Each year, WOW opens entries to designers located anywhere in the world who are aged 18 or over. Across three recurring sections: Aotearoa, Avant-garde, and Open, as well as three specific to each annual event, designers are asked to push the limits of imagination and medium.
In 2024, the three specific themes encompass a diversity of conceptual ideas including the natural world, geometric abstraction, and surrealism.
“WOW finalists come from all corners of the globe and a broad spectrum of creative and technical disciplines. Our designer community is made up of fashion, textile and industrial designers, jewellers, costumers, architects, engineers, sculptors, painters, crafters, gardeners, doctors, and even boat builders,” WOW head of competition Sarah Nathan says.
Entries are open for New Zealand-based designers until 1 May 2024.…
