CREATIVES FOR OUR FUTURE
SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION
2022 PROGRAM
COHORT
UNITED STATES
ARADHITA PARASRAMPURIA
Based in New York, Aradhita aims to break down barriers between artificial materials and the natural world by designing circular textile systems.
She combines synthetic biology with fashion to create eco-friendly, ethical, and economical materials to address existential threats like climate change. She works with organisms such as Algae, Escherichia coli and Mycelium.
NOEMI FLOREA
Noemi is the founder of LÆRO, a multidisciplinary design studio which develops product-service systems for social, ecological, and environmental health. She is currently in her final year of receiving two Bachelor’s degrees from The New School in New York, including a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Economics, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Integrated Design for Sustainable Cities.
UNITED STATES
PAKISTAN
M. HASSAMUDDIN
Hassam founded RASAI Labs, with the aim of ideating, designing, and implementing innovative solutions that are relevant for the developing world and make use of indigenous resources to solve problems that have been aggravated by climate change in a local context whilst building climate resilience capability and adaptability that can be scalable.
JOSHUA ICHOR
Joshua is committed to building technologies to address the water scarcity issue in sub-Saharan African communities. He is developing a GeoTek Monitor, which is a piece of technology with a smart LOT enabled system that monitors boreholes in communities and reports their downtime to enable quick and efficient troubleshooting and repair.
NIGERIA
CHILE
FLORENCIA VALLADARES
Florencia is a Computer Engineer with a keen interest in the circular economy and efficient waste management practices. She is developing a system and smart bin to improve the quality of household recycling. She is developing full stack applications and embedded systems for startups with high impact and believes that technology is the tool that will help us find solutions to the global social and environmental challenges.
CHARLOTTE WERTH
Charlotte is an integrated designer working between textile and bio-design. Since 2017, she has been researching bacteria dye and is focused on growing pigment-producing bacteria directly on the textile and guiding them to co-create textile patterns. She has built a microbiology lab including her own equipment and machines. Charlotte studied at Köln International School of Design and is exploring how to scale up her practice.
UNITED KINGDOM
ADVOCATES
Our advocates are leaders in their field and represent the broadest range of creative disciplines from fashion and art to technology and science.
Marisa Schiestl-Swarovski
Chair,
Swarovski Foundation
Steven Kolb
CEO, Council of Fashion Designers of America
Mimma Viglezio
Creative Consultant,
Editor and broadcaster
Anyango Mpinga
Fashion Designer and Founder, Free As A
Human Foundation
Cyrill Gutsch
Founder, Parley for
the Oceans
Joseph Schwarzkopf
General Manager,
Uribe & Schwarzkopf
Tosin Oshinowo
Architect & Designer
Clare Brooke
CEO,
Blue Marine Foundation
Yinka Shonibare
CBE RA
Uyen Tran
Co-Founder and CEO,
Tomtex
Shoshana Stewart
President,
Turquoise Mountain
Kerry Bannigan
Executive Director,
Fashion Impact Fund
Greg Lynn
CEO, Piaggio Fast Forward & Greg Lynn FORM
Sara Kozlowski
Vice President, Program Strategies, Education & Sustainability, CFDA
Maria Cornejo
Founder and Creative Director of Zero + Maria Cornejo
Charlotte McCurdy
Assistant Professor,
Arizona State University
Lucie Brigham
Chief of Office,
United Nations Office for Partnerships
Christiane Arp
Chairperson,
Fashion Council Germany
Tim Marlow
Chief Executive and Director,
the Design Museum
Frank Beadle de Palomo
President & CEO,
Mothers 2 Mothers
Geetha Murali
CEO,
Room to Read
Shaway Yeh
Founder,
Yeh Yeh Yeh
Stephen McDonald
Chief Development Officer,
Earthwatch Institute
Vichitapol Pholpoke
Founder and CEO,
Teach for Thailand
Chirlie Felix
Managing Director,
FSG
M.Sc. Ana Gloria Guzman-Mora
Executive Director,
Conservation International Costa Rica
Daniela V Fernandez
CEO & Founder,
Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Jimenez Lai
Principle,
Bureau Spectacular
Laurie Adams
CEO,
Women for Women International
Matthew Needham
Artist and Curator,
Fashion and Sustainability Lecturer,
Central Saint Martins
OUR ADVISORS
