Finalists
The WOOLMARK PRIZE 2008 FINALISTS are:
LOUISE GOLDIN
Nationality: English
Age: 27
Studied: Central St Martins, London
Graduated: 2005
Label established: 2006
RUBECKSENYAMANAKA
Nationality: Norweigian/Japanese
Ages: 32/39
Studied: Royal College, London
Graduated: 2002
Label established: 2005
TOM SCOTT
Nationality: American
Age: 34
Studied: Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science/Scottish College of Textiles
Graduated: 1995
Label Established: 2001
EVERLASTING SPROUT
(KEIICHI MURAMATSU & NORIKO SEKI)
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 26/26
Studied: Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo
Completed studies 2003
Label established: 2004
CHRYSTL FISCHER
Nationality: Belgian
Age: 29
Studied: La Cambre, Brussels/Institut francais dela Mode, Paris
Graduated: 2003
Label established: 2006
QIU HAO
Nationality: Chinese
Age: 30
Studied: Central St Martins, London/Su Zhou University, China
Graduated: 2001
Label established: 2002
SHAO JIA
Nationality: Chinese
Age: 25
Studied: Beijing Institute of Technology
Graduated: 2004
Collection shown: Milan
COOPERATIEDESIGNS
(ANNALISA DUNN & DOROTHEE HAGEMANN)
Nationality: English/German
Age: 26/31
Studied: Central St Martins, London
Graduated: 2007
Label established: 2007
MARIELLE VAN DE VEN
Nationality: Dutch
Studied: HKA Institute for the Arts, Holland
Graduated: 2007
Label established: 2007
XAVIER BRISOUX
Nationality: French
Age: 30
Studied: Central St Martins, London
Graduated: 2005
Label established: 2006