The awards of the 4th Detail Leather Products Design Competition, organized within the Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters’ Association with the support of the Ministry of Economy to contribute to design and innovation in the leather industry and increase exports, have been presented.
Renowned figures such as Siran Ertan, Mehmet Ali Dinç, Simay Bülbül, Ruken Mızraklı, Hüseyin Buzrul, Murat Aytulum, Musa Evin, Can Oker, Güven Karaca, Fikriye Altunbaş, Cemal Aydın, and Hakan Güldağ served as jury members in the Detail Leather Design Competition, where the fashion trends for the 2017-2018 fall-winter season in the leather sector were determined. The event, hosted by Mustafa Şenocak, the President of the Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters’ Association, was attended by Deputy Presidents of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly Tahsin Öztiryaki and Mustafa Çıkrıkçıoğlu, as well as presidents of exporters’ associations. LASİAD was represented by Board Chairman Barış Köseliören and Board Member Arif Özkan.
In his opening speech, Şenocak expressed condolences for the late İbrahim Çağlar, the President of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, stating, ‘First of all, we bid farewell to İbrahim Çağlar, the President of İstanbul Chamber of Commerce, my valuable friend and companion, on his final journey. I offer my condolences to the entire business world, his relatives, and loved ones.’ Emphasizing the contributions of design competitions to the sector, Şenocak said, ‘Now we are here with a new design competition. Despite postponing our competition for a day, we encountered a very intense participation today. In our competition, which reaches more people every day, we received intensive applications in both categories. We concluded our competition by scoring the designs of our 12 finalists, carried by 26 models, including Özge Ulusoy. As a sector, we understand the importance of design, fashion, innovation, R&D, and branding for added value in exports. Designers have a significant role in increasing added value. The new perspectives brought by designers will once again take us forward to high-value-added products.
