Are you a fashion designer interested in exploring sustainability, digital innovation and entrepreneurship?
The Designers Play Sustain 2026 programme, run by the Play Sustain Foundation (Poland) and supported by the European Fashion Alliance, offers you an exceptional platform to develop your ideas and present them to an international jury.
Competition Categories
- Upcycling Ready-to-Wear : For designers working with upcycling, sustainable materials, and ethical production processes.
- Eco-design Digital-to-AI: For creatives exploring future fashion solutions, including digital design, AI, alternative materials, gaming, technology, and strategic concepts across the fashion value chain. This category follows a 3-month design thinking-based program supported by international experts.
Why participate?
Join a programme that combines training and international visibility: workshops, mentoring and design thinking to boost your skills.
Present your creations to a jury of fashion, business and tech experts, and try to win a total prize fund of PLN 70,000 (≈€15,000), divided between the two categories and an audience award. A unique opportunity to showcase your talent on a European scale!
Calendar
- Applications open: 1 December 2025
- Early bird deadline: 14 January 2026
- Registration closes: 29 January 2026 at noon