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Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab Accelerator - Paid Summer Student Venture Support for Kent State Students!

This application is for student entrepreneurs looking to further their ventures in the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab accelerator program in Summer 2024. This is a multi-week program designed to help teams advance their ventures to the next stage in their startup journey through connections to campus and regional resources, business model and business development, prototyping and other support.

Program includes a $2,500 stipend for all participants. Applications are due by this Friday, May 3rd at 5pm.
Apply at the link below:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Sm-g5cQeAU2Pc-fdFfJhNHT3HMSAaL5CoGNDYV4fd-lUME1RQjAzT0lZMEhOUzcyU01VTTBKWEMyMCQlQCN0PWcu

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT!

VIRTUAL FASHION SHOW 2024 - CALL FOR ENTRIES closes MARCH 15!
Submit your entry here: https://bit.ly/VFS2024
Be bold and creative! Show your work at our third annual KSU Virtual Fashion Show!
Develop an original design in CLO to be featured in our virtual fashion show. Apply the fabrics, prints, and textures to fully express your work and personalize your avatar's look and size. Looks will be accepted on a first-submit, first-reviewed basis.
Please submit as early as possible to guarantee a spot in the show.
TIMELINE:
March 15 - Application to submit closes (no extensions)
By April 5 - Acceptance Notification/meetings for adjustments or edits
April 23 - Virtual Fashion Show at the DI Hub Blank Lab
REQUIREMENTS:
- Submit your project ZPRJ file
- Avatar must be in A pose
- Maximum 2 looks per student
We are always here to help and work with you if you run into any issues. Please reach out to us as quickly as possible if you are having any issues in CLO. Margarita Benitez: [email protected]

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VIRTUAL FASHION SHOW 2024 - CALL FOR ENTRIES closes MARCH 15!

Submit your entry here: https://bit.ly/VFS2024

Be bold and creative! Show your work at our third annual KSU Virtual Fashion Show!

Develop an original design in CLO to be featured in our virtual fashion show. Apply the fabrics, prints, and textures to fully express your work and personalize your avatar's look and size. Looks will be accepted on a first-submit, first-reviewed basis.

Please submit as early as possible to guarantee a spot in the show.

TIMELINE:
March 15 - Application to submit closes (no extensions)
By April 5 - Acceptance Notification/meetings for adjustments or edits
April 23 - Virtual Fashion Show at the DI Hub Blank Lab

REQUIREMENTS:
- Submit your project ZPRJ file
- Avatar must be in A pose
- Maximum 2 looks per student

We are always here to help and work with you if you run into any issues. Please reach out to us as quickly as possible if you are having any issues in CLO. Margarita Benitez: [email protected]

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Our Second Annual Virtual Fashion Show can now be viewed on Youtube! Stop by the KSU Design Innovation's Blank Lab on Friday, May 5th between 5 and 6 pm to see it in real-time in an 9 projector immersive room installation.

KSU School of Fashion Annual Virtual Fashion Show 2023 KSU School of Fashion Annual Virtual Fashion Show 2023 was developed as part of School of Fashion's Professor Margarita Benitez's Design Innovation Faculty F...

What a wonderful weekend! See you in 2025!

Join us Friday, October 28 for Fall 2022 CLO3D + Virtual Fashion Show Meetup 1 at the Design Innovation Hub Fellow Suite Room 250 from 1pm - 3pm. RESERVE YOUR PLACE: https://bit.ly/CLOmeetup1

The Call for Entries is now open for our Kent State Fashion Week CLO 3D Digital Fashion Show! Submission link: https://bit.ly/KSUCLO2022

There is still time to join us for the Fashion Tech Hackathon 2022!

Fashion Tech Hackathon | Kent State University Fashion Tech Hackathon School of Fashion |

1 week countdown to help define the future of fashion, Jan. 28 - 30 at our 2022 Fashion Tech Hackathon! The virtual event is open to ALL enrolled university students worldwide! Not a student? Sign up to be a mentor, judge or sponsor. ⚡️ https://www.kent.edu/fashion/fashiontech-hackathon

Happy New Year! Join us and help define the future of fashion, Jan. 28 - 30 at our 2022 Fashion Tech Hackathon! The virtual event is open to ALL enrolled university students worldwide! Not a student? Sign up to be a mentor, judge or sponsor.
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https://www.kent.edu/fashion/fashiontech-hackathon

Applications are now open for our 2022 Fashion Tech Hackathon! The virtual event is open to ALL enrolled university students worldwide! Not a student? Sign up to be a mentor, judge or sponsor. Join us and help define the future of fashion, Jan. 28 - 30!
⚡️
https://www.kent.edu/fashion/fashiontech-hackathon

Our "Lead with Kindness" Eco-Friendly & Sustainable T-Shirts Design Contest shirts are now available for purchase through the TechStyleLAB. These three lovely designs are printed on eco-friendly shirts. We are open until Friday December 17 9am-5pm.

The School of Fashion is thrilled to announce the winners of the "Lead with Kindness" Eco-Friendly & Sustainable T-Shirt Design Contest. We had many lovely submissions, and we thank our community for all the wonderful designs! Each winning design will be turned into a sustainable and eco-friendly shirt that can be purchased through the TechStyleLAB. For more information and to pre-order your shirt, visit: https://www.kent.edu/fashion/news/lead-kindness-eco-friendly-sustainable-t-shirt-design-contest-winners-announced?fbclid=IwAR1ENO0-RHbWssAnNB2DpqYo3xpLc6Ug1S_MJYz-FM6MBfTjJgipnt2gefA

The School of Fashion is thrilled to announce the winners of the "Lead with Kindness" Eco-Friendly & Sustainable T-Shirt Design Contest. We had many lovely submissions, and we thank our community for all the wonderful designs! Each winning design will be turned into a sustainable and eco-friendly shirt that can be purchased through the TechStyleLAB. For more information and to pre-order your shirt, visit https://www.kent.edu/fashion/news/lead-kindness-eco-friendly-sustainable-t-shirt-design-contest-winners-announced

Friday is the last day to turn in your entry for the T-Shirt design competition!

