A longstanding relationship — one that now projects itself into the future with renewed and formal ambition. Lineapelle’s borderless approach to training, therefore, continues, and in Seoul it grows stronger thanks to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hongik University. The agreement was presented on Thursday 27 November in the lecture halls of the Korean institution.
Borderless training
Lineapelle returns to the classrooms of Hongik University to reaffirm the strategic value of a partnership launched in 2019 and now formalised with an MOU. Signing and presenting it yesterday were Fulvia Bacchi, Lineapelle’s CEO, and Choi Cheol-Yong, dean of the Korean institution (pictured left). “Hongik University’s Textile Art and Fashion Design Department and Lineapelle”, the document reads, “express their shared intention to collaborate in order to enhance educational programmes and promote the leather industry, founded on respect for autonomy, mutual benefit and international cooperation”.
The final semester
The signing of the MOU in Seoul also allowed Lineapelle to attend the presentation of the latest collection created by students of the Textile Art and Fashion Textile department, under the guidance of lecturer and designer Lee Seung Ik. Highly creative and playful accessories that reinterpret everyday objects typical of the students’ own cultures (pictured right). Pieces united by a strikingly contemporary creative language and an impressive level of craftsmanship. As well as by the use of leather, which, like the entire educational project (supported by Lineapelle through the provision of materials and technical and stylistic consultancy), was amplified by AI. Using an Artificial Intelligence–based tool, Hongik produced a promotional video for the whole collection. The result is a powerful link between the tangible creativity of craftsmanship, the innovative stimulus of technology and Lineapelle’s borderless educational mission.
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