialised workshops, the participants were given an insight into the topics of sustainability, fair-trade and design methods, in order to develop their own creative approaches, concepts, products and collections. The result of these projects has been presented earlier in two exhibitions: Local International I and Local International II.
An international fashion design exhibition titled ‘Local International’ is being held at the Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth in the capital’s Dhanmondi area now. The exhibition was inaugurated on April 23.
The exhibition presenting the results of the fashion design exchange projects between Bangladesh and Germany since 2015. This project is initiated by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, Weißensee School of Art and Design Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts, in cooperation with BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT).
In the opening ceremony in her welcoming speech, Dr Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director Goethe-Institut Bangladesh said that finally, the exhibition ‘Local International’ is being presented in Dhaka. The five-day exhibition offers a space for reflection and for planning new action: on the production and design processes of (local to global) fashion and on transcultural programmes as effective ways to build sustainable co-production and cooperation.
Terming Bangladesh as one of the most important country in the fashion production, Prof Heike Selmer of the Weißensee School of Art and Design Berlin, said that the fashion designers now-a-days need to know where fashion is produced.
Prof Valeska Schmidt-Thomsen, Berlin University of the Arts, has expressed her optimism that the overall fashion scene from both Germany and Bangladesh will be highly benefitted from this project.
As an appreciation of the exhibition, Prof Khan said, “The works displayed in the exhibition by talented designers exhibit few solutions to these issues of existing practices of fashion business and offer future destiny of fashion designers role in achieving a healthy and environmental friendly planet.”
This exceptional exhibition will remain open to all till April 28.
‘Local International’ is an international cultural exchange programme between Bangladesh and Germany focusing on sustainability and fair production methods within the textile industry. From the year 2015, 48 fashion designers and fashion students from Berlin and Dhaka have been selected to participate in ‘Local International’ project. In lectures and specialised workshops, the participants were given an insight into the topics of sustainability, fair-trade and design methods, in order to develop their own creative approaches, concepts, products and collections. The result of these projects has been presented earlier in two exhibitions: Local International I and Local International II.
An international fashion design exhibition titled ‘Local International’ is being held at the Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth in the capital’s Dhanmondi area now. The exhibition was inaugurated on April 23.
The exhibition presenting the results of the fashion design exchange projects between Bangladesh and Germany since 2015. This project is initiated by Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, Weißensee School of Art and Design Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts, in cooperation with BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT).
In the opening ceremony in her welcoming speech, Dr Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director Goethe-Institut Bangladesh said that finally, the exhibition ‘Local International’ is being presented in Dhaka. The five-day exhibition offers a space for reflection and for planning new action: on the production and design processes of (local to global) fashion and on transcultural programmes as effective ways to build sustainable co-production and cooperation.
Terming Bangladesh as one of the most important country in the fashion production, Prof Heike Selmer of the Weißensee School of Art and Design Berlin, said that the fashion designers now-a-days need to know where fashion is produced.
Prof Valeska Schmidt-Thomsen, Berlin University of the Arts, has expressed her optimism that the overall fashion scene from both Germany and Bangladesh will be highly benefitted from this project.
As an appreciation of the exhibition, Prof Khan said, “The works displayed in the exhibition by talented designers exhibit few solutions to these issues of existing practices of fashion business and offer future destiny of fashion designers role in achieving a healthy and environmental friendly planet.”
This exceptional exhibition will remain open to all till April 28.
