FishSkin Horizon 2020 in Blönduós

FISHSkin Consortium Winner of the EU Horizon 2020 award Research and Innovation Programme. Photo credit: Nathalie Malric.

FISHSKIN HORIZON 2020 - Iceland Network Event

FISHSkin is a new project, funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 research and innovation initiative. The project brings together a community of international experts including fashion design academics and practitioners, scientists, museum curators and craftsmen from ethnic minorities, with the aim of creating a space for dialogue, exchange and development to improve knowledge of sustainable methods for fish skin production. The project also explores the possibilities of innovating fish skin leather as a more sustainable and greener alternative to exotic leather to address the pressing sustainability issues in the current fashion industry.

Project leader is Shenkar college; partners include UAL, Atlantic leather, Listaháskolinn - Iceland University of the Arts, Politecnico Milano, and Kyoto Seika University.

During the week of September 9th - 13th, 2019,  the group met at the Icelandic Textile Center and participated in workshops taught both at the Atlantic Leather facilities in Sauðárkrókur and our facilities here in Blönduós.

Find more information on the project's website, www.fishskinlab.com and the website of the Icelandic University of the Arts.