PERSONALIA

Name: Pauline
Surname: van Dongen
Date of Birth: 23-09-1986
Nationality: Dutch

EDUCATION

2008-2010: MA, Fashion Design at Fashion Institute Arnhem (The Netherlands)
2004-2008: BA, Fashion Design at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem (The Netherlands)



PROJECTS

Nov‘09-present: Collaboration with Freedom Of Creation on a 3D printed shoe design.

Oct’08-July‘10: Workshops and guidance by amongst others: Goran Pejkoski (Maison Martin Margiela, Lanvin), Lilian Driessen (Viktor & Rolf, Diesel), Carlo Wijnands (HTNK), Melanie Rozema, Jeroen Teunissen
(Rozema – Teunissen)

Oct’08-April’09: Shoe design course, made possible by Sacha (Dutch shoe company)

PRIZES

2010:
Nominated as a finalist of the DOEN | materiaalprijs with Morphogenesis shoe design.
Selected as one of 10 finalists for the contest ‘Fashion Weekend’ (20th Oct, Brussels.)
Winner of the award for the ‘most creative collection’ at Mittelmoda Fashion Awards, which was handed out by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.
Winner of the Sacha Golden Heel Award, with shoe design ‘Vertigo’

2009:
Winner of a knitwear award handed out by Knitting Holland for ‘best knitwear design’.