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RATTI GROUP | Sustainability report 2019
media platform in which the company believes it should invest, through communication that is fresher and closer to its followers. The best video project produced by the fifth edition received a prize during the Casnati Fashion Show, which was held on 1 June 2019. The prizes, worth €15,000.00 each, were disbursed by Paolo Meroni, Director of the prestigious Milanese fashion school, and were awarded to three different students for the courses in Architecture, Multimedia and Fashion respectively.
Through training courses, internships, study bursaries, and competitions to reward the best projects, Ratti also partners with the best schools, universities and fashion and design institutes, whether locally or internationally, such as Accademia del Costume, IED – Istituto Europeo di Design, Setificio di Como.
Since 2019 Ratti has been a partner of the Accademia Costume e Moda, which this year has decided to present, during the third edition of Fashion Graduate Italia, the “Final Work” projects of the students of
the Master in Alta Moda (High Fashion). Ratti is one of
the companies which has helped the students to bring the projects to fruition. Fashion Graduate Italia offers a varied cultural context, in which Fashion Shows alternate with talks, panels and workshops, in order to discuss and communicate with regard to trends in a sector that is crucial for the production of fabric in Italy and abroad.
As partners the event had Regione Lombardia (Lombardy Region), Comune di Milano (Milan Municipality), Confindustria Moda, Banca Intesa San Paolo and In-Lombardia.
Also with the Accademia Costume e Moda, Ratti partnered in a training project, financing a study bursary for the Master in Fabrics Innovation Design, the I
level Academic Master recognised by the Ministry of Universities and Research. The Master seeks to offer a programme based on culture, on knowledge, on the development of creativity and the use of innovation in order to create new designer and professional roles that could offer important support to creative directors in developing collections and that will be able to dialogue effectively with textile and manufacturing companies.
The mission of this specialisation is to offer graduate professionals all the tools they need to create new materials, and to use processes and techniques to generate fabrics following a sustainable and innovative approach. Through this initiative, Ratti has been able to organise lessons on the specifics and the excellence of its activities in the area of textiles, and has been
able to arrange some company visits for students, also supporting internships as part of the curriculum.
The division Ratti Art has launched a programme with IED of Milan in order to develop a course in semiotics, design and communication for African Wax fabric.
The objective of the course is to analyse the culture and the symbols related to the Wax world and to study a new stylistic and creative approach in more detail. This is closely linked to these fabrics, and seeks to put together African traditions, Ratti’s expertise and the new languages of the fashion world.
Ratti, training school for Setificio Paolo Carcano di Como
Fondazione Setificio, in partnership with textile companies in the Como region, organised a course to update teachers in the area of textiles from Istituto Setificio Paolo Carcano di Como. The programme, which has been in place for a number
of years, brings to the school the latest updates to production methodologies in the sector.
Textile companies from the Como
region offer their support in order to offer practical lessons to teachers, directly on their production sites. These start with the subject of textiles, before moving on to the chemical laboratory, dyeing and textile printing.
The lessons take place directly on the premises of textile companies in the Como region, which have been contacted
thanks to the coordination efforts of Fondazione Setificio. The teachers spend a day with the company’s technicians who, following an introduction of the topics of the day, accompany the teachers in the departments so that
they can follow the practical work of the various plants.
Ratti took part in the programme by offering updates and specialisation in
the area of textiles, and also included the areas of chemicals, dyeing and textile printing in specific projects. Sustainability was also one of the themes addressed. Fondazione Setificio has already given space to this through meetings with experts, and today finds itself at the centre of the renewal of industrial processes throughout the textile sector.
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