The Woolmark Company is reinforcing its commitment to supporting emerging design talent by enhancing the prize money for the prestigious International Woolmark Prize. The restructure of the award also shines a spotlight on the textile mills assisting in developing innovative wool fabric and yarn, with the introduction of an Innovation Award. The European menswear nominees are Arte Antwerp (Belgium), MIRO SABO (Czech Republic), 22/4 (Germany), Miaoran (Italy), Jazz Chris (Netherlands), NEO design (Serbia), Palomo Spain (Spain), L’HOMME ROUGE (Sweden) and MiiN (Turkey). The European womenswear nominees are Wim Bruynooghe (Belgium), Tereza Rosalie Kladošová (Czech Republic), Mark Kenly Domino Tan (Denmark), Vladimir Karaleev (Germany), Brognano (Italy), AIKA ALEMI (Kazakhstan), David Laport (Netherlands), Moisés Nieto (Spain) and Bashaques’ (Turkey). Each of the 65 global nominees will receive AU$2000 to assist in the development of their submission piece, ahead of the regional finals to be held in Dubai, London, Milan, New York, Seoul and Sydney throughout July. In addition, each regional menswear and womenswear winner will this year receive AU$70,000 to go towards their final collection. Prize money for the two eventual winners has also increased, with the global menswear and womenswear winner each receiving AU$200,000. The Woolmark Company has commissioned Australian-born, Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist Jonathan Zawada to create the trophies for this year’s regional and final events, each crafted from marine debris bakelite. Developed by Ocean Collection, marine debris bakelite is a product created entirely from recycled plastic collected from Australian shorelines, and is characterised by a marbled quality.

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