Prize

Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize 2011

The winner of the third annual Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize has been announced as designer Wei Wang. Wang takes home £3,000 and the chance to make a limited edition with the Zabludowicz Collection. The London College of Fashion MA Artefact graduate was recognised for her beautifully crafted ceramic evening bags that elegantly fuse traditional Chinese ceramics with contemporary fashion.

Her work was selected from the Future Map 11 exhibition, which showcases the best work from the University’s 2011 degree shows, by a panel comprised of Zabludowicz Collection co-founder Anita Zabludowicz, architect Amanda Levete and artist Chantal Joffe. The prize aims to enable the winning practitioner to develop new work in the months following their graduation, by both supporting them financially and facilitating a new limited edition by them, fostering a sustainable future for the artist.

Wei Wang says of her work “In accessory production, there is always a big concern of leveraging a product’s materials onto its functions. I attempt to develop a real breakthrough in the design of my collection based on two aspects: first, thoroughly changing the firm belief and idea of an evening bag’s material, which is supposed to be soft and easy to carry; second, emphasising the cultural function of an evening bag, making efforts to inject new and vibrant historical elements into design. Ceramics are unique, elegant, with a collectable value adding to the mysterious character. They are like movable art works which incorporate a glorious past with the present fashionable outlook.”

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Previous Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize winners

Wei Wang, winner of the Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize 2011 with the prize panel. From left Chantal Joffe, Amanda Levete, Wei Wang, Anita Zabludowicz and University of the Arts London Rector, Nigel Carrington

The Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize

The Zabludowicz Collection Future Map Prize was founded in 2009 to support one graduating student from University of the Arts London’s annual Future Map exhibition.

Selected from the exhibition by a panel of invited experts, the prize is a £3,000 award and a chance to make a commercial edition with the Zabludowicz Collection. The aim of the prize is to enable the winning practitioner to develop new work in the months following their graduation, by both supporting them financially and facilitating a new limited edition by them, fostering a sustainable future for the artist.