Project cofinanced by European Regional Development Fund

The educational experienceof the Inspiring Labs:

Prato

September 2010.One step back in time: selection of participants

Vanessa Visentin, Municipality of Prato, Daniela Degl’innocenti, Prato Textile MuseumIlaria Nesti, Press Office Prato Trade Consortium Simona Paolettoni, Product Supervisor Lanificio Becagli textile companyCostanza Turchi, Creative Director Clotilde fashion atelier

Stella Salomone, 26y.o., assistant fabric style officeFrancesca Faralli, 28y.o., student – I.S.A.Petrocchi (PT)

Cassandra Monti, 33y.o., graphic designerValentina Matteini, 33y.o., student - Scuola Enia Lucarelli (PO)

Samantha Piras, 18y.o., Prato, student – I.S.A.Petrocchi (PT)Jessica Pecchi, 18y.o., Pistoia, student – I.S.A.Petrocchi (PT)

Serena Vannucchi, 18y.o., Pistoia, student – I.S.A.Petrocchi (PT)

Commission members

Selected participants

Stella SalomoneFrancesca Faralli

Reference: Prato

Reference:Terrassa

Cassandra Monti

Reference:Terrassa

Reference:Terrassa

Valentina Matteini

December 2010. Starting Inspiring Lab activities

Depending on specific needs of participants, it has been decided for a master-class modality:

2 days a week ( Friday and Saturday )4 hours max each day

80 hours Total hours of Inpiring Lab Prato activities10 hours General Module20 hours Specific Module30 hours Coaching activities20 hours Support in prototyping projects

10 Expected weeks to complete the program by the end of April 2011

Team of external professionals involved

Roberta Orsi Landini, Textile and Costum historianMattia Zupo, Textile Technician and teacherAnnaluisa Franco, Fashion marketing teacherRoberto Badiani, Fashion Trend Expert and consultantAlessandro Pierattini, Textile Technician and teacherLuigi Giannetta, Fashion designer and consultant

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4

FRIDAY, JANUARY 14

SATURDAY, JANUARY 15

SATURDAY, JANUARY 22

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28

10.00 - 11.00 Connections between history of textile and fashion in Europe

from the sixteenth to the nineteenth

century.

Research and analysis of

fashion trends. Teacher: R.Badiani

Textile company visit. Teacher: R. Badiani11.00 - 12.00

12.00 - 13.00

15.00 - 16.00 General Introduction to Texmedin Project

Teacher: R.OrsiLandini

Textile production cycle and

materials: fabrics and finishing properties.

Teacher: M. Zupo

Marketing elements applied to participants

projects. Teacher: R. Badiani Marketing mix: tools

and elements. Teacher: A. Franco

16.00 - 17.00

Texmedin Digital Library.

Project coordinator

The industrialization of textile sector.

Teacher: M.Zupo17.00 - 18.00Elements of

textile technology. Teacher:

A.Pierattini

Textile technology elements applied to participants projects. Teacher: A.Pierattini18.00 - 19.00

Daily hours 4 6 2 7 7 4Hours for each

week end 10 9 7 4

Total hoursGeneral+Specific

modules30

Phase 1. December 2010 – January 2011 Theoretical lessons schedule

The general and specific program of lectures has beenexhausted in four weeks from the beginning of Decemberto the end of February.

To coincide with the conclusion of this first phase havebeen organized coaching and tutoring activities incompliance with the general plan of all the Inspiring Labs.

Before starting with the prototyping of all the projects, weconsidered necessary to deepen some practical skills of theparticipants in order to understand what kind of support wouldbe more beneficial for each of them.

Workshops, practical exercises, visit to fashion and textilecompanies, meetings with style offices and professional fashiondesigners are some of the activities still ongoing parallel with thedevelopment of projects

Phase 2. February 2011 – April 2011 Coaching activities milestones

Possibility to directly view and study Prato Textile Museum archive

Complete access to our sample books archive and textile&fashion library

Visits to Prato textile district companies: fashion, fabrics, yarns and accessories

Discovering the production process

and style office&showroom activities

Workshop for fashion and textile trends analysis and applications

To compare and to deepen sense of inspiration

Focuses on projects feasibility working together with experts

To understand inner potential of the projects realized

Workshops on techniques based on project feasibility

Let creativity be free

Fashion expertise to assess functional changes

to turn into prototyping

Thank you for your attention