{"id":14598,"date":"2025-12-01T10:52:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vivolo.com\/?p=14598"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:07:12","slug":"leatherbiz-vivolos-design-competition-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vivolo.com\/en\/leatherbiz-vivolos-design-competition-expands\/","title":{"rendered":"Leatherbiz \u2013 Vivolo\u2019s design competition expands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A design competition run by Italian leathergoods and accessories maker Vivolo to strengthen the ties between academia and industry is expanding to accept entries countrywide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third edition of the Luciano Vivolo Award, in collaboration with the Bologna Academy, is now open to all final-year students enrolled in fashion design programmes at Italy\u2019s Academies of Fine Arts. In addition to cash prizes, internships within the company\u2019s creative department are on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vivolo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Luciano_Vivolo_meets-Bologna-academy-students-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vivolo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Luciano_Vivolo_meets-Bologna-academy-students-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.vivolo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Luciano_Vivolo_meets-Bologna-academy-students-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family run company has grown from making leather patches from industrial waste in the 1970s to producing 15 million accessories each year. 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