Epson has decided which of the four textile designers from its ‘Design for Living’ initiative will have their work reproduced at Heimtextil to demonstrate the quality and flexibility of its digital textile printing technology.
The regional winners of the Epson ‘Design for Living 2017’ Award are: Ella Hunt in the UK; Malek Ben Abdessalem in France; and Athena Greta Barbieri in Italy. These students are all developing textile designs and experimenting with digital production techniques and their designs will be printed during the show onto cushion covers, bags and aprons using the desktop SureColor SC-F2000. Each of the designers have also received a bursary to help fund materials for their studies.