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Nikolett Madai

Nikolett Madai

Embroidery and Embellishment Internship

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Dyeluxe Pigment Researcher / Product Manager, Sustainability & Consulting at Green Product Award

  • Education

    • ESMOD Berlin

      2017 - 2017
      MA Sustainability in Fashion

      Activities and Societies: Spoonflower upcycling project, TTRI Adidas case study with recycled polyester athleisure capsule collection The Master programme's courses: Sustainable Design Strategies, Design Theory/ Critical Studies, Sustainable Textiles & Production, Sustainable Marketing & Business and Design Projects.First semester at ESMOD, second and third taken over by AMD.

    • International Entrepreneurship Summer School

      2015 - 2015
      Entrepreneurship diploma

      Activities and Societies: #spice15 https://storify.com/opencampus_sh/international-entrepreneurship-summerschool-berlin Date: 24-28th August in BerlinThe International Entrepreneurship Summer School provided practical and theoretical knowledge about innovation, entrepreneurship and business development. The focus was to develop and strengthen each individual's entrepreneurial business idea in an international team and receive feedback from a widea range of professionals. My business idea was about establishing an innovative zero waste clothing company.

    • Erhvervsakademi SydVest

      2014 - 2016
      PBA/Top Up Bachelor Degree in Design and Business

      Activities and Societies: Innovation camp 2014, Sønderborg Student Foundation volunteer (SSF), SSF Contemporary dance group member and seamstress for performance 2015, Sønderborg Fashion Day and Workshop 2015, Als Windsurf club member, Indoor wall climbing member Fashion design pathway: Design process, Design method, Research method, Ethnography, Qualitative research, Quantitative research, Trend and consumer behaviour, History of fashion, Artefact analysis, Agile project management (SCRUM), Business Strategy, The Generator Hostel Copenhagen social space redesign project, Portfolio development, Concept and branding, Entrepreneurship, Creative thinking and innovation, Photography, Photo retouching.Elective: Experimental design; Radical… Show more Fashion design pathway: Design process, Design method, Research method, Ethnography, Qualitative research, Quantitative research, Trend and consumer behaviour, History of fashion, Artefact analysis, Agile project management (SCRUM), Business Strategy, The Generator Hostel Copenhagen social space redesign project, Portfolio development, Concept and branding, Entrepreneurship, Creative thinking and innovation, Photography, Photo retouching.Elective: Experimental design; Radical innovation, Sustainability (Reconstruction, Upcycling, Zero waste) Subtraction cutting, Fashioning Fabrics (Shibori tie and dye techniques, Heat setting origami and pleating, Sublimation paint)PBA Thesis: Subtraction cutting as a zero waste design concept. Show less

    • AMD Akademie Mode & Design

      2017 - 2018
      Master of Arts - MA Sustaibility in Fashion

      Activities and Societies: Waterlilies: pre-consumer waste upcycling through polyester dyeing exhibited at Oxfam, Vitamin Sea group project: addressing the issue of microplastics The Master programme's courses: Sustainable Design Strategies, Design Theory/ Critical Studies, Sustainable Textiles & Production, Sustainable Marketing & Business and Design Projects.The master thesis entitled Grave-to-Cradle incorporates by-products of the food industry into circular strategies for garment production. The Grave-to-Cradle concept is applied to set up a method how to sustainably dye with food by-products with the case example of turmeric peels sourced from juice… Show more The Master programme's courses: Sustainable Design Strategies, Design Theory/ Critical Studies, Sustainable Textiles & Production, Sustainable Marketing & Business and Design Projects.The master thesis entitled Grave-to-Cradle incorporates by-products of the food industry into circular strategies for garment production. The Grave-to-Cradle concept is applied to set up a method how to sustainably dye with food by-products with the case example of turmeric peels sourced from juice processing waste into dyes. Show less

    • London College of Fashion

      2015 - 2015
      Short Course: Subtraction cutting with Julian Roberts

      Activities and Societies: http://www.julianand.com/ Date: 20-24th JulyInnovative pattern cutting technique invented and taugth by Julian Roberts.

    • Erhvervsakademi SydVest

      2012 - 2014
      AP Degree in Design, Technology and Business (design technologist)

      Activities and Societies: Innovation camp 2012, EASV-SSF Fashion Show 2013 Fashion design pathway:Pattern construction, Draping, Sewing, Design foundation, Fibre environment, Idea to product development, Sketchbook development, Trend sociology, History of costumes, Collection range building, Screen and digital print development, Adobe package (Bridge, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Technical Specification Sheets (Factsheets), Sales portfolio, Communication, Ethics, Marketing and logistics, Methodology.Elective: Redesign; Google SketchUp

  • Experience

    • Suzie Turner

      Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
      Embroidery and Embellishment Internship

      Spent time learning, reefing various hand sewing and beading techniques, then transfering these skills to samples and pieces in the couture atelier. Experiments to develop new embroidery and embellishment techniques for entire silhouettes and trims for samples from sketched ideas, gathered primary and secondary trend researches.

