Art, crafts, sustainable fashion made in Portugal, sustainable raw material, organic fabrics, meeting with sustainable makers, local cuisine and cultural activities await you at the FIA!
The goals for sustainable development set by the United Nations for the next few years can be a great starting point for finding the problems that will help you solve.
Slow Innovation Brands argues that for fashion to be truly sustainable the production plan and eco-marketing must go beyond the environmental pillar with the choice of greener fibers. Also, the protection of intangible heritage and the recognition of the work of creation of artisans is essential for fashion to be sustainable also in the social pillar!
We intend to use a residue of the banana production, its pseudostem, as a substitute of the card, due to the high structural similarity between both materials. Banana Box is, therefore, the name of this concept: the "box" that contains all the possible applications of concretizing with the banana tree’s pseudostem.
Here it goes a few calls for startups and open competitions. Once per month, we will be sharing the new open call with our students. We hope you will compete and that you will be the winner of many of them. Count on us for all the support you need!
