Over the years, the Vogue Innovation Prize has remained one of the fundamental drivers behind Vogue Singapore’s ongoing mission to uplift and support regional trailblazers. Introduced as part of the Vogue Singapore Foundation —a purpose-driven initiative that aims to champion Southeast Asian creatives on a global stage—it has spotlighted several outstanding talent over the past three years. In 2020, the inaugural iteration of the Innovation Prize saw Singaporean fashion designer Claudia Poh take home the winning prize with her adaptive fashion label, Wearable.
The following year, Adrian Furstenburg and Viknish Krishnan-Kutty’s ProjectEx pioneered the cultivation of lab-grown exotic skins in response to the fashion industry’s demand for rare leathers. Lastly, research and development company COzTERRA emerged triumphant last year, with its state-of-the-art solutions to combat climate change through enabling individuals to become carbon capture agents. Driven by artificial intelligence (AI), COzTERRA creates materials that can absorb carbon dioxide from the air, providing a revolutionary means of reducing CO2 pollution.
Now on to its fourth iteration, this year sees Vogue Singapore partner up once again with luxury automobiles and motorcycles manufacturer BMW . With 30 global production sites and a sprawling network that spans over 140 countries, the company is a pioneer in next-generation innovations and is constantly paving the way for a future that is uncompromising.