    • IDEA Entrepreneurship Centre - Fostering Entrepreneurship

      Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
      Entrepreneurial Internship

      Establishing a business plan for my start-up business case idea about innovative zero waste clothing.

    • Sønderborg Fashion Day

      Sept 2015 - Dec 2015
      Event Organizer, Fashion Designer & Exhibitor

      Idea creator of two sponsored events in collboration with EASV and SSF to make fashion design more tangiable for locals. Fashion Day was a networking platform for companies, design schools and design students to showcase their works through an exhibition and/or design for a catwalk to educate visitors of upcoming trends. A follow up event, the Design Workshop engaged visitors within the world of fashion through creation or by learning a new skill from local design students.

    • Fydico ApS

      Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
      Graphic Designer Internship

      Developed the product packaging for the start-up Fydico’s boat and motor alarm system with illustrated images of its components. Took part in decision making regarding design strategy in a multidisciplinary design context.

    • Erhvervsakademi SydVest (Business Academy South West)

      Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
      Teaching Assistant

      Assisting design, Adobe Illustrator lessons and offering individual guidance for 1st and 2nd year BA students. Teaching subtraction cutting for 5th semester. Returned in 2017 November for a week teaching experimental design and subtraction cutting with potential of zero waste patterns for 5th semester.

    • Suitsupply

      Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
      Sales Assistant

      Part time sales assistant for menswear brand dedicated to finding the perfect fit. Offering in-store measurement adjustments for its suits or referral to Suitsupply’s custom made service.

    • Dyeluxe / Nikolett Madai Studio

      Jan 2018 - now
      Founder & Food By-product Dye Pigment Researcher

      Within Nikolett Madai Studio, I'm a freelance circular design strategist specialized within the field of the fashion industry. I immersed myself in the topic of circularity during my Masters degree in Sustainability in Fashion, but already showed enthusiasm towards garment life cycle prolongment while undertaking my Bachelors degree in Design and Business. I have been involved in several self-executed circular design loop projects as well as in group projects. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me for freelance projects.Dyeluxe started during my master thesis Grave-to-Cradle and I have continued to deep dive into researching further how to extract colour pigments from food by-products of turmeric, avocado, pomegranate and much more. It won the Green Concept Award in 2019 and has been exhibited internationally at Munich Fabric Start, Designer's Open in Leipzig, Dutch Design Week, Greener Manufacturing Show, Dutch Innovation Days and Neonyt Düsseldorf. Show less

    • Youth Fashion Summit

      Mar 2018 - Jun 2019
      Change Agent

      The Youth Fashion Summit 2018-2019 programme is a partnership with the United Nations Global Compact that takes form as a two-year student programme, which sets out to challenge the 100 most talented students in the fashion industry to create a framework for the industry on how to reach two of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely SDG 3 and SDG 5. I was part of the SDG 3 Human Capital team.

    • The Ethical and Green Showroom (Neonyt)

      Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
      Green Showroom Selected Backstage Assistant

      Assisting the fashion show at MBFW and preparations for model casting and fittings.

    • Beneficial Design Institute

      Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
      Sustainable Fashion Project Freelancer

      Joined a project as a freelancer for data documentation, transcription and data visualization about purchasing practices in the fashion industry.

    • Green Product Award

      Dec 2019 - now
      Project Manager, Sustainability & Consulting

      Scouting green products and concepts from sustainable companies, start-ups, students and graduates for an international award during trade fairs and virtually. Preparing exhibition, award ceremony and executing general office tasks, PR and social media. Consultant for participants about sustainable development and partnerships and part of the Green Cells program training team for young designers how to develop sustainable designs with a business model.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • WHO MADE YOUR CLOTHES?

      University of Exeter and Fashion Revolution
      Jun 2017
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Nikolett Madai
      Green Concept Award Winner 2019 Green Product Award March 1, 2019 The Grave-to-Cradle concept won the Fashion category for it's outstanding sustainability approach on how food by-products could close the loop in the fashion industry by presenting textiles dyes made from juice processing waste.
    • Awarded to Nikolett Madai
      Redress Design Award Semi-finalist Redress Design Awards (formerly known as Ecochic Design Awards) Dec 2014 The Redress Design Award challenges emerging fashion designers to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste. I was selected by the local judging panel to be one of the Top 3 applicants to represent Denmark in the Semi-finals with a concept of reconstructing second hand garments.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by Sønderborg Student Foundation on Jun 2015
      Sønderborg Student FoundationAssociated with Nikolett Madai