The International Designers Network (IDN) has been founded by Claudia Carillon together with Lucia Carpio and Olivia Hui more than 25 years ago as an association promoting designers in order to prove their professionalism and the importance of communication within the industry. IDN was launched with a FREE database to provide designers, designer groups and associations the opportunity to be in direct contact with manufacturers from around the world in order to assure a world wide connection. At the time IAF (International Apparel Federations, Netherlands) had decided to give its support to this new service. “Design talent should have no boundaries” said Jimmie Lewis former OBE, IAF Director, “and the Federation believes that this is a great opportunity for manufacturers and the world of fashion generally to maximise the use of creativity skills wherever they exist. It is a logical extension of the work we have already done to help promote designers.
We all have to recognise that many designers lack the financial resources to present their talents globally and the manufacturers find it difficult to identify the best designers for their products. They well know that creations must accord with local preferences and cultural habits, and therefore finding designers familiar with these factors can greatly assist opening new markets.
The International Designers Network DATA BASE categorizes the specialities and strengths of designers as well as offering information about global and local events, assistance on practical problems like presentation or design protection in the different countries.
In the last years tremendous changes have happened and it will be important to adapt to them. First of all is the fact that ENVIRONMENT AND CLEAN MANUFACTURING will be the basic for all business. That's why INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS NETWORK GOES GREEN too.
But this does not mean that they should no more participate in fairs. But thanks to their presents in an annual showroom they can have direct contacts all over the year with customers on the other end of the world and prepare their participations in fiars more efficiently and organize their meetings before and around the fairs.
In the showroom you will also find presentations of museums, a vintage place with former shows (more than 500 fashion whows from the last 40 years) and videos and podcasts from specialists around the world.
For more information please contact www.internationaldesignersnetwork.org
Claudia Carillon carillon@internationaldesignersnetwork.com
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Tel : + 33 6 52 26 4260