Class26 news and archive

Design Academy Eindhoven 2026 winners address labor, ecology, and decolonial history

Design Academy Eindhoven has announced the recipients of its 2026 graduation awards, recognizing Master and Bachelor projects that challenge traditional design methodologies through material critique, systemic inquiry, and socio-political engagement, according to a press release shared by Design Academy Eindhoven. Presented during the Graduation...

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Istituto Marangoni Milano presents 2026 graduate runway showcase at new Palazzo Turati campus

Istituto Marangoni Milano presented DYSFLEXION, its annual graduate fashion show for the 2025/2026 academic year, hosting the event at its new Palazzo Turati campus in Milan. The runway featured collections from ten top graduates selected from a pool of over 200 third-year students in the institution's Fashion Design & Accessories undergraduate...

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Fashion Design Institut Düsseldorf presented 2026 graduate collections during Paris Fashion Week

The Fashion Design Institut Düsseldorf released details for its Class of 2026 graduate showcase, which presented 35 student collections last month, at La Galerie Bourbon during Paris Fashion Week. The event featured editorial work and physical looks created by the institution's graduating cohort, targeted at an international audience of industry...

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Royal Danish Academy graduates showcase collections at Copenhagen Fashion Week

Fourteen graduates from the Royal Danish Academy’s Master of Arts program, Fashion, Clothing and Textiles – New Landscapes for Change, will present their thesis collections during Copenhagen Fashion Week this August. The runway presentation marks a key transition for the cohort as they move from academic study into the global fashion industry....

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Swedish School of Textiles graduates showcase experimental collections at Copenhagen fashion week

The Swedish School of Textiles presented its Spring/Summer 2027 graduate runway show during Copenhagen Fashion Week, bringing together 22 graduating designers at Langelinie Pavilion. The collections explored fashion through material experimentation, humour, construction and visual communication. Designs included unconventional elements such as...

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Video: Arts University Plymouth presents 2026 Graduate Shows

Arts University Plymouth is showcasing the work of its 2026 graduating students across art, design, digital media and creative practice. The annual Graduate Shows give students an opportunity to present their final projects to professional and public audiences as they transition from higher education into the creative industries. The programme...

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Macromedia fashion graduates explore identity, technology, and culture on the runway

Sixteen graduating fashion designers from Macromedia University of Applied Sciences presented collections exploring themes including gender identity, social media, cultural heritage, and women's sport during the university's annual Fashion Design graduation show. Held in Hamburg, the event featured approximately 120 runway looks and attracted...

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Young designers take to the runway at East Kent summer showcase

Young fashion designers aged 8 to 18 showcased original garments they designed and made themselves at the Kent Junior School of Fashion & Arts' annual Summer Showcase. The event featured a collection of student-created designs developed over the past year, highlighting the participants' creativity and technical skills. Based in Aylesham, the...

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Southampton Solent make-up and hair students gain backstage experience at Graduate Fashion Week

While Southampton Solent University's fashion students showcased their work at Graduate Fashion Week 2026, students from the university's BA (Hons) Make-Up and Hair Design programme were working behind the scenes, creating the make-up looks for catwalk presentations throughout the event. Held annually in London, Graduate Fashion Week brings...

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Video: Discovering emerging talent at Arts University Plymouth graduate shows 2026

Arts University Plymouth Graduate Shows 2026 includes several video title options to engage audiences, such as "The Future of Fashion & Art: Arts University Plymouth Graduate Shows 2026," "Ones to Watch: Discover the Next Generation of Creative Talent | AUP 2026," and "170 Years of Creativity: Inside the Arts University Plymouth Graduate Shows."...

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Accademia di Brera celebrates 250th anniversary with graduate fashion show

Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera marked its 250th anniversary with 'The Devil Wears Brera', the annual runway presentation of its Master's programme in Fashion Design. Held on 18 June, the show transformed the historic Milan campus into a catwalk, with collections presented in the corridor adjacent to Aula 55 overlooking the Magnolia Courtyard....

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Emerging designers explore cultural heritage at Graduate Fashion Week 2026

Fashion students at Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts (CSVPA) are bringing personal stories and cultural traditions to the forefront of their work after earning multiple nominations and shortlist placements at Graduate Fashion Week 2026. Among the emerging designers selected for the Graduate Fashion Week Collective Show are Raven,...