İstanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association (İDMİB) holds Leather Products Design Competition (DETAY) to increase the creative power of Turkish leather sector, encourage design and gain new designers to the sector fast. 2017 finalists made under the categories leather outfit and leathercraft, were determined after the jury evaluation. The winners of the competition were announced in the past few days.
As a result of the jury evaluation, while the first became Esra Ayşe Akkaya (Deep Sea Creatures), Fatih Uğur (Territorial Situation) ranked second and Furkan Erdoğan (Butterfly Effect) ranked third a Leather Outfit Category.
And at leathercraft category, Berk Gümüşterazili (Monumental) took the first, Sena İlkyaz (Navajo) took second and Bektaş Şahin (Post-Apocalyptic) took third.
At the competition among the finalists who came out for both of two categories, first one received 10.000 TL, second one received 5.000 TL and the third one received 3.000 TL. And 6 months duration foreign language education abroad will be offered for the finalists who ranked among the first three. As the finalists of two categories won the right of visiting ‘MIFUR Fair’ which is world’s most important and comprehensive leather fair, the finalist designs will be exhibited at IDF (İstanbul Leather Fair) at the same time.