Create a design that encapsulates the theme of "Lead with Kindness" and you could win up to $250!

https://t.co/VWfsbwsbZK?amp=1

You can share the love of fashion! Experiment, create, and innovate a social-responsible T-shirt design to share and connect with your fashion friends this semester! Find your true creativity...make an authentic fashion statement using your "design" that shows respect and inclusion for our own fashion environment!
We are looking for three (3) new student-designed T-shirts to add to the School of Fashion merchandise collection of wearable products for the 2021/2022 Academic year! This could be you!
Bring Your Ideas to life and let's celebrate with new sustainable T-shirts designed by our "own" fashion-forward students.
DESIGN THEME; LEAD WITH KINDENES- Utilize the affirmation, 'Lead with Kindness' to create a T-shirt design.. One submission per fashion student.
Each new designed T-shirt will be a recycled blend of organic cotton utilizing recycled PET (rPET) bottles to keep them out of landfills, and reduce the amount of water to pollute the water stream. Printed with safe eco-friendly dyes.
1st Prize - $250 - 2nd Prize - $150 - 3rd Prize - $100
https://kent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gYJ3e48XDPBboO

You can share the love of fashion! Experiment, create, and innovate a socially-responsible T-shirt design to share and connect with your fashion friends this semester! Find your true creativity…make an authentic fashion statement using your “design” that shows respect and inclusion for our own fashion environment.
We are looking for three (3) new student-designed T-shirts to add to the School of Fashion merchandise collection of wearable products for the 2021/2022 Academic Year! This could be you!
Bring your design idea to life and let’s all celebrate with new sustainable T-shirts designed by our “own” fashion-forward students.
DESIGN THEME: LEAD WITH KINDNESS - Utilize the affirmation, ‘Lead with Kindness’ to create a t-shirt design.. One submission per fashion student.
Each new designed T-shirt will be a recycled blend of organic cotton utilizing recycled PET (rPET) bottles to keep them out of the landfills, and reduce the amount of water to pollute the water stream. Printed with safe eco-friendly dyes.
1st Prize - $250 - 2nd Prize - $150 - 3rd Prize - $100
SUBMIT HERE: https://kent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gYJ3e48XDPBboO

Accountability was served in the court room yesterday!
*Available for purchase in the textile lab*
Design: Naomi Diaz

As the weather gets warmer so do our hot new deals BOGO 50% all handmade masks! There are so many prints to choose from you are going to want them all😍
*Discount only applys for in-house purchases*

TechStyleLAB presents a Fashion Tech Hackathon Webinar featuring Neural Trend. Please join as Rigney Cunningham, Fashion Analyst, speaks about Neural Trend and give us insights/walkthrough of its comprehensive tools.
April 2nd, 2021

Hate has no home here.

The College of the Arts condemns the ongoing incidents of hate, racism, xenophobia, and violence against the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community. This bigotry and violence must stop.

We are committed to combating all forms of racism and continue this work through the College’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and
Anti-Racism (DEIA) Council. Comprised of faculty, staff, and students, the DEIA Council strives to identify and eliminate racism within systems, policies, and attitudes and to ensure an equitable distribution of power and representation.

To read the full statement, visit https://www.kent.edu/artscollege/news/college-arts-condemns-racism-and-violence-against-asian-community

Here is a lovely digitally printed mask by Kent State Alum Philese Perkins. She took inspiration from the BLM movement and the adorable black squirrels native to Kent to create a leopard like print. You can purchase one here in the TechStyleLAB!

It is still mask up szn in Kent (and well most of the world)! If you are running low or want a new one to spice up your wardrobe come on into the TSL in the Fashion building. We have a strong array of patterns and sizes that will align with your style.😷💖

Winner of Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key is Buddy created by siblings Jacquelyn, Ben, and Will Sierzputowski. "The Buddy uses a heartbeat sensor that continuously tracks the wearer's heartbeat in order to detect fast, abnormal, spikes"

Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key went to "Smarable, a smart wearable that you can wear anytime and anywhere. It is a wearable heat pad that you can wear inside any type of clothes and due to its slim fit technology." Created by Arpita Mohanty, Sushree Satarupa, Dibyansika Biswal, and Sayansree Paria.

Looking for a crewneck to keep you warm this winter? Check out the Tech Style Lab X Fashion School Store for adorable embroidered gems! ⚡Link is in our bio⚡

Winner of the Best Use of Google Cloud for MusicMood was created by Tanya Sandeep Gupta, Kirthana Ranganathan, and Shrusti Patel. This app "Detects your mood and recommends music accordingly."

Winner of the Eventys Partners Mentorship Award is Life Patch created by Tayler Weaver, Lena Tirva, and Klara Eleanor Underwood. "Life Patch is an up-cycled coat that grows with the wearer for life. It is a basic bodice coat with extenders that can attach and detach around the waist, arms, and torso."

Winner of the LaunchNet MVP Award and Eventys Partners Mentorship Award went to Asheq Ahmed, Gabrielle Hubert, Takuma K, Jingting Ma, and Heeju Noe for, "Fixable is an app that helps users connect with makers (designers, artisans, and seamsters) in local communities to mend, alter and re-design garments. The purpose of this platform is to: 1) reduce garment waste by extending the lifespan of clothing 2) create a strong community of like-minded individuals that value sustainability, slow fashion and making garments last."