WORTH Partnership Project for design-driven products in fashion and lifestyle open for proposals

The second call for applications for the WORTH Partnership Project is open. Deadline for submitting proposals is October 24, 2018. WORTH Partnership Project, an European Union initiative, creates and supports transnational collaborations between fashion designers, creative people, manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) and technology firms looking to develop design-driven and innovative products and ideas.

WORTH is looking for looking for creative and disruptive minds involved in the following sectors: fashion/textile, footwear, furniture/home decoration, leather/fur, jewellery and accessories. Partnerships from at least two participating countries, must involve two or three partners with different profiles:

• Designers; self-employed professionals, design labs, and start-ups;
• Makers; crafters and SME manufacturers;
• Technology firms; innovators, tech labs, tech providers and start-ups.

Funding is up to € 10,000 per project. Furthermore the selected partnerships will receive capacity building support to exchange knowledge and skills between manufacturing, creative and technology companies.