8th ISS (2011)

The 8th ISS “Technology Shaped by Creativity” took place in Hong Kong in Dec 2011. Event goers expressed the same overriding feeling, one  of inspiration and promise of real innovation amongst our emerging generation of tech-fluent designers. Keynote Speaker and textile visionary, Jack Lenor Larsen, called it “the best of the international shibori symposia to date.” 

The 8ISS boasted 8 exhibitions of international and Chinese art in fiber, 8 workshops, a trunk show & info fair, and more than 95 papers presented/posted by speakers. A reported 150 international artists, designers, educators and researchers participated in the event. Full event proceedings and wrap-up available on the website  8iss.wordpress.com

ISS Past

Thanks to the generous support of major national cultural institutions, we have been afforded tremendous opportunities to produce the ISS in countries across the globe.

Over the years, our hosts have included: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Hong Kong Design Institute, HONG KONG (2011) [8th ISS website]; Paris American Academy, musee du quai Branly, and Universite Lumiere Lyon2, FRANCE (2008) [7th ISS website]; Tama Art University, Tokyo, JAPAN (2005); Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, AUSTRALIA (2004); International Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate, UK (2002); Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, CHILE (1999); National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, INDIA (1997).

ISS Press (selected)